Telescope Reading
I’m currently rereading Ex Machina. I’m up to issue #20 or so, when Journal dies. I also just picked up the latest issue, # 46. So I am reading a time jumping story at two different narrative points. Cool! I have to say, the story does a good job of keeping plot-lines tight and continuous. […]
Picture Superiority
More people are talking about how neuroscientists are finding that information is more effectively recalled when the ideas are delivered as text and pictures instead of text by itself. Not only does this point to the secrets of Steve Jobs PowerPoint presentations, it also points to why I always think of a fallen Professor X […]
Go Micro!
With the success of District 9-props to VFS alumni who worked on the film-a new creative path has been blazed. An FX designer had a dope idea and executed it amazingly. No need for a resume, maybe just the right connections…and boom, a micro movie is transformed into an international box office smash. The success […]
The Cool Kids I Know
Yes it is true, I went to high school with a bonafide movie star. And though he never acted in school, he has gone on to become a rising star in romantic comedies and now makes movies with De Niro!? But recently, I discovered that another grade school peer is making waves, al beit it’s […]
DewDrops in the Garden–15 Years and Strong
Stay in Bed, Forget the Rest by Deee-Lite on Grooveshark This weekend marks the 15th anniversary of the release of Deee-Lite’s third and final studio album, Dewdrops in the Garden. No other record embodies the optimism, vibe, and tempo of my young adult life better than this album. The lascivious lyrics, the low-fi blend of […]
Comix Pix: Fear Agent
Another series I have started reading thanks to the suggestion of Brendan from FatJacks, is Darkhorse’s Fear Agent. Part Buck Rogers, part Tank Girl, this series places humanity in the cross-fire between warring aliens with BSG-type scenarios to follow. Our hero is Heath Huston, a drunker, Texan version of Han Solo. Fear Agent mixes noir, […]
“In brightest day, in blackest night…
“no evil shall escape my sight, let those who worship evil’s might, beware my power…Green Lantern’s light!” Yes, I am on a Green Lantern bender these days. I wanted to read a solid super-hero adventure with actual character development along with action. Nostalgia wrapped with a meta-wink to me, the lifelong comix reader. Geoff John’s […]
Doom Patrol is messing with my mind!?
Thanks to a suggestion from my Fat Jack’s buddy, Brendan, I have started reading Grant Morrison’s run on the DC series Doom Patrol from the early ’90s. What would happen if a piece from the Tree of Knowledge from the Garden of Eden was taken by an angel and planted on a far off planet? […]
Sexual Healing with Peaches
Anyone who really knows me is aware of my obsessive devotion to the artist known as Peaches. Since 2001, I have been following her musical career and I have attended three live shows and plan on seeing a fourth in two weeks. Musician, activist, teacher, performance artist, she’s the real deal. She’s my Dalî and […]
New Warriors…heroes for the 90s?!
So I have just reread the first 36 issues of Marvel’s New Warriors comic book series. Released during my freshman year of highschool in 1990, I quickly dropped the book once I got to college and the art and strorylines got even more ridiculous and lackluster. This was the first time I reread the adventures […]