New Comic Friday: The Notebag

Mostly based on a true story. Yes, the first comments were made, and I did on a different occasion wear a lampshade on my head, but at no time as of this writing did we feed a back pack dollar bills in an erotic showing.

I guess we didn't make that banner either. Huh.

Anywho, we, as in me and John, are discussing moving the format of the blog to a more webcomic savvy site. Seeing as only a few people may actually read this, and I really can't say it'll impact their day too drastically, it should be a pretty easy pill to swallow.

Shawn
you're wife was teaching

(sort of) New Comic Friday: Yes I know it's spelled panini

Well, it's not new, barely still Friday, but here's your rehashed comic.

We ended up deciding that the joke I was going to present was too good for a shitty looking comic. So next week, new comic in a new style. Enjoy.

NL

I Suck

Well, work was busy for the first time in a long time, which means I didn't get the comic done.

Not that it's an excuse, I should have had the thing done days ago. Thing is, sometimes I just can't get into the mood to work on any drawings. Like the creativity just comes and goes at will.

Well, the thing is all drawn, just needs colour and dialog (hell, I still might settle with no colour tonight). I will do my best to get it up tonight though, come hell or high water (preferably hell, my shoes have holes in them and I hate wet socks).

Expect the next comic in a much different style and in a new format.

-Shawn
throw rocks at me

I don't have a title

Come on man, the reason you like anime so much is because you lived in China!

Personally, manga is just way too damn short for my liking. Ten doll-hairs can either net me a decent graphic novel that'll kill a couple hours, or a manga that I'll breeze through in about 15 minutes. But, that's just me.

You may say you critique my comics, but you damn well know I'll just ignore anything you have to say and do what I want.

That said, I probably should get to work on the comic, it ain't anywhere near done as of yet.

-Shawn

It's a Problem I'd Say

Few people asked me this, "Which of you drew that comic?" Well, the role of the artist would be Shawn. My role is pretty much critique and help him brainstorm ideas. 

Compare to Shawn, I don't draw as well and as much. Even though people praised my drawings (I do secretly wonder why?), but to me, my arts lack the basics and mainly practice. Shawn has a cartoon-ish style while I am into the anime style. Besides his style of comic is a better fit for our stupid, and exaggerated real-life experience.

My interest in anime is the cause for all other geeky interests. (Those interests are for another post) It'a problem I said. If I happened to stumble upon a manga I haven't read before and after the frist three chapters it caught my interest, I would spend my whole day sitting there and read until the end or the latest chapter. I spent a whole day reading all 300 chapters of a manga before, and each chapter has about 16 to 19 pages. I feel bad doing it, but I know I'll do it again. I did it with Naruto, Bleach, EyeShield 21, Claymore, Slam Dunk, Soul Eater, and countless others. 

It's a problem I'd say, but it's ok. I'm sure someone else will save the world when I'm dwelling on my reading.

New Comic Friday: Buffet School

I would like to proudly state that each of these events did in fact take place, though they were a tad different than how I put them.

Allow me to break it down for you:

Panel1: Absolutely nothing here is exaggerated at all. This is exactly how it went down.

Panel2: The roles here are reversed, since John didn't really get a whole lot of time to shine. I pity the poor bastard.

Panel3: The words weren't spoken, and I didn't actually put hamburger meat in the burrito. Instead I replaced it with soft serve ice cream. It wasn't good.

In attempt to lose some weight, I haven't frequented a Golden Corral in quite some time. I imagine that is both a triumph on my part and quite frankly just for the best. After having unlimited access to a variety of food types for so long, my sometimes dormant autism leaps to the forefront and decides to throw some weird shit together. Of all the crimes I've committed against man, when I reach the Holy Gates, it's these sins that I'll have to answer for.

God help me.

Shawn
Funky like a monkey

WoW, April Fools!

For those that don't know, I play World of Warcraft. Yes, I'm WoWaddict. Compared to some of the stories I've heard from kids that play WoW, I feel like a saint. 

Anyways, for those that are in the loop about Blizzard Entertainment April Fools' joke every year, this year they presented us Dance Battle System for World of Warcraft.

OMG, WTF, that was the best joke ever next to the Pandaren joke. Able to serve your friends and people you'll never meet with dance moves that you'll never achieve, and within the safety of your computer room. Sign me up! Too bad it's just a joke, but can't you imagine it? What will WoW be like with a dance battle element? I'm sure for role players will be something to do, but for casual players like me that can't talk like people in Lord of the Rings this dance battle is just good clean fun when I'm LFG. 

Blizzard is a great video game company. Unlike EA, Blizzard doesn't have as much games released, but each game they released had been hit after hit such as: StarCraft, World of Warcraft, Warcraft Series, and Diablo Series. Blizzard knows how to build a loyal fans base, and damn good games.

If you want to check out April Fools' jokes by Blizzard for their games, here they are:

WoW

StarCraft

Diablo III

Oh Shawn, Japanese is famous for turning anything small. Useful or not, they make them cute and small and girls will eat them up. For crying out loud, they bred cats that won't grow bigger than a shirt pocket.....although..... 

In Defense of Little Burgers

John here doesn't seem to understand the allure of the mini burger.

As well as paragraphs, but that's an argument for another day.

See, mini burgers are not anything like Twilight. Quite the opposite actually. Mini burgers, along with giving the impression that you're getting more delicious meats than in one cheese burger, just make you feel like a giant. By god, eat a couple of those, pet some kittens, and speak broken english, well, I'll be damned if you don't feel like Andre himself.

I'm also a tad confused about the whole j-pop argument Jackass presents. Maybe I'm just missing something here, but is this a Japanese thing? I don't spend my days at Barnes & Noble sitting on the floor to read manga. I suppose there are people more qualified on that front.

That said, John, just open up your god damn heart and eat some of these treats. I know it's not some fruity iced coffee, but I think you'll like it. If you don't, well, my day will go on.

-Shawn
Bobby, I don't like this!

Burgers Shot

I personally not a big fan of fast food, specially fast food burgers. I love burgers. A good burger can make my day. With your hands barely able to wrap around it, and the first bite you don't know where to start except open your as wide as possible because you wanna take in all the ingredients at once. That's the kind of tradition burger that God intended. However, I'll not lie that every so often I'll swing by McDonald or Burger King to grab a burger for the sake of time. When I was at Burger King I noticed they're advertising something called Burger Shots. They're nothing more than a burger just smaller size. My first thought was, "No one will ever want something like that." After that day, I started to realize that shrunk burgers are pretty popular dish amount consumers. Rudy Tuesday, Applebee's, and Chili's all have the same type of dish. When the hell did tiny burgers become mainstream? I thought they were only from White Castle, where we listen to legends and myths from those that are fortunate with a White Castle near them. Burger King is advertising them like some vampires from Twilight. Let ruin something that's cool with cuteness. While you're at it make those tiny burgers shine under sun, won't you please? This is an outrage. American burgers are not a Japanese trend. No matter how much I like J-Pop culture I cannot agree to shrink this delicious food. Burger needs to be big, and can only go in one direction. Bigger. So Damn it people! Stop eating these food trend abomination! 

The Saga of Lincoln & Orson Welles

Felt like sharing one of my Faux movie posters, this time dealing with a spin off of my long running Lincoln series starring his partner in crime, Orson Welles. For a look at the rest of the series, check out my deviantart section for all the posters, pin ups, and comic covers!

Have an idea for a movie poster of your own but lack the programs or skills to create it? How about commissioning me to do one for you! Send a message to xnightlinkx AT yahoo.com (done to prevent spam) with the subject "Movie Posters" or "Commissions" and we'll talk about prices!

-Shawn

that damn bell keeps ringin'

General Impressions and Wrestlemania Predictions

I'd like to formally acknowledge my presence and point out that using yellow text on a white background makes it hard to read. Jackass.

I'll be posting new comics just about every Friday or so, with frightening and awe inspiring comments. Occasionally a new sketch I'm all proud of or what have yah will be thrown up here as well.

But, on to the meat and potatoes of my post: Wrestlemania

Can't say I'll do this every month (or with TNA at all), but I'll give a semi annual prediction post on what I'm excited about. On to the card!

25 Diva Battle Royal

- Divas from Raw, Smackdown and ECW will compete along with WWE Divas from the past.

Can't say this match will have any impact, WWE "diva" events have just been about t and a more than competition. I'm guessing we'll have appearances from Trish, Molly Holly, more than likely Mae Young. As for who will win? Someone still on the roster is a definite, and I'm going with Gail Kim to win.

Unified WWE Tag Team Championship Lumberjack Match

- WWE Tag Team Champions Carlito & Primo vs. World Tag Team Champions John Morrison & The Miz.

This just makes sense, seeing as both sets of belts have been held on different rosters at different times. The real question is which belts will remain (heres hoping one of each will be carried). To pick a team is too gosh darn hard, since I can come up with equal reasons why each should win. So lets just go with Carlito and Primo.

WWE Intercontinental Championship Match

- JBL (c) vs. Rey Mysterio.

JBL said he wants to do something historic, and could it be that he's the first guy to defend the IC belt in lord knows how long at Wrestlemania? That seems a bit of a let down. I'll bring up later what it could be, but for now lets just say Rey will take the belt. Further supports my later theory.

"Money in the Bank" Ladder Match

- CM Punk vs. Kane vs. Mark Henry vs. WWE U.S. Champion MVP vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Christian vs. Finlay.

I'll just run through the options. CM Punk won it before, could be the first to win it twice in a row, but I doubt it. Kane seems to be on a roll, but that also makes it too obvious to be the winner. Mark Henry, good loyal talent, but I don't see it. MVP has a real good shot, the only thing going against him is having that US belt, but he's more likely than most. Shelton is one of my top choices; he's been the highlight in just about all the MITB's and could finaly win the damn thing. Kofi is another top choice, simply because he's good but also not obvious. I don't think Christian regrets signing back with WWE, and he deserves a good push, but I don't think it'll be here if at all. Finlay, no, not a chance.

So my choices go from most potential to not a chance: MVP, Shelton, Kofi, Kane, CM Punk, Christian, Henry and Finlay.

"Extreme Rules" Match

- Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy.

Matt as a heel has a much better chance at main eventing than Matt as a Face. I'm picking him to win, but if he doesn't then he'll beat the holy hell out of Jeff after the match to lead to the follow up match at the next PPV.

Elimination Match

- Chris Jericho vs. Roddy Piper, Ricky Steamboat & Jimmy Snuka with Ric Flair at ringside.

I swear I called this match a month ago, I only wish the list of legends kept growing. You can bet that all the legends will get their moments to shine, with Jericho eliminating them in devious manners. Even with the supposed Mickey Rourke appearance, I'm still going with Jericho to pull off the win, since it does more for him than the legends.

- The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels.

If Taker ever had a better chance at his streak ending, I'd like to hear it. I'm still picking Taker to win, since no talk of retirement have been heard of, and it only seems fitting that he'll go out at the biggest event of the year for WWE. Now hears my crazy idea, whether Taker wins or not, JBL will attempt to cost him the match. Think about it, that is a hell of a lot more historic than an IC title defense, and all three men have history with each other. I'm still betting on Taker though, and this will be the match of the night.

World Heavyweight Championship Match

- Edge (c) vs. John Cena vs. Big Show.

The only question is where which World Title where will go after the show. I'm betting on the World belt staying on Smackdown, and just for fun lets say Big Show will keep it there. The big guy deserves another run with the belt and I can easily see it happening.

WWE Championship Match

- Triple H (c) vs. Randy Orton.

Simply put, Orton is a great heel, and Triple H probably wants off Smackdown. There for, Orton gets the belt over to Raw, and Triple H gets drafted back to Raw to keep the feud going.

Well, done and done. Stick it up your ass John.

-Shawn

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Let Them Eat Pies!

Welcome to Banana Vs. Apple, where logic and common sense are rarely practiced. Instead our goal is to provide senseless thoughts on subjects ranging from manga, movies, pop culture, stupidity, youtube, video games and others that we feel our opinions are more moronic than those topics. All the effort that we are putting in is all for your entertainment. That's right. Able to entertain you is our mission, either through laughs or hate mails, the goal is for you, the viewers, to come back when you have nothing better to do, and waste your life with us. Hope you'll enjoy Banana Vs. Apple. Bake us cakes!

With my mission statement out of the way, my name is John. Let me represent Banana Vs. Apple to welcome you, since the other writer had better things to do (such as eating pie or playing with action figures). I am one of two writers for Banana Vs. Apple. I'm a Warcraft playing, manga reading, anime watching, movies viewing, gadgets loving, novelty items collecting, geek (and proud of it....ladies). Those that read this now might think to themselves, "What the hell is this blog about?" All I can say is, "ANYTHING I WANT." Topics that are interesting enough to catch my attention, and moronic arguments between me and Shawn that are inevitable. Yet, hopefully you'll find joy (or anger) within our words. This is also a place for me to explore my creative side of my mind (I usually use 10% of my brain for daily function, while 90% is idle). That's enough with this first post from me right now, let continue this poor grammar and misspelled words for later, with a better topic. 

Thank you for reading and continue to check back for new stuff!

 Edit: Ok, ok, ok....The yellow texts weren't mean for reading since it hurts my eyes as well, but it was there because I couldn't find a better yellow. (damn you color spectrum) So there, it's all in black text now.