Aug 12 2008
In discussions about how great it is that comics/graphic novels have “arrived” and are now respectable and respected, I’m often the wet blanket, but I guess I’ll have to admit that the fact that I’ve been invited to not one, but two, book festivals this year is a sign of something. In September, I’ll be …
Apr 15 2008
The most recent installment of the Indie Spinner Rack podcast (direct link here) is a special episode that features music by cartoonists and one of the songs included is “That Mile” by my old band, Come on Thunderchild. This is a great idea for a show–and one that I’m surprised hasn’t been done before. There …
Nov 11 2007
Way back, lo many years ago, before I was a starving artist, I pursued even less-green pastures and was a starving musician. I, along with two of the other three members of the band I was in, Come on Thunderchild, purchased a circa-1910s house in Cornelius, NC (known among us locals as “Corntown”), which we …
Jul 05 2007
The Winston-Salem Police Department has proposed an ordinance that would force club owners like Richard Emmett of The Garage to hire off duty police officers – the number of which would be determined by the club’s capacity – at a rate of $25 an hour between 9 p.m. and “(1) hour after the nightlife business …
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