Note from alycewilson: This is KFP's entry for LJ Idol (http://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org) on the topic "Kayfabe." When I explained to him that it basically meant play fighting, he came up with an idea about LEGO mini figures who are friends being played with by a boy who pits them against ( Read more... )

Note from alycewilson: This is KFP's entry for Week 3 of LJ Idol (http://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org). The topic this week is Tsundoku, which refers to the habit of collecting books but never reading them. KFP was tickled that the Japanese had come up with a word for such a very specific ( Read more... )

Note from alycewilson: KFP did a comic for this week's LJ Idol entry, with the topic, "My Mount Rushmore." The comic is part of a series he's been writing based on his Minecraft Robots, which are robots he built with Duplos based on Minecraft monsters. If you're interested, he did a previous entry on those robots: Read more... )

Note from alycewilson: This is KFP's entry for LJ Idol Week 1, with the topic "It's hard to beat a person who never gives up." He's been making stop-motion animated LEGO films lately! The rest of this entry is written by him.

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This is called Drop Block because the blocks drop to make a tower. The gray prop that the black mini figure holds is supposed to be ( Read more... )

Note from alycewilson: When KFP and I talked about this week's topic, "Patchwork Heart," we talked about how a heart is a symbol of love. He decided to do a heart with different patches symbolizing things he loves.

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Note from alycewilson: This is KFP's entry for LJ Idol, Week 13, with the topic, "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." We talked about how hope is like wishes, which inspired this tale. This week, he wanted to tell a whole story with one picture.

( A robot gets his wish. )

A note from alycewilson: This is KFP's entry for Week 12 of LJ Idol. The topic was "Salt." We talked about it, and he decided to focus on salty snack foods.

( Two salty snacks on the run. )

A note from alycewilson: This is KFP's entry for Week 11 of LJ Idol, Season 10. The topic is "The Blue Hour." He told me the color blue reminded him of being underwater, which inspired this week's comic.

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A note from alycewilson: KFP and I talked about this week's topic for LJ Idol, "Take a Hike," and he decided to do something on the one-foot hike he had to do as a requirement to receive his Backyard Jungle belt loop in Cub Scouts. As always, you can click on the images to see a larger size.

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A note from alycewilson: This is KFP's entry for Week 9 of LJ Idol, Season 10. The topic is "The Trolley Problem." We talked about the moral problem presented by the trolley problem, where you have to decide whether to switch a runaway trolley from a track where five people are tied down to a track where one person is tied down. KFP summarized it by observing ( Read more... )