http://www.geekforcehq.com/news.xml Check out this RSS feed for all the latest news about the site www.geekforcehq.com and Geek Force, the Webcomic, the comic that calls the site home. redphantom@geekforcehq.com 2010 Redphantom Xenpyschous. Some Rights Reserved. http://www.geekforcehq.com#94 Geek Force has released a new issue of Rick, the Cryptozoologist! And Redphantom posted two rants today! One of dicarded Rick Strips Scripts, and one, Inane Jokes, a short story about Rick. There will be more Rick products in the coming weeks. http://www.geekforcehq.com/ss/rejected.htm Redphantom has posted 11 Rick strips we never used, nor will we ever use, and he is going to post his short story featuring Rick tonight which is currently 17,729 words but is going to go through a draft between now and then so may be shorter or longer, and, Geek Force is all set to release another issue of Rick tonight to celebrate his first birthday. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#94 Geek Force has released the 61st issue of Rick the Cryptozoologist, tomorrow it will release the 62nd in honor of Rick's first birthday, it will introduce redesigns to the Rick portion of the site, it will introduce a Rick store, and Redphantom will post a short story staring Rick. Come back tomorrow and check it out. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#93 Geek Force has released Rick Issue 60. In other news, the updates to the Rick portion of the site, set to go online July 29th, 2010, the one year anniversary of Rick's debut, are chugging along. Redphantom has now done all of our cryptids and recurring characters in colors. There are bios for all of our original cryptids and non-original ones, as well as for all of our characters, which Redphantom is working on getting done at the moment. There will be some other updates to the site as well, which Redphantom will be mum on for now, and also a rick strip that day. So, come to the site July 29th to see all of our new content. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#92 Geek Force has released Rick Issue 59. In other news, the updates to the Rick portion of the site are coming along nicely. The new archive pages are done, and now Redphantom is working on bio pages for all our original cryptids, non-original crytpids, and all our characters. This was an idea originally proposed by Stephen the Grand, but one we have just now moved to implement. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#91 Geek Force has released Rick Issue 58. Also, as a minor update, Redphantom would like to announce two things. One, the Rick, the Cryptozoologist portion of this site is being redesigned and the changes are set to be debuted on July 29th, the anniversary of Rick's premiere. Redphantom has already done a part of it. It will be basically the same, with more graphics given the fact that we have more now, and with images of Rick and John as they are now, seeing as they have evolved in the past year from the first drawings. The second announcement is that there will be a Rick strip released on Thursday July 29th to celebrate Rick's first year. It will not be a special issue, however, there will be a strip released that day. There is more content being developed for Rick's birthday, however, in the spirit of not letting our readers down, we are keeping that secret for the time being. We also still have stuff relating to Geek Force the Webtoon in the works. Unfortunately, that project is going slowly. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#90 Geek Force has released Rick Issue 57. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#89 Geek Force has released Rick Issue 56. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#88 Geek Force has released Rick Issue 55. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#87 Geek Force has released Rick Issue 54. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#86 Geek Force has released Rick Issue 53. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#85 Geek Force has released Rick Issue 52. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#84 Geek Force has released Rick Issue 51. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#83 Geek Force has released Rick Issue 50. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#82 Geek Force has released Rick Issue 49, and, it's been exactly one year since Redphantom released My True Calling is Killing Babies, to be found in the Rantings section of the site. That began the longer, short story style rantings. One, in part because Redphantom just started thinking of them that way, and two, because for a few months, with Geek Force, the Webcomic on hiatus, it was the only material on the site. By the way, Geek Force should be making it's return later this year. Likely we'll have to rebuild our fanbase for it from scratch... http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#81 Geek Force has released Rick Issue 48. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#80 Geek Force has released Rick Issue 47. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#79 Geek Force has posted Rick Issue 46, and Redphantom posted a new rant, at novella length, which is entitled The Etherist. For those of you who saw it before this morning, Redphantom apologizes for it not being very friendly formatted for reading. Redphantom was tired as he posted, and had a very difficult time with what seems like a simple task. It was very hard to get The Etherist posted, a lot of technical and personal issues arose for Redphantom to delay it. And it was a hard rant, warranting three drafts. Redphantom has also packaged The Etherist into a pdf file due to it's length. http://www.geekforcehq.com/ss/e.htm Redphantom has posted a new rant, entitled The Etherist. It stands at novella length, so wait to read it until you have some free time. It is designed to be read all in one sitting. Redphantom has another epic rant that he is breaking into parts, much like Come Hither. This is not one of those rants. This is meant to be read in one sitting. It is very violent and intense in places. It is also interesting for anyone who likes Geek Force, the Webcomic. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#78 Geek Force has released Rick Issue 45. In other news, Redphantom will be posting a new rant no later than April 14th. It is another dark story, much like the Nightmare Machine. And it is intense in places, though in a different manner than the Nightmare Machine. The story focuses on two characters which will become important in Geek Force later on, Virus I, Virus from Geek Force's father, and Freak, the international terrorist. It also contains a few other characters which appear in varying degrees. And yes, Geek Force the Webtoon, is still being worked on, Geek Force has just hit some setbacks. The working title for the upcoming rant is The Etherist. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#77 Geek Force has released Rick Issue 44. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#76 Geek Force has released Rick, the Cryptozoologist Issue 43. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#75 Geek Force has released Rick, the Cryptozoologist Issue 42. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#74 Geek Force has released Rick, the Cryptozoologist Issue 41. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#73 The Apocalypse continues, and so, Issue 40 of Rick, the Cryptozoologist has been released. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#72 IT'S APOCOLAPSE WEEK! THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTIVES PASSED HEALTH CARE REFORM AND THEREFORE THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END. There will be five comics this week, with health care issues on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, and a regular update on Wednesday. Issue 39 has been released. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#71 Geek Force has released Rick, the Cryptozoologist Issue 38. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#70 Geek Force has released Rick, the Cryptozoologist Issue 37. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#69 Geek Force has released Rick, the Cryptozoologist Issue 36. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#68 Geek Force has released Rick, the Cryptozoologist Issue 35. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#67 Geek Force has released Rick, the Cryptozoologist Issue 34. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#66 Geek Force has released Rick, the Cryptozoologist Issue 33. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#65 Geek Force has released Rick, the Cryptozoologist Issue 32. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#64 Geek Force has released Rick, the Cryptozooloigst Issue 31. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#63 Redphantom has released his latest rating, Come Hither Part II, and last week he released Crucify Me. Rick Issue 30 has been released. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#62 Redphantom has released his latest rating, Come Hither Part II, and last week he released Crucify Me. New issue of Rick today, ripping on Jay Leno. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#61 Redphantom has released his latest ranting, Crucify Me, which is a return to comedy for him. He plans to finish and release Come Hither Part II very soon. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#60 Rick, the Cryptozoologist Issue 29 has been released. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#59 Rick, the Cryptozoologist Issue 28 has been released. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#58 Rick, the Cryptozoologist Issue 27 has been released. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#57 Rick, the Cryptozoologist Issue 26 has been released. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#56 Rick, the Cryptozoologist Issue 24 and Issue 25 have been released. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#55 Rick, the Cryptozoologist Issue 23 has been released. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#54 Rick, the Crpytozoologist Issue 22 has been released. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#53 Rick, the Crpytozoologist Issue 21 has been released, sorry it was a little late. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#52 Rick, the Cryptozoologist Issue 20 has been released. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#51 Rick, the Cryptozoologist Issue 19 has been released. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#50 Rick, the Cryptozoologist Issue 18 has been released. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#49 Geek Force has released a special issue of Rick, the Cryptozoologist for Halloween. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#48 Rick, the Cryptozoologist Issue 16 has been released. In other news, Stephen the Grand has left Geek Force. He will be missed. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#47 Rick, the Cryptozoologist Issue 15 has been released. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#46 Redphantom finally posted some new information about Geek Force, the Webtoon. The main reason he did not post it on Thursday as planned was because his hands were tied with working on the show. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#45 Issue 14 of Rick, the Cryptozoologist has been released. Redphantom will also be posting another update on the production of Geek Force the Webtoon tomorrow. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#44 Redphantom posted a special issue of Rick, the Cryptozoologist to celebrate Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize. He also posted a picture of the new design for the Dope Lord, and he released a short story, the Nightmare Machine. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#43 Redphantom posted a new picture of the Dope Lord on the page about Geek Force. He also created an RSS feed for Geek Force, the Webtoon. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#42 Issue 12 of Rick, the Cryptozoologist has been released. In other news, work on Geek Force, the Webtoon continues. Redphantom will post some things on the portion of the site dedicated to it tomorrow, in addition to creating a news RSS feed for it. Also, Redphantom has released a new rant entitled The Nightmare Machine. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#41 Redphantom posted a new ranting, a short story entitled The Nightmare Machine. Redphantom came up with it after artwalk and had to do it. It's about nineteen pages. The unreleased portions of Come Hither will be released after Redphantom finishes writing the current block of episodes of Geek Force, the Webtoon. Right now, Redphantom is channeling all his comedy ideas into Geek Force. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#40 Redphantom uploaded a bunch of pictures from Geek Force at Artwalk. Thanks to eveyone for the warm response. In other news, Geek Force would like to officially announce that we are working on an internet cartoon, Geek Force, the Webtoon. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#39 A big announcement and more pictures from Artwalk are coming later today. We got a very good reception at Artwalk this year. http://geekforcehq.com/index.htm#38 Issue 11 of Rick, the Cryptozoologist has been released, and Geek Force apologizes for it being 45 minutes late. We kind of had a crazy day. In other news...Geek Force will be going dressed as their characters from Geek Force, the Webcomic to Springfield, Missouri's First Friday Artwalk on Firday, October 2nd. Our good friend and fellow superhero, Low Budget Man will be joining us. We will be at the town square at around 8 pm if anyone wishes to see us in our ridiculous costumes. http://geekforcehq.com/index.htm#37 Geek Force will be going dressed as their characters from Geek Force, the Webcomic to Springfield, Missouri's First Friday Artwalk on Firday, October 2nd. Our good friend and fellow superhero, Low Budget Man will be joining us. We will be at the town square at around 8 pm if anyone wishes to see us in our ridiculous costumes. http://geekforcehq.com/index.htm#36 Issue 10 of Rick, the Cryptozoologist has been released. http://geekforcehq.com/index.htm#35 http://geekforcehq.com/index.htm#34 The Special 9/11 Issue of Rick, the Cryptozoologist has been released. Redphantom's 9/11 rant will come tomorrow, it is more to criticize the politicization of 9/11 and what America did in response to 9/11: destroy it's own soul. May all the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, at the world trade center, at the pentagon, and on flight 93 rest in peace. May all of the victims families and the nation to which they belonged have found the strength to keep on living without them, and may they continue to find that strength. http://geekforcehq.com/index.htm#33 Issue 7 of Rick, the Cryptozoologist has been released. The comics will likely be released later in the day, as Geek Force has been working on it during the day in addition to their other things, and Redphantom doesn't mix the art and the text and post it until everyone has gone home. It will be released on Wednesdays though. In other news, look for the special 9/11 issue of Rick, the Crptozoologist and Redphantom's 9/11 rant on Friday. http://geekforcehq.com/index.htm#32 Issue Six of Rick, the Cryptozoologist has been released. http://geekforcehq.com/index.htm#31 Issue 5 of Rick, the Cryptozoologist has been released. http://geekforcehq.com/index.htm#30 Redphantom has released a new rant, entitled Come Hither Part I. http://geekforcehq.com/index.htm#29 Issue 4 of Rick, the Cryptozoologist is out. It was released a bit later in the day because Redphantom was working on splicing audio together for a project which isn't an animated version of our flagship project, Geek Force the Webcomic. But, if it was, it would be an extended version of Issue 3 on steroids. Redphantom is still working on his rant, but rants take a backseat to other stuff. He might have to release a smaller one while he works on the new Pekoe one, which may even have to be released in parts. http://geekforcehq.com/index.htm#28 Issue 3 of Rick, the Cryptoxoologist is out. Redphantom is also working on his next Pekoe rant, he actually wrote a plot outline and everything. It's just a feel good story, really. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#27 Issue 2 of Rick, the Cryptozoologist is out. Redphantom made a decent voting incentive for it. And he's still working on a couple of rants, and today is the day Geek Force works on it's top secret project. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#26 The first blog post for the Rick the Cryptozoologist's blog has been released. Along with the RSS feed to inform about updates to the blog. Redphantom has also added a privacy policy to the site because our lovely ads now collect enough information that we need it. In other news, Redphantom is working on a sequel to The Great Cannabinoilis Pekoe and another rant. He doesn't know when they will be released but he is working on them. They mostly deal with religion, and the abuse of religion and it's negative aspects. The second gag strip gets released tomorrow. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#25 The first issue of our new gag strip Rick, the Cryptozoologist, has been released. Rick also has a separate site where he has sightings of Cryptids, RSS feeds, and eventually comic archives and a blog. Redphantom also updated the copyright notices on the entire site and made small changes to almost every page. There will also be changes to Geek Force's hidden profile page. http://geekforcehq.com/index.htm#24 As you may have seen at the top of the page, Geek Force is launching a new weekly gag strip, seeing as Redphantom's rants aren't nearly as popular as the comic. The strip is Rick, the Cryptozoologist, a character we're had for about three years. We're had the Geek Force characters for about five. Speaking of Geek Force, the comic went on hiatus in a really inconvenient spot in the story, don't worry, we will finish Geek Force some day, but for now, it has to be put on hold. For several reasons, not the least of which is that it's an intensive project and Geek Force doesn't have too much time right now. We'll post updates on that as they become available. As for Rick, it's a good project, or at least, we hope it is. It has the same political humor, it's more like a short three panel weekly cartoon, but it is much less intensive. So, we should avoid the previous trouble we had with our deadlines with Geek Force, the Webcomic. Three issues are done, pretty much. The gags are written, the art is done, Redphantom just needs to put the art together and add text, with real word balloons. And this way, Geek Force still has time to work on their top secret project. The site will be going down for a few hours one day over the next few days when Redphantom adds the new section for Rick, the Cyptozoologist. Come by the site next Wednesday to check out the first comic. In other news, Redphantom put out a new rant earlier this week. http://geekforcehq.com/index.htm#23 Well, it isn't about Michael Jackson, but, it is a rant. Sorry, but it seems like Redphantom was a little slow to get a rant out, so too much time passed to make a decent rant about him and for it still to be relevant. Fortunately, Redphantom has replaced his original rant with one much better, one about, of course, The Great Cannabinoilis Pekoe. Redphantom will try and put rants out more often, though, his life is still a bit of a mess for the moment, so, no promises on when new rants will come. Redphantom will also post any other updates about Geek Force as they become available. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#22 Sorry for the lack of update, and for not posting any kind of content whatsoever. Geek Force the Webcomic is still on hiatus. Geek Force, now consisting of four members, only three of whom have characters in the comic are working very slowly on another project. Partly because we want to avoid the earlier works in this project from being as bad as the early comics, so, we're trying to learn before we release something publicly, and, we want to be sure it goes through. All Redphantom is doing for this project is the writing and the technical aspects of the art. Stephen the Grand and DC are doing the real artwork. We're also really behind, and Redphantom has rarely been behind on writing before, even in the worst of the comic delays, so, ultimately, the decision to put the comic on hiatus seems to be the correct one. Every member of Geek Force is busy trying to sort out other things, so, it would make it hard to do a Webcomic right now. We'll release more info on our top secret project when Redphantom is confident it will come to pass. Geek Force was actually working on this before the comic, and during a large part of it's production, and it fell through before, several times. So, Redphantom won't release info on it before he is sure it will be released. The comic was mainly designed to give us something to do until this came through. That's why it's more Redphantom and Stephen's thing. In other news, Redphantom made a rant which is called Michael Steele is Whiter than Mr. Rogers. Redphantom will also post another rant soon, which deals with the media obsession with Michael Jackson and celebrities in general. Plus, even though My True Calling is Killing Babies didn't do as well as even our lowest rated comics, he still wants to do a sequel to it. Redphantom will do his best to keep the site updated. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#21 Geek Force, the Webcomic has been placed on indefinite hiatus while Redphantom sorts out some personal things. Redphantom still plans to post rantings and things, his big 17 page rant was something of a test to see if he could use that for content for the site should Geek Force go into a hiatus. A fair am mount of people seemed to read it, so, Redphantom might use rants and short stories for content. It only took a weekend to do that entire rant, unlike most issues of Geek Force. With rants being less time consuming, he should still be able to do those. Redphantom could also create a page and RSS feed with news regarding to the hiatus and when it might end, assuming it does, if there is demand for that. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#20 Redphantom has posted a new rant, coming in at 17 pages called, "My True Calling Is Killing Babies(And the Story of the Best Few Days of My Life.)" In other news, Redphantom is still working on Issue 30, he hopes to have it out this week. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#19 Redphantom has finished the upgrades to the interface, they will be debuting shortly, once Redphantom has a chance to test them. In other news, Redphantom has posted a picture of Jew Avenger's laboratory. Keep in mind, this background is actually 1566x1200 pixels big, so in the comic we will never see as much of it as featured here. Also, this is the effect that will be used in Jew Avenger's flashbacks within Issue 30, as a parody of pulp comics. http://www.geekforcehq.com/index.htm#18 Redphantom has updated the interface to support captions, which means progress as far as Issue 30 is concerned. All comics after Issue 30 will support captions at the bottom of the screen. Redphantom will try to get Issue 30 Part 1 out this weekend. It's good. In other news, Redphantom is also adding another feature to the interface, which will be retroactive, and effect Issue 1 Remake, Issue 19, Arc 2 end, Issues 25 and up, it is the ability to bookmark your place in a comic. Primarily so that Redphantom can link back to a comic with the bookmarking feature because he's so damn subversive and important points are mentioned in passing. The captions should also tell when it would be good to look back. This is also so that there can still be two parters. Right now, it would be impossible to skip to a specific place within a comic. Redphantom is fixing that. http://geekforcehq.com/index.htm#17 Redphantom added the Issue 1 Remake as the latest comic, and created a section for special issues. Like the Halloween Issue. If you've never read it, it's Stephen the Grand's thing, and it's good. In other news, Redphantom is working on the interface so he can get Issue 30 out. Still working on it. Also, Redphantom is able to work on it again after getting the new Ubuntu/installing a new video card that was unsupported. Luckily, the high resolution makes up for all that pain and effort, one gig, bitches. http://geekforcehq.com/index.htm#16 The Issue 1 Remake: How Not to Make a Good First Impression...AGAIN, has been released. It is quite a bit different from the original, satirizing a different topic, and having many new jokes. In other news, Issue 30 is still delayed. Redphantom will post updates on it's progress as it becomes available.