Feb 27 2009
He died yesterday, it was reported, after having a heart attack. He was, I believe, 53. I’m not sure how well known the band Pylon was outside of the Southeast in the 80s, but I remember having to order a cassette (!) of their record, Gyrate, from the local “Record Bar” after seeing the documentary …
Feb 24 2009
I was rooting around today in the storage cabinets in my studio, looking for a good place to stash (or stuff) the bundled mess of receipts and invoices that pass for my 2008 tax records, and I discovered a long-forgotten envelope of old concert tickets. I’d forgotten I still had these, and they’re an odd …
Feb 23 2009
Mixed in with my usual mail from last week (bills, incessant missives from local political crackpot Virginia Foxx, etc.) was the new children’s cartooning how-to book, Adventures in Cartooning. The book’s published by First Second and, as the cover’s “The Center for Cartoon Studies Presents” notes, was put together by three CCS folks: James Sturm, …
Feb 15 2009
The reason I buy all of my art supplies online isn’t just because it’s cheaper: I’m a sucker for picking up pretty much any new drawing tool I happen upon in a “bricks and mortar” store. I usually manage to avoid the temptation, but last week I found myself in the local Michael’s dropping off …
Feb 15 2009
Each week, over at ComicsReporter.com there’s a feature called “Five For Friday” in which readers are asked to submit a list of five answers to some comics-related question. This week’s challenge: Name Five Items Not Primarily Weapons That Only Exist In Comics You’d Bid For Were They To Magically Appear On eBay. You can check …
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