As children, we all had those favorite books or movies, characters or stories that inspired us to write. These are the things that stick with us even as adults, and the things we look back to when we need encourgement or a reminder as to why we write what we write. Mine was comic books. What about yours?
The why, and how, of book collecting, from folks just like yourself. How to get started; pitfalls to avoid; how much money to spend; where to get the best bang for your buck....
On November the Fifth fro 400 years the English have burnt in effigy Guy Fawkes (and others). Who was he and why did he inspire such ire? And - topically - are the Occupy Protesters on the right track in adopting Guy Fawkes masks as their symbol?
Happy Halloween! I know some of you celebrated Halloween over the weekend so you could get back to work today. Did you get to eat a ton of candy? Are you still snacking on it today? With all the candy and costumes Halloween brings out, I thought today’s Monday’s Memory (a weekly post about Children Books) should be a book about ... Monsters.
Hold on. I suddenly got a hankering for hot sauce. Mmmmmm, Ok. That was delicious. Now then. Here’s a great new comic for the first full day of summer. Chicken Wings is not about Monday night football with the guys like you might think. It’s actually the TV show Wings staring chickens. Without the relationship melodrama. For those that don’t recall, Wings was a sitcom about a pilot, a mechanic, and their manager and secretary who worked at a small airport in Nantucket.
I spotted this clever display at an antique mall and I thought it would be great for use in the home too. Now I wonder what other clever ways people display their antiques and collectibles...
Any tips? Recommendations for displaying and sharing objects while keeping them safe from harm?
When self-publishing your book I think it's important to know what your expectations and goals are. Are you hoping to be on the best seller list? Are you hoping to attract an agent or other industry folks? Is this a career or a hobby? Are you interested in telling your story, being professional, making money? Any and all of the these questions are imperative as you not only market your book but as you write it.
The day has broken and I am seeing the world for the first time. All that was before were scribblings in the dark and the cackling of fools. Behold. The web comic need not be a quick laugh and crude scrawling. It can be more. I used to think I had a wild imagination and crazy dreams. In truth I am as pedantic as the old man who guards the tubing seeking to tap my wallet for the benefit of little more than the Walls. But there is hope.
The New Wonder Woman Costume for the TV series...meh I'm not impressed. Okay I wanted the old comic book one, not the Jim Lee version! Is that too much to ask?
I mentioned a while back that I came across Hanna is not a Boy’s Name through a link in a link. Tyson Hesse’s energetic Boxer Hockey was the middle of that chain, and is by far the most politically incorrect comic that I’ve had the desire to review by far. The comic frequently makes horribly hilarious jokes with no regard to who or what might get offended along the way.
I have to confess, as a writer I have had a turned up nose to the e-readers that are out on the market. Seeing them as the new downfall of the publishing industry and the evil that is eating away at my breaking into the publishing world, I have ke
When it comes to sci-fi epics there are a number of formulas we have come to expect over the years. A bunch of abductees becoming vital members of a spaceship’s crew is not one of those formulas. And yet, that is where we find ourselves in Spacetrawler.
I didn't think I quite deserved the compliment when my roommate said my mixed media/collage art reminded her of Waneguchi Mutu's exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario, "You Call This Civilization?!?", yet there are definitely similarities - the piece I am working on right now is feminist, about the position of women in society, and how images of them are commodified. The bottom of the collage is comprised of cartoons after a carefully cut Diesel ad featuring airbrushed beauty and topless women start to venture into the realms of the unreal.
How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse Date: Friday, October 8 Time: 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Location: Room 1A23 The police will tell you to they have it handled. The government will tell you everything's under control. The media will tell you it's all hype. They will all lie to you. Learn how to defend yourself from the undead threat. When the world abandons you, you'll be ready.
This 8-part series explores the many books that have been published about pirates and piracy from ancient times up to the present day--everything from non-fiction (histories, biographies, etc.) to influential and/or genre fiction (including comics and graphic novels).
This Guest Editorial, by fellow Seeded Buzz member Maria Lin, has been very well received by folks who use booksellers' catalogs for research and as shopping guides for collectible books, comics and the like.
Red ones, striped (barred) ones, white ones, you name it–chickens abound. And raising chickens for whatever reason is a hoot and a lot of hard work. I’m not talking commercial chicken growers here. I’m talking about the backyard farmer.
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Now the one thing that most people without chickens and even some with the little beasties don’t know is that chickens are God’s little comics.
This week's Girlfriend of the Week is Sephie from the failed Crossgen comic called Meridian. Check out the post to see why I think she is attractive and also a strong character for women to identify with.
Ausiello Files is reporting that Laura Vandervoort is returning to Smallville as Supergirl! It was said that the actress, who left the series after the seventh season, would only return for one episode in the 10th and final season of the show.
As an outrageously flamboyant Science fiction geek, and having a lot of free time on my hands, i find myself revisiting the story to eat all stories, the big fish in sci-fi - i am, of course talking about Star wars.There has not before or since been such an expansive universe in perhaps any story ever told.One of the most strikingly upsetting sequences in Star Wars is Fett's "death" when a blind, stumbling (and sort of rubbish) Han Solo accidentally activates Fett's backpack, sending him crashing into the Sarlacc pit.
