I am further astonished at how few books I read this year (I read ca. 4x as many in 2009!). One big reason is that I spent a lot more hours productively writing, thus less time seeking distraction/ inspiration/ entertainment, and also less time seeking reassurance from others' stories. Still, reading is an absolutely vital source of fuel for my ( Read more... )

Another beautiful, reflective comic by Lucy Knisley: “These moments seem to pivot around us, when in truth we are the ones pivoting on our own axises-alchemical and irrevocable transformations of self.”http://lucylou.livejournal.com/578366.html?view=2810686#

This is so brilliant I can't even stand it. I would pay a LOT to see John Cusack in this role. To say nothing of David Bowie ( Read more... )

I have just read the most delightfully deranged graphic novel. Creature Tech by Doug TenNapel. It's... sort of like Men in Black done by Roald Dahl thrown in a blender with Buffy and HP Lovecraft and... some other thing. Actually, it's indescribable, but it's really really good. Sick, twisted, hilarious, witty, and charming. With cat demons. ( Read more... )

Interesting movie, I enjoyed it. An entertaining, if not entirely effective, conglomeration of parts: quirky, iconoclastic, offbeat, “complexly ornery” (-reviewer Rob Gonsalves). It strikes me as a movie that suffered a bit from passing through multiple hands and differing concepts-maybe one producer wanted to do a dark comedic parody of the ( Read more... )

For fellow comics geeks and/or theater geeks... three short videos about production on the movie version of Alan Moore's Watchmen: sets, costumes, and setting a stunt guy on fire. I love behind-the-scenes stuff. So far, I'm really impressed with the level of detail; if the story adaptation is equally attentive, this should be good ( Read more... )