Jul 27th, 2010
I want to congratulate Mark Andrew Smith, D.J. Kirkbride, and Joe Keatinge for POPGUN VOL. 3 winning the 2010 Eisner Award for Best Anthology. Over the years, they’ve worked hard to produce a consistently solid anthology series. I’m proud that Dan Warner and I contributed “50 Miles to Marfa” to the volume 3 collection. I’m [...]
Jun 28th, 2010
Only one post in the month of June?! Where have I been? While it’s true that my summer vacation started in June, I’ve spent most of this month with my school district’s alignment committee. We’re working with the new teaching standards (TEKS) for 2010-2011 and trying to integrate them into our school year (that’s the [...]
Jun 8th, 2010
On June 24th, I will be presenting at Pecha Kucha Dallas — 6pm at the Dallas Center for Architecture. The event is free, although a $5 contribution is suggested (which means the event costs $5… I don’t know why people call events free and then have suggested contributions). Either way, it’ll be worth every penny. [...]
IN MEMORY OF HARVEY PEKAR
Jul 14th, 2010
Report concerning Harvey Pekar’s passing “Harvey’s life’s work was in showing that the ordinary was important, and a working class existence was not a prison but a journey through the profound and beautiful that anyone could experience if they took the time. He found that beauty in simple, quotidian things and experiences that others might [...]
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