May 31st, 2007
The most recent Comics Buyer’s Guide (#1631) has a nice review of Antigone on page 74. Ray Sidman gives it four stars out of four stars, making it the “Indy Pick of the Month”. The comic does in 32 pages (all story) what most adaptations of such plays don’t manage in far lengthier productions: tell [...]
May 25th, 2007
My students finished their final exams. A teacher work day tomorrow, and after, it’s summer vacation. Thank god. I can get work done on our yard. Spend time with Kennedy. Write a little more. The great golden perk of being a teacher, beyond the thing about shaping young minds and all that. Movies that look [...]
May 21st, 2007
Important reading…http://whedonesque.com/comments/13271
May 19th, 2007
This weekend, I’m working on another pulse article for D Magazine. I interviewed my friend Leah Wilson, editor at BenBella Books. They publish the Smart Pop Series. These books target various pop culture fan groups. With her permission, I’ve posted the entire transcript of our interview, where she talks about the nature of fans. What [...]
May 15th, 2007
Tim Leong’s Comic Foundry Magazine has been rejected by Diamond Distributors for rather curious reasons (read here). According to Diamond: “a B&W title at the price you’re using just won’t work well in the current market we believe.” Fact: our cover price is $6.25 for an 80-page B&W magazine. Now they might not think that [...]
Best wishes to Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie on their wedding this past weekend. (Photos taken by some guy.) I can only hope I look so crazy when my beard gets that long… the blue bowler hat helps. Speaking of Moores, my favorite comic book creator and personal hero Terry Moore just finished his Strangers [...]
May 11th, 2007
It’s Kennedy’s birthday today. She’s three years old, and absolutely wonderful. Tomorrow, we’re going to some crazy chicken place (it’s a restaurant… can’t remember the name) for her birthday party. Photo by Castle Photography. A more recent Emily Edison review by the respectable Sean Kleefeldt: The writing was good. Solid characterization throughout, smooth and natural [...]
May 10th, 2007
Stuff I’ve read this week:The Walking Dead Vol. 6 by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard, Houdini: The Handcuff King by Jason Lutes and Nick Bertozzi, Shenanigans by Ian Shaughnessy and Mike Holmes Stuff I’ve listened to this week:The Mouse and the Mask by Danger Doom, Songs of Murder Pain and Woe by 100 Damned Guns [...]
May 5th, 2007
THE MAKING OF KARMA INCORPORATED (6:29)film by Luke Hawkins | music by The Happy Bullets
EXPLOITIVE?
May 28th, 2007
A study on the significance of not-so-subtle imagery. As you might be aware, there’s been controversy over the Heroes for Hire #13 cover, drawn by Sana Takeda. Here’s the original, courtesy of Heidi MacDonald and The Beat. I find it highly inappropriate, especially for a publisher who supposedly wants more female readers and to reach [...]
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