It’s going to take awhile to catch up but I decided to start over with Wapsi Square as it had fallen off of my regular reading trawl. Anyhow I ran across one of the early iconic (at least for this strip) comics in its run: I always got the impression that Paul Taylor was both an admirer of the female form but pretty respectful of … Continue reading Rereading Wapsi Square
It really is a culture of plenty we live in (which is hard for a pre-Internet baby like myself to always fully comprehend). I was vaguely aware of BANDCAMP before but upon discovering that Galaxie 500 had put all of their albums up on the site/service for streaming was the FIRST TIME I felt compelled to check it out. Listening to one of my favorite … Continue reading Galaxie 500
We had a big election in the United States this Fall. Somehow I suspect you, whomever you are, heard something about it. There are a lot of maps showing BLUE and RED results — all based on geographic political boundaries. Which isn’t surprising as the U.S. presidential election is still a state by state election (our “Electoral College”) and not a national election. But it … Continue reading United States Election Map
I like coffee cups with interesting designs. T-shirts too. It’s disposable pop art and a lot cheaper than things to hang on the wall. This one is from a trip to Spain a few years back – it says “Bad Toro” on it which I guess is done kind of marketing slogan. I just like the simplified bull image and the red and black color … Continue reading Bad Toro
The way this has shaken out it’s been the year without ComixTALK which is probably irrelevant to everyone but me. It’s been actually pretty easy to not worry about it — I certainly wrote a lot of verbage about comics over the 00s decade and I just haven’t felt the need to tell the world what I think about comics writ large or any individual … Continue reading Year Without ComixTALK
Sketching an elephant sculpture while on the phone. Continue reading Morning doodle
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