“If you’re not on the same side as Jack Kirby…”
Max Field
Cover is an interesting beast. On one hand, I was a fan of its story and its discussions on the mental processes of a comic book creator. After taking Bendis’ and Co.’s Masterclass through the Jinxworld Substack for nearly a year, it’s not hard to see Bendis’ thoughts on comic book creation, and more broadly story creation in general, all…
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Today, I am powered by a Marceline’s Confectionery dark chocolate candy apple and LOKI Season 2 after our family trip to Disneyland and California Adventure.
Before I say anything else, let me say that LOKI S2 is off to stellar start. While 2022 was rocky for the MCU, with a lot of talk about superhero fatigue and whether or not the next few phases have anything left to offer audiences, if you…
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I miss my bookstore. I haven’t been to Changing Hands/First Draft Book Bar in some time, probably since before the Summer Of Change ’23 began. Hoping I can make it over there soon. It’s the environment, the smell, the atmosphere of literature and prose and kids books and a small, but accessible, manga section, that really drives the work. Speaking of…
I’ve been disconnected from my work.
For…
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“Sometimes we have things in life we need to work on.
But that doesn’t mean we’re sick.
It’s not as simple as having a physical illness or a cure.”
Dr. Lauren, RAINA TELGEMEIER
I was going to give this a one-star review over on my Goodreads (for whatever that’s worth, since I mostly use it to remind myself that I exists in some capacity online), but after taking the night to think it over, I…
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“During a lot of my research for other projects, particularly the crime projects, I ended up with quite a few anecdotes or stories that I was quite taken with but really had no use for in the books I was writing. Stories I thought were unique in voice and perspective, or just pretty creepy or funny.
At the same time, I was working through a lot of visual storytelling theories and some ideas on…
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I’m not as young as I once was.
This picture was taken eight years ago during my second ever visit to Sedona. We hiked to the top of Cathedral Rock, took some pics, then found this rocky protrusion off to side of the trail and scaled it. I’m doing my best Thor impression because, duh, comics.
Yesterday, I took a hike along a river trail that, if I stuck with it, could have lead me back to…
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“This is where you say hello to junior.”
Batman, Garth Ennis
I put Batman stories into one of three categories: The first is the classic Batman fare, one that could easily be turned into an episode of family television, where Batman fights a bad guy’s latest mad brained scheme and wins by the end; the second is an attempt to turn the norm on its head, which is what I think most modern Batman…
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I miss TCM.
When I was younger, second two years of high school to be specific, I spent a lot of weekends helping my Tata repair his rental properties. He was a smart guy, in his younger days holding on to his houses after he moved out, rented them, and kept them long enough for the value to go up. Shrewd, but not unfair, especially now with land prices being what they are.
But when I was…
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*NOTE: This entry comes to you from my Morning Pages journal, dated 8.3.2023*
I turned 36 today.
An arbitrary age for many, yes, but on that holds a lot of significance for me.
For anyone new to this. I’m a huge DOCTOR WHO fan. I came into the show in 2011, right in the middle of Matt Smith’s run, just before it all exploded in popularity for the 50th Anniversary. Though Smith was the 11th…
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For some of you this will be the first post you see of mine, as I recently committed to deleting the stupidly named “X” app off my phone. After 14 years, it felt like my time on that site was done once I saw that silly little X app icon.
So, here we are.
It’s not August.
My wife is finally home from her extended trip to Italy.
We’re fully moved in to our new house (and mostly unpacked),…
