Wednesday, June 30, 2004
Grotesque Anatomy has the winners to the Street Angel Squid Contest.
6:23:00 PM
The Onion's AV Club sits down with part one of a "Kids in the Hall" interview. Only Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald are interviewed; Mark McKinney, Scott Thompson and Bruce McCulloch are interviewed next week.
10:33:00 AM
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
PIXELSURGEON reviews the first season DVD of Reno 911. (Link via Near Mint Heroes.)
11:10:00 AM
Monday, June 28, 2004
John Dean is out hyping his new book Worse than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush.
2:19:00 PM
Dominic P. Papatola of the St. Paul Pioneer Press wishes the U.S. would declare war on moronism.
From the article:
At a press conference Friday in Washington, Gioia unveiled a Moron Alert System, under which all concerts, plays and recitals would be color-coded to identify what the chairman referred to as "heightened and specific" threats to the integrity of a given performance.
(Reg. req.)(Link via ArtsJournal.)
The Morning News offers starting sentences for the next hit novels. Catch 'em while you can. My favorite was the last:
-The plan was perfect, but we were not.
(Link via Bookslut.)
2:03:00 PM
Sunday, June 27, 2004
I've finally gotten around to reading Lynne Truss' Eats, Shoots & Leaves. I took the Punctuation Game, but, unfortunately, I'm only a "67% STICKLER!"
9:26:00 PM
Saturday, June 26, 2004
The Comics Treadmill has thoughts on Demo #1-3.
9:59:00 PM
Check out these Spider-Man comic strips. (Hit refresh for new strips.)
9:40:00 PM
Grotesque Anatomy has a couple of interesting entries up for the Street Angel Squid Contest.
5:04:00 PM
I've been absent from blogging for a few days now, mainly because I've been playing Grand Theft Auto: III for days on end.
Yesterday, I visited my local comic book store and walked away with:
Demo #1-5
Bone #55
Badlands
Hey, Mister: The Fall Collection
I'll have some thoughts on Demo coming up.
4:29:00 PM
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Check out today's strip of Daily Dinosaur Comics.
6:47:00 PM
Diverging Comics has interviews with Flight contributors Clio Chiang and Vera Brosgol. (Link via Scott McCloud.)
The Onion has an interview with Beavis & Butt-head and Office Space creator Mike Judge.
6:43:00 PM
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
(Link via Near Mint Heroes.)
2:16:00 PM
Louis Menand deconstucts Lynne Truss' Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. (Link via ArtsJournal.)
Meanwhile, Andrew Arnold spews his gratitude for McSweeney's #13. (Link via Bookslut.)
1:30:00 PM
Monday, June 21, 2004
Ben Affleck won the 10K California State Championship.
7:12:00 PM
Over at Ninth Art, Paul O'Brien looks at the demise of DC's Focus imprint and what it means in the marketplace.
12:25:00 PM
Sunday, June 20, 2004
The World Poker Tour has released its Season 3 schedule. (An easier-to-read version here.)
8:52:00 PM
PlanetGrandTheftAuto has a look at some of the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas characters.
7:10:00 PM
Since I updated earlier with a Spam poem, it looks like the Blogger ads at the top of the page have followed suit:
Related Searches: - mothers day poems - war poems
6:51:00 PM
CHRISTIANS: SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT.
a promise: I swear under oath
It's so easy; Sleep like a baby
on a memory foam mattress.
We are calling for your hsuabnd;
it is time The coolest Kelly Figueroa.
Menopause is no longer a luxury.
Do you know That's the way it goes?
Fall in love with Bored girl on cam.
2:38:00 PM
Friday, June 18, 2004
A Squid Contest? That's what Grotesque Anatomy proposes. (Link via Thought Balloons.)
It's an interesting proposition, but I'd really like to read issue #2 first.
I've read the first one, and it was beautiful; witty, fun and entertaining, just as everyone has already said. However, the one thing that didn't seem to fit right, at least for me, was the ending. It was a good ending, but I thought it was too abrupt. At the end, I just had a twinge of unfulfillment, and I think that was in part because the end just didn't come slow enough; it's like riding a roller coaster and being pushed down the exit before you are even aware you're out of the ride.
Will I buy issue #2? Probably, if only to check out the squid.
9:43:00 AM
Thursday, June 17, 2004
Here's a list of movies sorted by philosophical themes. (Link via Hit & Run.)
11:30:00 AM
Timothy Noah wonders about the lessons in Lynne Truss' (Truss's?) Eats, Shoots & Leaves. (Link via Bookslut.)
11:28:00 AM
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Comic Book Resources has a preview of Flight, a comics anthology scheduled for July 28 release.
I've read about it at various sites and stumbled onto this preview. This is one anthology I'm anxiously awaiting. (Link via Cognitive Dissonance.)
10:12:00 PM
Jack Shafer at Slate writes that anonymous sources appeal to readers because they believe most on-the-record statements are, well, less than truthful. (Link via Romenesko.)
11:54:00 AM
GameSpy takes a look at GTA: San Andreas. (Link via Near Mint Heroes.)
11:48:00 AM
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Previews Review critiques this week's shipping list. Among the highlights:
Giant Robot #33
Jack Staff #5
Ojo #1
War Stories Vol. 1 TPB
Also, I really want to check this out.
12:52:00 PM
Monday, June 14, 2004
Thought Balloons points out a Salon.com article on the end of an era in comics history, specifically noting Bone and Cerebus.
11:14:00 AM
Sunday, June 13, 2004
I need to set goals for my writing. I often feel bogged down by the ideas floating about in my head, and my biggest problem is usually getting them from my head onto paper (or electronically, in some cases).
Based on the fact that most of my writing is usually in two forms, poems and short stories, I've come up with an idea. So, for now, I've set a couple of goals for my writing:
1. Write everyday.
2. Write at least one poem everyday.
3. Write at least one short story every week.
6:38:00 PM
Friday, June 11, 2004
I went to the comic book store today, and bought the following:
Lumakick #1
Street Angel #1
Demo #6 and 7
It's nice to acually buy individual comics for once, even if it isn't a trend that will likely continue. I've only heard good things about Demo and Street Angel from many different comic bloggers, and the Lumakick description at Previews Review hooked me. I look forward to posting my thoughts about these comics, and with a recent hefty paycheck, anticipate checking out some other titles.
5:36:00 PM
Thursday, June 10, 2004
Looks like there will be more Clone Wars on Cartoon Network. (Link via Near Mint Heroes.)
2:29:00 PM
Peter Bagge has a new online Reason comic up.
9:48:00 AM
The next time I go to the comic book shop, I'm going to check out a few titles, namely 100 Bullets, Age of Bronze, Demo, Lumakick and Street Angel.
For me this is a big change-up, since I normally only buy graphic novels or trades. The only single-issue comics I've bought recently were for the purpose of fulfulling my collection from when I stopped years ago.
The real question, however, remains: Will I continue to buy single-issue comics of those series I like? Probably not, but I won't be as hesitant to check out titles about which I've heard good things.
9:36:00 AM
Tuesday, June 08, 2004
More Police Blotter Fun.
Steam from an overheated car radiator was mistaken for smoke in a garage on June 5. The owner pushed the car from the garage and firefighters advised him to have it checked before using it again because the engine appeared to be very hot.
A 26-year-old woman was cited for disorderly conduct June 4 after she tried to attack her ex-boyfriend's girlfriend at the mall.
Dirt was stolen between June 4 and 5.
9:49:00 PM
Painting.
I've neglected painting for quite some time now, as I have done with some other things, but I want to get back to doing so. I've got quite a few paintings started and need to be finished; I also have quite a few ideas for new paintings.
But I can't forget the ode to Guan Yu and the starscapes.
10:31:00 AM
June Spam.
The new stuff:
Protected yourself?
rear entry too small?
might be too tight.
The Most Amazing
response given:
I cant live without
Bowel Movements,
twine, a sult.
Give your Relationship
a breath of fresh air:
theism.
This could change everything;
Remeber what it was like?
Christina will never be the same.
9:59:00 AM
Monday, June 07, 2004
Comics Update.
I haven't really bought or read any new comics lately; I guess I've been more into books. The last comic I read was Fagin the Jew by Will Eisner. I still haven't gotten around to reading the Jack Staff I picked up a while back.
Some comics I highlighted to check out in the past and others that I've read about recently:
Age of Bronze: here and here and here
Art of War: here
Battle Royale: here
Beanworld: here
Buddha: here and here and here
Deicide: here
Epicurus the Sage: here and here
The First President of Japan: here
The Hunting Party: here
Ian Fleming's The Man With the Golden Gun: here
Leviathan: here
Louis Riel: here and here
Phoenix: here and here
Planetes: here and here and here
Roland: here
Romance of the Three Kingdoms: here
Salmon Doubts
The Sands: here
Sixteen Strategies of Zhuge Liang: here
Skeleton Key: here and here
The Story of the Jews: here
Strange Weather Lately: here
Strategies from the Three Kingdoms: here
Thieves & Kings: here
Underworld: here
Vietnam Journal: here
Water Margin: here
7:29:00 PM
Sunday, June 06, 2004
Anime.
Reason has a article up about Ghost in the Shell.
I still haven't seen it.
6:03:00 PM
Tuesday, June 01, 2004
Webcomics.
I've spend a good portion of the past three days at The Webcomics List sorting through 342 webcomics and setting my preferences. It's a great site; I'm glad I stumbled into it.
A couple of my favorites? Daily Dinosaur Comics, The Adventures of Spelling the Vacuum, Bob the Angry Flower and Rehabilitating Mr Wiggles.
7:02:00 PM
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