Only one update between the last COLD update and this one? LAME.

Sorry, folks, woulda had this up sooner, but I was fighting a losing battle with my damn laptop for about two hours.

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"I hate the rain. Bad things happen to me when it rains."
"Well, look on the bright side, Misery. Bad things happen to you when it DOESN'T rain."
Misery and Ruby Gloom

Here's a congradulatory piece for the winner of the latest Transformation Idol.

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Hey, you can't boo me! I'm Mick Foley! I'm the human muppet!"
Mick Foley

And so they meet. FOR THE FIRST TIME. FOR THE LAST TIME.

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Come on, Harle. It's getting a little crowded here."
"I'm with ya, Red. Let's make like a church bell and PEEL! Like the Red Sea and SPLIT! Like a communion wafer and TRANSUSTAN..."
"Can't you just GO? Like a NORMAL PERSON!?"
Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn

Mike Renner Commission: Part The Twelfth

And Nene Sword, if you can read this, I DID get your email regarding your commission. However, every time I tried to reply, I kept getting a mailing failure message, like, a second later. So don't think I was ignoring you, I was just literally unable to reply.

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness...and I won't kill you...because you're just too much fun...I think you and I...are destined to do this forever..."
The Joker

Roger64 Commission: Part The Fourteenth

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"You think THAT was bad? Wait 'till you see THIS number!"
Red Meat

Roger64 Commission: Part The Thirteenth

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"I told him, "Robert, you're gonna get me killed." And he said "It's my right. I made you, I get to destroy you if I want to.""
Salma Hayak

Uh, yeah. If any of you guys go to Hell when you die and you see me there with a Glasgow Smile, know that this TRG Episode is PROBABLY the reason why. : D;;

What? Don't you find it a LITTLE creepy that this, of all things, was his dying role?

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Aw, c'mon, puddin'! Don't you wanna rev up Harley? Vroom vroom!"
Harley Quinn

And lo! There was much COLD.

Wow, only three more updates until the big triple digits. Can you believe it?

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"NAMI! If you're still alive, I'm gonna kill you!"
Roronoa Zoro

Roger64 Commission: Part The Twelfth

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"The world is cruel. And the only morality in a cruel world...is chance. Unbiased. Unprejudiced. Fair."
Two-Face

New TRG Episode.

Hey, how long has it been since I said that?

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules."
The Joker

It's the return of the FB20XL Graphic Novels! After a down period, Ven brought Greed to the table and tonight, I return with Samurai Pizza Cats: COLD! Let's just start back at where I updated last time since it's been a while.

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Have I ever told you the story of the little girl, the marker, AND THE PIT OF ETERNAL FLAME?"
Drake Mallard

Here's a wallpaper I made featuring a collaborative effort between my lineart and Trunks' coloring. If you wish to see the drawing on it's own, by all means.

Thanks again, man.

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Arrrrgh!!! My precious "Meowth's Party" is cancelled, but the yellow rat still has a pile o' games!!! Go ahead, God! Scatter more salt on my wounds!!!"
Meowth

Cronosonic Commission: Part the Fifth

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Listen...on this ship, you are to refer to me as "Idiot", not "You Captain"!...I mean...you know what I mean!"
Lone Starr

While COLD is ready to restart in a few days and we're resetting TRG, here's a look at a new series I've signed up for, penned by an old Fireball face.

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"You fool! You'll kill us BOTH!"
The Vulture

It's time to end this.

I think I more or less explain my feelings on the matter, but in case you're still sore about my decision, I think almost FOUR YEARS is a long enough time to throw in the towel and move on with your life. I've thought about this for the longest time and my choice is final. Also, one of the reasons I decided this is because I fell out of love with the storyline, so I would appreciate if everyone kept their commentary on the matter to themselves.

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Poor knave. I knocked him silly."
Gizmoduck

SheeeeEESH, you try to make an honest living.

Well, it took longer than it should have due to my laptop being rendered nonoperational for the time being due to power supply issues, but here's another commission.

Cronosonic Commission: Part the Fourth

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"If it flies, I can crash it!"
Launchpad McQuack

D.G. Budgell Commission

Also, if you're going to order commissions, now is the time.

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"I always forget the milk..."
Darkwing Duck

Huh. As long as these last two took due to reference issues, they sure did finish fast enough.

Cronosonic Commission: Part the Third

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Come on out, Mega! Or I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll beat your door down!"
Gutsman

Cronosonic Commission: Part the Second

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Cheap parlour tricks don't work on us magical types."
Genie

Part 2! "Francine Continues to Loses her Goddamn MIND".

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand that's it for that scene. Nice to have finally given it visuals. But man, was Francine pissed while working on that. I'm about fixin' to take a month off from COLD so she can calm the hell down.

No, seriously. Finances are still pretty tough, so COLD is going on a month hiatus so that I may, yet again, begin another Month of Commissions. My goal is to clear out as many as I can by next week so that I'll be able to take up new orders, so all who are interested, but know the ungodly size of the current queue, keep an eye out.

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Would you like some poison with your pancakes?"
Cailen Crow

Gods ye damns, it's already the seventh?

Sara Johnson Commission: Part the Sixth

Just a quickie commission to get out of the way since some of the more detailed ones higher on the list, I lacked the proper details to work with (in some cases, I still do. If I sent you an email, PLEASE respond so I can at least get started on them. If you've already responded, unless more issues arise, we're good to go).

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"I was actually rooting for Cell for a minute..."
Krillin

Don't Call It A Comeback

For anyone not in the know, it was recently announced that Capcom is bringing back its famous Vs. series for another go. They tussled with Marvel super heroes and fellow SNK fighting legends in the past and now, they are going to do battle with classic anime faces in "Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes". Tatsunoko was responsible for many classic animes such as Speed Racer and Gatchaman, but one property that throws itself in front of me the hardest would be Kyattou Ninden Teyandee.

Better known to us American audiences as SAMURAI PIZZA CATS.

While the chances of some Pizza Cats Vs Street Fighter action might not be as slim as I thought, seeing how KNT/SPC is a bigger staple in Tatsunoko history than I imagined it to be, there is still an absurdly strong chance that this game may never see American shores (strong enough evidence being that this is, so far, only going to be an arcade game and where do THOSE exist anymore here in the States?). Regardless, I would LOVE to see, at the very least, Speedy/Yattarou in the roster to prove to me that KNT/SPC is more than just an underground internet cult classic.

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"I just transmuted your TV. If you change channels, it'll explode!"
Edward Elric

Everyone remember way back in CD3, the "Eggman Rapes the Computer" scene? I think Wil said he was looking forward to drawing that scene or something. Well, whatever the case, this is my version for the graphic novel I'm illustrating. Only there's no computer raping. It's just the start of a scene that I've been wanting to do ever since I took on the job of drawing COLD.

I call it "Francine Loses her Goddamn MIND".

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"So you see, my lad, the true moral behind the Battle of Trenton is that if you party too hardy, George Washington will kick your ass. Any questions?"
Mr. Verres

No more hot spots! YAHAHA! It's all home from here! PERSONAL CONNECTION GET BACK, BABY. Have a Francine to celebrate!

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"When bored and half-squirrel, only one solution exists: bounce around the house mindlessly!!!"
Grace

First post of solo life in my own apartment GO!

First off, even though I already did at DA, I want to wish Madfather warm welcome to the family. I've been watching his stuff for a while now, REALLY good Looney Tunes-ish material. Highly recommend it if you haven't already checked out in the past few days I've been gone.

Secondly, I want to dish out the three quickie commissions that I had sketched before I moved and before I lost a steady internet connection. Once I get it back, it's first come first serve yet again, but ANYWHO BEHOLD.

The Wise Mankey Commission: Part The Twenty Fourth
The Wise Mankey Commission: Part The Twenty Fifth
The Wise Mankey Commission: Part The Twenty Sixth

Next, if you by any chance watched me at DeviantArt, you may know that I had declared that account, as well as my Sheezy and FurAffinity ones dead, buried, and defunct. Then I started to use the DA one to promote commissions. You may all remember me saying this, but I did this all in hopes of trying to get traffic over to Fireball by keeping stuff strictly on Fireball. Well, I'd like to think that plan did nothing but make things worse. SO! Soon enough, I will be posting back on DA at the least, since the majority of my fanbase is over there. Just a fair warning to board up your inboxes.

Finally, I can't stick around since this is a hot spot, but I wanna let you guys know that I just may be getting my own internet connection again come Thursday before I head to work if I'm lucky. Cheaper than I expected it to be. Hell, cheaper than it was back in Massachusetts. So if all goes well, I'll see you all then, ey wot?

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"It's best to just keep an open mind. I've seen things in my life I've never thought possible."
"Oh, I think it's safe to say I've kept an open mind this entire series." Princess Sally Acorn and Shadow the Hedgehog

Sorry I wasn't able to wish you a happy birthday or make you anything, Psy. I just hope that my wanting to finish the new COLD pages before I move later today (The date was changed to today. If you're a wrestling and Kane fan like I am, you might see the humor in this) AND the return of a character we haven't seen in exactly three months will make up for it.

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Everyone knows daddies are taken for granted, just listen to the radio! Every single song's always about MOMMA. Dear MOMMA. Always love my MOMMA. MOMMA MOMMA MOMMA. Where's the DADDY'S song? Papa was a rolling stone!"
Chris Rock

I don't normally like to share Transformation related artwork on the Fireball front page lately due to it being a smidgen difficult for TF Art Haters to find by posting it on my front page alone, but I need content for an important announcement and here it be. So if you are one of those aforementioned TF Art Haters, no one is forcing you to look at the following commission but yourself.

ShineofRain Commission

ANYWAY. Two orders of business. I'm making room for five commission spots. Everyone else on the staff, do not worry, I'm sure they'll be filled by either Mankey or Renner in about a minute. XD;;

Next up! You all remember how I said I was moving out of Ame's place come mid May? Yeah, that day is fast approaching. With any luck it'll be sometime within the next two days when I'm off from work to actually move stuff, but definitely sometime after the 15th, I will be rocking solo. Now what that means is that since it's going to take everything I have financially to pay off rent, electricity, and gas, there's a stupendous chance that I won't have my own personal internet connection for a very, very, VERY long time. Don't worry, though! As far as my obligations to both the site and Commission Shop customers, I will still be able to supply. There are plenty of places around that offer WiFi connections, closest of which being the local McDonalds. I suppose once every week, I swing by, get a double cheeseburger so I'm not loitering, and upload what COLD pages are due and everything else that I have to share.

This more hurts things like checking and responding to email or any sort of other communication people may have with me. Those who email me know that I am quick to respond, always keeping a Gmail tab on Firefox open in case someone surprises me (if not that, then the GMail Notifier). Through this move, I'm not going to be able to be as responsive as I normally am and I ask you to bear with me on that fact considering the circumstances.

Sooo...yeah, I suppose that's it. I've already been semi-nonexistent these days as it is, so I guess it shouldn't be too much of a difference, now should it?

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Hey, Rogue, would you rather A) Have your skin peeled off and roll around in salt, or B) Teach some ten year old kids?"
"I'm buying the salt. Let's go."
Lothar Hex and Rogue

Ehhh, I've got nuthin'...

Aether Commission

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Woah, a giant explosion! Cool!!"
Charmy Bee

Between this and toppling that almost unforgiving madness known as Ninja Gaiden III, I've been on quite a roll in the past twenty-four hours.

Shadowmaster Commission

Getcher wallets out. I plot on opening a few (Read: FEW) more spots soon.

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"It's all a joke! Everything anybody ever valued or struggled for...it's all a monstrous, demented GAG! So why can't you see the funny side? Why aren't you laughing?"
"Because I've heard it all before...and it wasn't funny the FIRST time."
The Joker and Batman

In this week's COLD update, everyone's pissed off at Speedy!

The little jerk. RAWW.

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Sorry, I don't do Rubber Hose."
Mandy

Psy, Wil, sorry, but all things considered, I couldn't resist, heh. XD

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"DAH! Go peach yourself!"
Orange

Hey, this commission came out interesting. SWIMMIN' THE DEEP SEAS OF THE INTARWEBZ

Diskmaster Commission: Part The Third

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"What's not to like? I'm fat and jolly, just like Santa Claus!"
Dr. Eggman

Having finished some practice pieces, commissions, and otherwise important projects, I thought I'd take the time to finish a pic I had sketched in an age ago for a familiar face that got a new face...face face.

New World Vikki

Oh, and this goes out to all the Commission Shop customers out there, but just as Ame is moving to a new place, so too am I in mid May. I'm not opening new spots up YET, this has more to do with the current queue of orders. If you see the outdated to-do list that I don't update anymore floating around anywhere and see the commission queue on there, yet see that I am taking care of whatever orders that are on there OUT OF order, do not fret, I am not skipping over people without a reason. For the time being, I'm trying to take care of orders on the list that can be done faster than others in order to make new spots available before the move date. I apologize to any customers this may affect, but this is only until I move into my new place. After that, it's first come, first serve as usual.

Thank you for understanding, if you indeed understand.

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"It is not God the people fear. The people's fear IS God."
God Eneru

Don't know what I was thinking when I made these, but the cell shading practice was fun to do and I'm digging the background in the Sapphire one.

Dizzy Devil Kitty
Toon Sapphire

RANDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Okay, Gizzy...we're done here."
Freezeman