My Sanctum Sanctorum
Among other things, that’s a signed/numbered photo of the Oct. 9, 1977 fight between Graig Nettles and George Brett up on the wall, and a Nettles autographed baseball in the box on the lower shelf. The boxing glove is the runner-up trophy we got from the 1999 National Poetry Slam, which I hold in slightly
Who’s the writer?
I find it funny – though not the least bit surprising – that my wife, who won’t so much as let me read the papers she writes for school, has finally started an anonymous blog, and in the few posts she’s written so far, expresses more honesty and raw emotion than I have in my
INFO: CBC Update
The jury’s still out on CBC v2.0, but some recent developments have added a couple of unexpected twists to the plot, so this is sort of an update/brain-dump for future reference when real life isn’t quite so hectic. Development #1: Out of the blue, about a month ago, Erech Overaker asked me to contribute a
On Writing
Just emailed the first draft of my comic book story to Erech, the artist putting the aforementioned anthology together. Second draft actually, as I handwrote (!) the first draft during lunch last Thursday and did a lot of revising while typing it up. I like what I’m trying to do with it, but have no
Insane in the Membrane
This has turned into an insane week! PISSY WORK STUFFLate Monday afternoon I found out I had to put together three PowerPoint presentations for the first day of our summer sales meeting, aka tomorrow, thanks to our Publisher’s unexpected and, for all intents and purposes, immediate move over to our Conferences division, leaving our senior
Story Ideas
Somewhat randomly, I’ve been asked to contribute a script to an anthology comic book by this guy, Erech Overaker, whom I know electronically via CBC and Buzzscope. He’s looking for “…strictly slice of life, everyday kinda stuff, humorous dramatic ambient whatever. I want to show the other side of comics, you know?” All things considered,
Comic Book Stuff
With CBC on hiatus for a bit while I come up with a plan for what to do with it, I’ll be pimping my Buzzscope writing here for the time being. Weekly ReviewsCombat Zone: True Tales of GI’s in Iraq, Vol. 1 TPWhatever side of the ideological fence you may be on, there is some
Preview: Indie October Solicitations
Comics Continuum has the Image, Dark Horse and Devil’s Due October Solicitations up, and here’s what I’m particularly looking forward to reading and/or snarking: SEASON OF THE WITCH #1 Written by Jai Nitz, art and cover by Kevin Sharpe.“Spring.” Jessica Suddreth was a normal high school freshman until she was magically transported to the fairytale
You Can’t Serve Two Masters
There’s a passage somewhere in the Bible to that effect, the equivalent of the more recent “can’t have your cake and eat it, too.” The whole poetry & comics thing is one example, where a couple of months back I was inspired to get back into the scene and start performing again, only to be
OPEN CALL: Writers Wanted
With most of my content going over to Buzzscope these days, Comic Book Commentary is looking like the red-headed stepchild since no one else has stepped up to fill the void. As a result, most of our traffic is now coming from Google searches hitting old content instead of regular readers returning via their bookmarks