Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Feminism is going strong.
The Onion has an interview with Dave Sim and his completion of Cerebus, but it reads more like a semi-screed against feminism.
Some of it is interesting, but most of it just sounds like Dave's opportunity to rail against those who have railed on him.
8:57:00 PM
Monday, March 29, 2004
Verbs: It's Whats for Dinner.
The New York Times has an interesting piece on Fox News Channel's Sheperd Smith, who refuses to use verbs in his nightly telecast. Some highlights:
Mr. Smith, let it be known, does not like verbs. Whenever he finds one, he crinkles his brow in disgust like a man who has discovered a dribble of food on his tie. He taps furiously at his keyboard, moves the cursor to the offending word and deletes it, or else adds "ing," turning the verb into a participle and his script into the strange shorthand that passes for English these days on cable news:
"Amazon.com celebrating a birthday! The Internet company 10 years old."
"Texas! A school bus and two other vehicles colliding in Dallas. The bus rolling over on its side."
"Outrage in the Middle East! A vow of revenge after an assassination and reportedly threatening the United States. Tonight — how real the threat?"
But, at the bottom of the first page, this:
Sandwiched between the right-leaning, opinion-heavy programs "Special Report" with Brit Hume and "The O'Reilly Factor," Mr. Smith stands out at Fox as a political agnostic, at least on the air.
First, why does the NYT feel the need to label the two shows sandwiching "Fox Reports"? There is none.
And by doing so, the NYT labels "Fox Reports" as the same. Heavy-handed journalism.
7:46:00 PM
Dairy Gone Bad.
Evan Dorkin announces some original color pin-ups for sale.
6:57:00 PM
Artistic Flow.
I've had a couple of ideas for paintings over the weekend. One was to cut out miscellaneous persons, places and things from old photographs and paste them up somehow on canvas. I would use panoramic shots for the background, probably mixing and matching until I got something that flowed. Then I'd use the miscellaneous others in some sort of surrealistic piece.
Another, similar idea was simply exchanging photographs with newspaper clippings. The blend of artistic palates would be appeasing, I think.
6:55:00 PM
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Spamming Again.
Passion got you down?
sit to dignity canoe
Wipe out crevice
Wipe out Your love life
Place your working mom
whose person roman can be WAHM?
FIRE SOMEBODY!
8:11:00 PM
Matrix Comics.
Here's a listing of Matrix comics. The series has been collected into TPB form.
7:50:00 PM
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Fun In Iraq.
From a Slate article about graffiti copied from Baghdad walls:
SADDAM WILL RETURN!
And written underneath:
THROUGH MY ASS!
DONKEYS PISS HERE!
And underneath is written:
AND PIMPS AND BAATHISTS
SADDAM ATE BEANS AND EMITTED STINKY AIR
LONG LIVE SADDAM, IN SPITE OF HIS FOOL CRAZIES!
And underneath is written:
SADDAM IS A PIMP; ASK YOUR SISTER!
SADDAM THE PENIS SWALLOWER!
EVERYONE, SADDAM CRAPPED IN HIS TROUSERS
Those are just the humorous outtakes. Follow the link for graffiti more serious in nature.
8:29:00 PM
Sunday, March 21, 2004
My Graphic Novel/TPB Wish List for April and May.
February Diamond Order
(Books shipping in April)
PRINT THIS PAGE AND TAKE IT TO YOUR LOCAL COMICS SHOP
Page Catalogue Description Price
192 FEB04 2025 24 HOUR COMICS VOL 1 TP 11.95
220 FEB04 2188 BONE VOL 9 CROWN OF HORNS SC 16.95
270 FEB04 2389 THE BRADLEYS TP CURR PRTG (RES) (MR) 16.95
Total 45.85
March Diamond Order
(Books shipping in May)
PRINT THIS PAGE AND TAKE IT TO YOUR LOCAL COMICS SHOP
Page Catalogue Description Price
31 MAR04 0046 USAGI YOJIMBO VOL 18 TRAVELS WITH JOTARO TP (C: 4) 15.95
Total 15.95
8:22:00 PM
Swingers of the World Unite.
Check out Peter Bagge's latest here.
I love the "Barge!" sound effect. Nice.
7:17:00 PM
Cerebus.
I read the rest of the Latter Days trade today. The first time I read these second-half trades, I really don't look to pick up much; once I get to the second reading is when I start to focus my attention on all the smaller stuff.
I'm not certain what I should do now. That trade ends with #288. I have #299 and 300. Should I go out and buy #289-298 or should I just wait for the trade to come out in a few months (I'm guessing)? Ah, decisions, decisions.
6:49:00 PM
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
Over the Rainbow.
The comic book series Oz, based on Frank Baum's series, began with the humans uncovering a book and being transported to the land of Oz, where things hadn't gone so smoothly since Dorothy's time.
Here is "The Oz Comic Books Chronology and Story Synopses."
And then there's Bill Bryan's Long, Strange Trip Down the Yellow Brick Road, an article about Bill Bryan, the artist for the Oz series.
2:19:00 PM
Monday, March 15, 2004
Overdue Spam.
Dream Vacations:
rock, paper or scissors
Clinically Proven
at no cost.
Julie and Vicky
got nothing on Dave
indolent petite
wrinkles with no injections.
What can you do?
the little blue pill
7:42:00 PM
Sunday, March 14, 2004
Cerebus #299 & 300.
I finished reading the last two issues of the series just yesterday and I found that I was confused -- since I only buy the volume collections -- by the route of the "Latter Days" storyline. Obviously Cerebus further involved himself in religious matters, but just how that came to be, I don't know.
Aside from that, I wasn't too upset about Cerebus' death, other than it was to happen at all. The form of it, however, was what I was curious about since the turn of the new year. The fact that his death came about as a direct result of his clumsiness is pretty accurate, at least in terms of the way he led his life -- using copious amounts of ignorance and naivety. The way Cerebus would often find himself submerged in turmoil was clearly indicitive of the way he died. His carelessness and selfishness helped to bring about his demise.
I'm anxiously anticipating the arrival of Following Cerebus #1.
3:26:00 PM
Saturday, March 13, 2004
Cerebus #300.
I bought it yesterday, but haven't had a chance to look through it. As soon as I read it, I'll post my comments on it.
I also picked up the first Latter Days TPB. Thoughts on that to come, too, but not for some time.
11:42:00 AM
Thursday, March 11, 2004
The End?
I went to my local comic book store today; I was searching for Cerebus #300, but they didn't have it. I didn't ask, but they either had to have run out of copies or hadn't received the shipment.
But I did end up buying Cerebus #299. It was pretty liberating, considering I normally buy only graphic novels or collections of comics. Buying an individual issue was pretty weird, at least when it's not from a quarter or discount bin at a bookstore.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to reading that issue, even though the last issue I've read is #265 (the end of Form & Void).
I'll browse through other stores tomorrow in search of #300. And I'll watch out for Bone #55, too.
5:48:00 PM
Comics I'd Like To Check Out.
Art of War
Big Clay Pot
Buddha
Epicurus the Sage
The First President of Japan
The Hunting Party
Phoenix
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Sixteen Strategies of Zhuge Liang
Strategies from the Three Kingdoms
Vietnam Journal
Water Margin
12:18:00 PM
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Tyrant: The Dinosaur Comic Book.
"Tyrant," the definitive comic book authority on dinosaurs, follows the young life of a new-born T-Rex. By the second issue, the main character hasn't even hatched (the series ended after issue #4).
The creator, Stephen R. Bissette, talks about his works in these two interviews: this one by The Comics Journal, which ran in issue #185, and this one by Roger A. Ash, from August 1996.
6:36:00 PM
Tuesday, March 09, 2004
Maps Spam.
Wipe out
past unibrow;
Get rid of
due taxes.
Fire Up Your
Love Life.
Your Body's
Engine has
Never been
this Good.
brunettes:
treats for man's best friend.
10:01:00 AM
Monday, March 08, 2004
Libertarian Purity Score.
Take it here.
Your score is ... 34.
0 points: You are not a libertarian by any stretch of the imagination. You are probably not even a liberal or a conservative. Just some Nazi nut, I guess.
1-5 points: You have a few libertarian notions, but overall you're a statist.
6-15 points: You are starting to have libertarian leanings. Explore them.
16-30 points: You are a soft-core libertarian. With effort, you may harden and become pure.
31-50 points: Your libertarian credentials are obvious. Doubtlessly you will become more extreme as time goes on.
51-90 points: You are a medium-core libertarian, probably self-consciously so. Your friends probably encourage you to quit talking about your views so much.
91-130 points: You have entered the heady realm of hard-core libertarianism. Now doesn't that make you feel worse that you didn't get a perfect score?
131-159 points: You are nearly a perfect libertarian, with a tiny number of blind spots. Think about them, then take the test over again. On the other hand, if you scored this high, you probably have a good libertarian objection to my suggested libertarian answer. :-)
160 points: Perfect! The world needs more like you.
You can find analysis of the test results here.
12:50:00 PM
NFL Salary Cap 101.
Courtesy of the Jacksonville Jaguars, you can learn about Part 1: Building a foundation, Part 2: Win now, pay big later, Part 3: Salary protects future, Part 4: Only tricking yourself and Part 5: Jags serious about cap.
Then you can grade yourself by taking a salary cap test here.
11:11:00 AM
Sunday, March 07, 2004
Webcomics.
Scott McCloud has the link to P.D. Magnus' "An Enquiry into the Infinite Potential of Webcomics."
7:46:00 PM
Thursday, March 04, 2004
Spiz-am.
She'll Never
Want You To
Heat Things Up With
masterbation techniques.
Open your Corkscrew
with a Free Lever Pull.
Wanna a real Smile?
wove fussy trouser
10:51:00 AM
Wednesday, March 03, 2004
Dinosaur comics?
I was wondering lately whether there were any other good comic books featuring dinosaurs (besides Steven Bissette's "Tyrant") when I decided it would be a good thing to take a leisurely stroll down to Google.
Lo and behold, this and this and this.
9:34:00 PM
New Nietzschean Diet Lets You Eat Whatever You Fear Most.
Love, The Onion
8:18:00 PM
Monday, March 01, 2004
March's First Spam.
Be among
the first to
corrosive eject
Please respond
You be the judge
for men on the go
Increase naturally
Better than that
Girl from church
8:01:00 PM
Comics I'd Like To Check Out.
Art of War
Big Clay Pot
Epicurus the Sage
The First President of Japan
The Hunting Party
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Sixteen Strategies of Zhuge Liang
Strategies from the Three Kingdoms
Vietnam Journal
Water Margin
2:59:00 PM
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