The pop band Oingo Boingo started off an basically an experimental avant garde theatre troupe called the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo. When I was growing up I just missed this phase of the band and in the pre-Internet era tracking down “knowledge” of all aspects of the band was not just a badge of your “fandom” of the band — it was hard. … Continue reading Oingo Boingo: The Mystic Knights Of
The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo was the sound track to my years in highschool and some of college. For those of us growing up listening to KROQ one would think Oingo Boingo was really popular and they were, but after moving to the East Coast as an adult it was interesting to learn it was actually a bit of a west coast phenomenon. … Continue reading Oingo Boingo: Weird Science
I just finished Aurora, the latest novel from Kim Stanley Robinson. Kim Stanley Robinson is a writer of hard science fiction who brings logical, methodical extrapolation to any topic he ponders. He is, despite all of that, a fairly poetic fellow who often detours from physics to philosophy and the human condition. But still, hard science. Aurora is a very interesting but ultimately somewhat unsatisfying novel. … Continue reading Bookmark: Kim Stanley Robinson
Reading a collection of the original Wonder Woman comics and sketching… Continue reading Sketching
Watched Men In Black with M last night — it holds up pretty well actually. Still think the whole “galaxy in a marble” plot point probably should have been explained a bit — it’s such a pointless macguffin it does kind of derail the world-building of the movie for me. I had forgotten a couple of things — one how much the movie milked the … Continue reading REWIND: Men In Black
Calamity Jon Morris has a book out called the League of Regrettable Heroes. For every superhero hitting the big time with a blockbuster movie, there are countless failures, also-rans, and D-listers. The League of Regrettable Superheroes affectionately presents one hundred of the strangest superheroes ever to see print—from Atoman to Zippo—complete with backstories, vintage art, and colorful commentary. Drawing on the entire history of the … Continue reading League of Regrettable Heroes by Jon Morris
Catching up on Three Panel Soul – I think this comic is somewhere near the Mormon Temple outside of DC. Continue reading I think I might know where this spot is
I can’t believe we’re less than two months away from SPX in Bethesda, Maryland. This year’s edition is chock full of excellent guests and there are almost always a ton of great artists exhibiting at the tables. The SPX tumblr has a lot of good updates on SPX associated artists and the upcoming show. Continue reading SPX 2015
Have you been reading Jason Shiga’s webcomic Demon? It’s a fantastic book — thrilling, disturbing and thought-provoking. If you’ve ever read past comics by Shiga (and you should!) you know he has an almost cute, but precise cartoony art style which he combines with a passion for puzzle-driven narratives and logic-driven characters. Demon is about a man who discovers that he is a demon who … Continue reading Jason Shiga’s Demon
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