I was gonna make the last part say "Thinking Aloud," but for god's sake this is the internet: the only thing aloud about these thoughts are the typing noises!

First thing's first: I'm gonna be tabling at the Olympia Comics Festival in WA this Saturday, June 5th! I'll be sharing a big-ass table with the incomparable Mische Litvak and the fine ( Read more... )

The fact that I almost believed this is a testament to my dying faith in humanity:

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This is a wonderful critique of our social institutions, particularly the failing tactics they employ against poverty everyday: our educators and welfare providers are under that false impression that the key difference between the lower and middle classes is values.

The real difference: money.

You'd think the people governing would get that.

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This year, 2009, I resolve to:

1. Achieve CSS competence.

2. Build a proper portfolio/comics site using CSS.

3. Finally finish coloring A Colorful Character.

4. Print A Colorful Character (sale), Queer (handout), and a compilation issue of Manga Punk Monthly (handout) in preparation for conventions ( Read more... )

I've decided to post a progress report of my life as of today, just to make myself feel like less of a waste ( Read more... )

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It's a shame I chose to read that lousy excuse for a contract Tokyo Pop shat out - I would have been in an otherwise untarnished good mood today. On the plus side, "Leah Hernandez blew up the Internet" is a seriously fun thing to say ( Read more... )

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I cried tears of joy when I watched this. I thought it to be a rather strange reaction to have, so I thought on it for a moment. The reason I found was this: this elephant became to me a long-lost (or long-ignored) relative. If this elephant could perform one of the tasks so integral to defining me as "human," then perhaps being human was never ( Read more... )

Emma Goldman blows my mind.

http://www.audioanarchy.org/emma/05-Suffrage.mp3

I love her.

Haven't heard of Mr. Perkins? He's a humble, middle-class man living with his wife in Tennessee; and he has just announced his intention to become President of the United States on a campaign budget of $500http://www.perkinsforpresident.us/Read more... )