Hey guys, I know you want some new stuff, so Brent whipped up this comic tonight. No word on the basement and therefore no word on the short's progress. Enjoy the new comic for now.
- Jake 1:18am | Leave a Comment?
"Episode 6 is on it's way! The script is done and audio has been recorded. We just have to animate it. Stay tuned!"
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8.29.08 | Panera!
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Wish you could look at cup even when you're not at shutupcup.com? Well, now you can!
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Email us at: mail at jake downs dot com to get a quote on your project today!
(spelled out to prevent spam)
Do you find that most clothing outlets lack in their selection of coffee mug related appearal? Well- problem solved! Buy shirts and much more from the shutupcup.com shop!
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Well, shutupcup.com is a collaborative effort between two high school seniors, Brent Galloway & Jake Downs. It is a semi-annually updated webcomic starring Jake, Brent, their friends and family- and of course, a very special character named, cup. It is also a portfolio-type site for the boys to showcase their creative talents.
Heh, well- cup was originally created by Sean Cowburn & Jake Downs in the 6th grade. As the story goes, while they were attending Delaware Christian School, their music teacher, Mr. Shirley, had a 'singing' musical cup which would play a song whenever someone picked up. So- every time the teacher would go to take a drink the thing would play its song, and students would yell, Shut up, cup! Sean then expanded the idea, writing short stories which he'd give to Jake to draw, about a cup designed by the U.S. government to stop world disasters, but leaders always neglected him. Brushing him off with the signature catch-phrase in the last cell of each comic. Sean & Jake made a full comic book and everyone enjoyed it. Well, that is until one day when a fellow (jealous) classmate ripped it to shreds.
Funny you should ask- that's the next part of the story! Well, when Jake started attending Buckeye Valley his freshman year, he met Brent Galloway who was fascinated by Jake's drawings and when he found the original taped-up comic book he was so inspired by it that he asked Jake if they could remake the whole series. So, that's just what they did.
Well, this lame-o website got started in March of 2006 when Jake started taking web page design classes at Findlay High School. To date there have been 9 different versions of the website- each drastically different and improved from the last.
Heh- well... if you did make it all the way down here you probably are at least a little interested in our work and you could definitely help us out by purchasing a mug or t-shirt from our shop. We're not greedy, but hosting does cost money. Plus, all your friends will think you're cool and you'll win the lottery.*
*not actually true.
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Older News
August 8, 2008 | ...New Comic!
Well, no real news on the short other than the fact that it's coming... slowly. Hopefully we'll have a screenshot or something to show next update. In the mean time enjoy the new comic.
- Jake 12:44am | Leave a Comment?
June 28, 2008 | ...And we're back!
Hey there, sports fans! I'm sure both of you are really excited to see that shutupcup.com is back online! New comic coming this week, and hopefully a new short in the next couple of weeks. The script is already written, audio has been recorded- so all that is left is to start animating. Stay tuned.
- Jake 1:20pm | Leave a Comment?
June 26, 2008 | While you wait...
Here is a wallpaper for all you patient fans. Brent should be moving up the middle of next month, so expect to see more content then, eh?
- Jake 6:14pm | Leave a Comment?
June 25, 2008 | Yes- another new website!
See, we here at shutupcup.com get bored with looking at the same website everyday... so we deleted it. Again! Haha, no but seriously- I did accidently delete the old site while trying to update our wordpress version. :/ I thought I had backed everything up properly... but, well as you can see- it wasn't. This new version of the website should be much more stable and easier to update. We'll see.
*Note: The new short has been put on hold until Brent moves in, then we will resume progress. (read: start on it)
- Jake 2:13am | Leave a Comment?