{"id":21890,"date":"2017-03-23T05:37:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T09:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=21890"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:24:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:24:30","slug":"flash-in-the-pan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/03\/23\/flash-in-the-pan\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash in the Pan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"butcher shop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/33489641495\/in\/dateposted\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/4\/3694\/33489641495_830708fd8f_z.jpg?resize=640%2C422&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"butcher shop\" width=\"640\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Pink Zeppelin<\/em> ponders dinner in my developing <em>Atomic Warrior<\/em> comic.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>More sketching and watching trash. This time thanks to the fantastic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plex.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">P<em>lex App<\/em><\/a> on my <em>Roku<\/em> box I am catching up on episodes of <em>The Flash<\/em>. I mainly thought of Plex as a means of streaming one&#8217;s own media, but it has a selection of channels where you can watch\u00a0 the latest television shows without commercials and absolutely <em>free<\/em> of charge. <em>Eat that, Hulu!<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21910\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21910\" data-attachment-id=\"21910\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/03\/23\/flash-in-the-pan\/plex-app\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/plex-app.jpg?fit=640%2C435&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,435\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"plex-app\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/plex-app.jpg?fit=640%2C435&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-21910 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/plex-app.jpg?resize=640%2C435&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/plex-app.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/plex-app.jpg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Plex channel portal<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Anyway, I&#8217;m sketching while the adventures of the <em>scarlet speedster<\/em> play in the <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21913\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/03\/23\/flash-in-the-pan\/screenshot2017-03-22\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ScreenShot2017-03-22.png?fit=181%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"181,200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ScreenShot2017-03-22\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ScreenShot2017-03-22.png?fit=181%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-21913\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ScreenShot2017-03-22.png?resize=181%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"200\" \/>background. It&#8217;s a shame really. <em>The Flash<\/em> was one of the shows I would hunker down on the couch and actually watch. It was light and fun and an antidote to the terribly dreary movies being churned out from DC Comics&#8217; stable of characters such as the terrible <em>Man of Steel<\/em> and the misguided <em>Batman VS Superman.<\/em> Warner Brothers seemed to do television so well despite their poor movies. Well, that seemed to change with the third season of <em>The Flash<\/em>. It&#8217;s a mess. Too many time travel gimmicks; too many speedsters and a busload of Canadians packing an uninteresting ensemble have made a fun show sort of tedious. I tuned in to watch <em>The Flash<\/em> &#8212; not his entourage of annoying little helpers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21911\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21911\" data-attachment-id=\"21911\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/03\/23\/flash-in-the-pan\/butcher\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/butcher.jpg?fit=750%2C507&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"750,507\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Perfection 1660&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"butcher\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Butcher Shop Variation or Pink Zeppelin is Peckish&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/butcher.jpg?fit=640%2C433&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-21911\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/butcher.jpg?resize=640%2C433&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/butcher.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/butcher.jpg?resize=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Playing around with lighting ideas in this sketch.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At least I&#8217;m getting some drawing done.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11468\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/01\/28\/son-of-sketchbook-from-hell\/it-came-from-the-sb-banner-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/it-came-from-the-SB-banner-2.gif?fit=640%2C122&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,122\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"it-came-from-the-SB-banner-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/it-came-from-the-SB-banner-2.gif?fit=640%2C122&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11468\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/it-came-from-the-SB-banner-2.gif?resize=640%2C122&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"122\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More sketching and watching trash. This time thanks to the fantastic Plex App on my Roku box I am catching up on episodes of The Flash. I mainly thought of Plex as a means of streaming one&#8217;s own media, but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/03\/23\/flash-in-the-pan\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":21911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[49,3456],"tags":[17,8,312,9,3661,5,4081,4103,185,4104,480],"class_list":["post-21890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-it-came-from-the-sketchbook","category-weird-world-of-the-roku","tag-cartoon","tag-cartoons","tag-comic","tag-comics","tag-illustration","tag-joe-williams","tag-pink-zeppelin","tag-plex","tag-roku","tag-the-flash","tag-usa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/butcher.jpg?fit=750%2C507&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-5H4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19607,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/09\/15\/not-quite-dead\/","url_meta":{"origin":21890,"position":0},"title":"Not Quite Dead","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"September 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Having received an email about the obsolescence of my Roku HD from the company that manufactured it,\u00a0 I recently wrote an obituary for my dear departed media player. 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