It’s occurred to me lately that there aren’t a lot of great comics podcasts–or to put it more fairly: there aren’t many comics podcasts covering the sorts of comics I’m interested in in a way that I find appealing. I’m a loyal and frequent listener to the Canadian radio show/podcast Inkstuds (a weekly alt comix …
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Apr 18 2011
Animal Alphabet: C is for Chevrotain
Folks are really crushing it with this whole Animal Alphabet collaborative Twitter project. Check out all the great “A” and “B” entries so far at the Animal Alphabet Tumblr: http://animalalphabet.tumblr.com. You can follow the “C” entries as people post them to Twitter this morning by following the #AnimalAlphabet hashtag. The animal I selected for this …
Apr 12 2011
Portrait Night 4/12 (Django Reinhardt)
Tonight’s #PortraitNight subject is gypsy hot licks guitar badass Django Reinhardt. I can think of no music purchase with a higher ratio of amazing music to dollars-spent than the JSP Records 5 disc Classic Early Recordings set that you can get for $23.00 from Amazon. Also, this image turned up when I was looking for …
Apr 11 2011
Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean Nominated for Eisner Award
So, here’s something kinda crazy: just when I’d decided Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean had pretty much run its course, it’s been nominated for the 2011 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (AKA: “The Eisners”) in the Best Publication for Kids category. I’m incredibly honored–not to mention totally surprised–to receive such an accolade. Believe it or …
Apr 11 2011
Animal Alphabet: B is for Bush Baby
Here’s the next installment in our weekly Twitter Animal Alphabet project (hashtag #AnimalAlphabet). I was really overwhelmed with the response we got when we introduced the project a week ago. I’d imagined that Rob and I would try to keep up with one a week and maybe a “straggler” or two would join in occasionally. …




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