The Simpsons Season 24, episode 4, “Gone Abie Gone.” Comic book fans should be well acquainted by now with secret origins stories. That’s where a chacter’s backstory is revisited, only to introduce an aspect of their life we had no prior knowledge of. Simpsons fans got a taste of this with the recent episode “Gone … Continue reading »
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Skyfall Movie Review: Brilliant, But Not Bond
I have a distinction to make: Skyfall is a brilliant, beautiful, and breathtaking movie–but it’s not a James Bond film. I mean that as a compliment too. Of course, Skyfall is nominally a Bond movie, with all of the recognizable characters showing up: James, Q, M, Moneypenny, and there’s the mincing, off-kilter, European villain we’ve come to … Continue reading »
Parody of a Craigslist Missed Connection
Have you ever clicked on the “missed connection” section of Craigslist? It’s basically a forum for people who have shared a brief moment with a stranger and then desperately want to reconnect. Here’s a parody of a missed connection I made. I didn’t actually submit this to Craigslist. I just threw it together on Photoshop. … Continue reading »
Recent Illustrations
Lately, more than anything else, I’ve been experimenting with various color schemes on Photoshop. To that end, the drawings themselves are fairly minimalist and cartoony. Some are better than others, but that’s just how experiments go. For more pics, follow me on Facebook. To find out more about the books I’ve self published, go … Continue reading »
Why Read Comics?
Let me take a time out to address a very basic question, one that’s brought up all too frequently, and that is: Why read comics? To people who haven’t been exposed much to the medium of comic books, it seems like they’re a waste of time, that they’re “juvenile” or they’re entertainment for dumb people … Continue reading »
Snoop Dogg + Superhero=Snooperhero?
As it turns out, geeks with synthesizers in their garage aren’t the only people who create music about superheroes–hip-hop artists do it too. Take Jay-Z’s hit Kingdom Come for example. In one song, HOV mentions Superman, Flash Gordon, Peter Parker, and calls himself the “Bruce Wayne of the Game.” When it comes to obsessing over … Continue reading »
New Poorly Made Comic By Me!
You’d think for a guy who spends as much time reading and writing about comics as I do, I’d be a lot better at making them… Anyways, here’s my first attempt at creating a comic with Photoshop. All of my past efforts were made back when I only had the free program Gimp. The inspiration … Continue reading »
The Bottle City of Kandor is Now In Portland Oregon!
Okay, to be clear, there’s not actually a city in a bottle, nor is it explicitly named “Kandor,” but at the Portland Art Museum right now there’s a room devoted to showcasing a model city by the artist Mike Kelly which is closely inspired by Kandor. If you’re unfamiliar with Kandor, the story is this: … Continue reading »
Cartoon Pick of the Day: 1950s Hamm’s Beer Commercial
Apparently, cigarettes aren’t the only vice that have been marketed towards children thanks to the use of cartoon animals. While searching for clips of Barney Bear yesterday (a cartoon character based on Wallace Beery), I stumbled on this vintage oddity. The clip features a cartoon bear advertising Hamm’s Beer. My thanks to whoever found this … Continue reading »
Cheesy Joke!
Are you in the mood for truly inane puns? Then check out this cartoon I recently drew up while bored during a three hour class on fad diets. For more junk like this, follow me on Facebook!
