Category: Fandom

Recent Reads: The Art of Elfquest

February 9, 2016

Several months ago I discovered a Kickstarter for three deluxe Wendy Pini books, two on Elfquest and one on her other work. Reader, I agonized. I do not, by any stretch of the imagination, require more Elfquest stuff. The completionist in me shrieks otherwise, but the truth is I got rid of most of my Elfquest originals before we moved, and I never did get several of the later Father Tree Press graphic novels (which I regret, actually, but I really still don’t like the coloring in them), but anyway,…

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shannara chronicles, omg

January 21, 2016

I accidentally livetweeted watching the first episode of The Shannara Chronicles while Somewhat Tired. It went like this: …I can see that #TheShannaraChronicles is going to be an extreme addiction sort of thing. o god manu bennett i luv u (trying to explain the show setup to a friend): oh wow they’re really making the whole “this is our world only After The Fall real clear here aren’t they the credits have the toppled thing in seattle sky tower uh jesus christ thing the THING SPACE NEEDLE JESUS CHRIST oooh…

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don’t tell me truth hurts

January 13, 2016

…little girl ’cause it hurts like hell I wouldn’t have thought I’d have two posts to make about David Bowie, but then, I wouldn’t have really thought I’d have *one* post to make about him, so what do I know? I’ve spent most of the last two evenings, when I’m not writing, going through my FB friends’ list and listening to all the Bowie songs they’ve linked to. Or rather, that was my plan. What actually happened was that on Monday evening a friend posted, “So I’ve been working on…

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It’s only forever…

January 11, 2016

…not long at all… I wouldn’t think that David Bowie’s death would hit me so hard. It’s just so damned unexpected. Elizabeth Bear said once that David Bowie would still be cool at the heat death of the universe. I think I vaguely expected him to still be *there*, at the heat death of the universe. I mean, I don’t know, right? The 80s. Jareth. Let’s Dance. Under Pressure. The truth is that my Bowie oeuvre is almost strictly 80s. I only heard his Christmas carol with Bing Crosby when…

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Slice of Life: Amazed

January 6, 2016

An actual conversation that took place in our house yesterday, recorded in web comic form mostly for my friend Mikaela. Indy said, “Who’s that?” and I said, “Daddy,” and he said, “Why does he look so AMAZED?” so I figure I got the gist of it right. :)