Great Stuff
Loved the simple style of the animation, the voices and music were spot on, everything just worked so well together. Looking forward to seeing more, infact i'll go pay your site a visit now. Best thing i've seen on NG for some time.
5/5
Reviews for ""The Mustache Contest""
amazing
that was really good, the animation rocked, it had a good story, and the sound effects made me smile.
bitchin
lol nice one, make another :D i demand you...with my level 2 authority
Dear Mike,
I'm gonna review this when it finishes loading, but since I'm on dialup, and it's like 4.6 megs, I needed something to do while I wait for it to load. So I thought I'd write you a letter.
Hey, Mike!
How's it going? What have you been up to lately? I see from your profile that you live in Los Angeles. My uncle lives there, I visited him last summer - Los Angeles is like another planet, really. I'm from Oregon, and so it's quite a change to go down there, but I had a good time. We went to Joshua Tree while I was there, that was pretty cool, I took lots of pictures of big rocks and joshua trees and things like that.
I suppose it's no big thing that I have a relative in L.A. - I mean, it's freakin' huge, right? So EVERYONE probably has a relative in L.A. someplace. But you know, I'm just trying to make conversation. While I wait for this 'toon to load. Which it is. Slowly.
Anyway, Oregon is a pretty nice place, especially if you like outdoor stuff. Lots of trees up here, and mountains. Lots of places to camp, or fish, or hunt if you're into that sort of thing (which I'm not, the closest thing I come to hunting is when I open the package the ground beef came in). Then out east there's desert, and of course going west there's the ocean, and lots of really rocky beaches, and sea lions, and stuff. It's all very scenic.
But if you live in one place long enough you kind of become blinded to the beauty around you, you know? That's why I love to travel whenever I can. I've lived in lots of places - I was actually born in San Francisco. I've lived on both coasts, and several states inbetween.
Man, this thing is taking awhile to load. Dialup sucks, man. I don't recommend it. I mean, unless you're living in like 1994 or something... Then you don't really have much of a choice. And... Oh! Look! It's loaded! Ok. Gonna watch now.
Very entertaining, well animated, and all around good fun. I'mmah give it high marks. Lessee.
10 on Graphics - Yes, they were simple, but they were consistent, told the story well, and the characters were fun looking. Nice job.
10 out of 10 for style, too. I mean, hey. You mentioned Tom Selleck. What's more stylish than Tom Selleck, TV's Magnum P.I.? Of course, the answer is Richard Dean Anderson, TV's MacGyver. I mean, he made a blow torch out of a bicycle, and fixed an out of control car's brakes with a bic pen, all with a mullet. That's quite a handicap, but he managed it. Where was I? Oh yeah.
10 out of 10 for sound. The voices were excellent, the voice acting was perfect, the recordings didn't suck. The music was good for the cartoon, that worked very well.
Hm. I don't think there was any violence. Oh, wait, the "murder." I remember now. Well it was well done, but not much to it. I'll give ya a 5 there. Trust me, it's not hurting you any, you're doing fine in the other categories.
It wasn't really interactive at all, so I'll just skip that one.
10 on humor, definitely. I laughed aloud several times. It was funny stuff, after all.
Excellent. See, if I were to add up your points, you'd get a ... HOLY COW!!! 45 POINTS!!! Oh, wait, I'm supposed to split that 5 ways. Well, you'd get an even 9... But the violence bit - well, I only rated it because I had to rate the violence. So I'm giving you a 10. Good job! And I'll vote 5, too.
Anyway, nice chatting with ya. Have a good one.
-- Jason
BabyBirdComics responds:
dear jason,
thanks.
--mike
Great style
Hey this cartoon was very original. Moustache Contest haha, random but cool concept. I liked the simplicity of the cartoon, black and white and the shaky line effect gave it that extra touch of style. The humor was lacking a little, the ending could of been a bit better than it was but all and all it was enjoyable to watch. :)