January 2011
119 posts
Simon Gallup
The Cure bassist Simon Gallup performs during a sold-out show at The Pearl concert theater at the Palms Casino Resort April 17, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The band is touring in support of the album, “4:13 Dream.” (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
“Due to his fame as an illustrator, Leyendecker was able to indulge in a very...”
– J.C. Leyendecke
Fame? Estate? Household staff? Luxurious lifestyle?? WHHAAAAAA??!!!
Leyendecker was a famous 20th century American illustrator best known for his Arrow Collar Man and Saturday Evening Post covers. Gonna look up if there’s any good book or documentary on him. Oh wait, no I’ll have...
What I'm Working On
Doing a lot of new things in 2011, so I thought I’d document it here.
Design: I continue to work in my local area as a graphic designer & marketing specialist. I’ve pretty much closed off work for new clients, instead focusing on my existing clients and doing more for them.
Comics Journalism: 2011 sees me expanding the amount and diversity of the writing I do about comics. My...
No More War by Shigeo Fukuda
Japanese Poster: No More War. Shigeo Fukuda. 1968
Vikings Brought American Indian to Iceland 1000...
The first Native American to arrive in Europe may have been a woman brought to Iceland by the Vikings more than 1,000 years ago, a study by Spanish and Icelandic researchers suggests.
The findings boost widely-accepted theories, based on Icelandic medieval texts and a reputed Viking settlement in Newfoundland in Canada, that the Vikings reached the American continent several centuries...
Dr. Strange by Jemma Salume
Snow White by Becky Cloonan
Becky just wrapped up a two-issue arc on Brian Wood’s viking epic Northlanders.
Thor by Tan Eng Haut
Real Life Seers
Psychology professor Daryl Bem ran some common psychology experiments backwards and detected statistically significant results that could indicate that people somehow can, uh, see into the future.
In one experiment, students were shown a list of words and then asked to recall words from it, after which they were told to type words that were randomly selected from the same list. Spookily, the...
Strawberry Shortcake & My Little Pony by David...
“A hotel room is the perfect place to write. You’re cut off from all the routine...”
– E.B. White cf. Victor Hugo would write naked and tell his valet to hide his clothes so that he’d be unable to go outside when he was supposed to be writing. cf. New York City snow days (via bobulate)
“life has taught us that love does not consist of gazing at each other but in...”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupery (via youmightfindyourself)
White Hair 2 by Hellen Jo
Paul Duffield
Alex Toth from Creepy #76
Ross Campbell's Gamera
Did you know Wet Moon and Shadoweyes cartoonist Ross Campbell has a monster side? Check this and more out on his deviantart.
Also:
“If you want people to build a ship, don’t drum up people to gather wood, divide...”
– Antoine De Saint-Exupery, Author of the Little Prince (via joshmohrer)
“I have noticed that even people who think everything is predestined and that we...”
– Stephen Hawking (via nickelcobalt)
Techno Tuesday - DIY Air Travel