My copy of Crooked Little Vein arrived in the mail this morning. It’s slow at work, so I’ve started reading here. How good is it? I’m on page 12 and I’ve had to stop three times to call my wife and read passages to her. Between laughing fits. Aliens tormented Ben Franklin’s ass. More later….
Archive for July, 2007
There are two realities in my head, two worlds. In one world, the mundane one, I’m a bartender. A simple bartender at a simple bar in a simple little town. In the other, I have wings. Huge, white wings that spring from my back, unfold, and lift me up into the wind and the sky. [...]
The Greatest Place In The World (at least when I was 13)
Posted: July 28, 2007 in Blogathon, CBLDF, ComicsI still remember the thrill I felt the first time I walked into a comic shop. Before that, I had purchased my comics from those spinning metal racks in drug stores and grocery stores. The only back issues I had ever gotten came from flea markets and yard sales. So when Alternate Worlds opened in [...]
Let Warren Ellis Show You His Comics Originally uploaded by benchilada Warren Ellis is probably my favorite comic writer. Without question, he’s a genius. His subject matter can be disturbing, thought provoking or just down right silly. His bibliography would take page after page to list, and regular readers of mine have already seen me [...]
Alan Moore (7872) Originally uploaded by acb As modern comic readers, we take Vertigo Comics and all that comes with it for granted. But back in the 80’s, Vertigo didn’t exist. DC’s supernatural characters existed side by side with their spandex set, in a bright and shiny world totally unsuited to them. Until Alan Moore [...]
I discovered independent comics around 1981. In particular, I discovered Cerebus. I was thirteen years old and the idea of a barbarian aardvark appealed to me. (Still does, actually). The book was heavy on satire, of comics, of movies and of life itself. It reminded me, in many ways, of Gerber’s Howard The Duck. Cerebus, [...]
I discovered super heroes at the end of 1973. Somebody, probably my mother, brought me an absolute gem of a comic, Marvel Team-Up # 16, featuring Spiderman (who would quickly become my favorite) and Captain Marvel (who would often fade into obscurity). It was exciting, it was dangerous, it was in vivid color. It was [...]
There are two conversations that are inevitable when people find out you write fiction. The first one you know. Everyone knows. Writers have complained about it for years. “Where do you get your ideas?” Harlan Ellison used to tell people that he got them at K-mart, four for a dollar. It’s as good an answer [...]
