My Wife has been drawing some pretty cool this lately. Check out her blogg.
http://mammacomic.blogspot.com/
Mark
Friday, August 04, 2006
Renewed Interests, and other ponders
Recently I have been getting back into the comics thing, rather running head first into a gigantic monster of addiction that is about to engulf my very being with want, rather than need. Seriously, I have throughout my life been somewhat of a lover of comics, my infidelity is rearing its ugly head once again as I see good thing being produced. In the early nineties I was part of a mass of people who thought they were investing into a future market of comics, the problem with that was that the big companies realized the popularity as well and decided to capitalize on this fact. With multiple covers (Chromium, metallic, to name a few), to increased costs and hype about back issues to even the death of superman, this was a time of collecting but also a time of really poor art and subpar writing. I like so many other left the scene, embittered. But like so many thing left, we like to visit from time to time the annals of our past. I decided, now that I am done with a certain life stealing computer game (WOW), I would, yet again try my hand and my mind at the creative aspects I so dearly miss. This being finishing my Movie I have been working on the past 4 months, and possibly try my hand at some illustration. This has drawn (HEHE) me back into those little places that are rather hard to find these days, The Comic Shop.
The first time I had returned to one after many years was a real experience. The smell alone caused me to remember the old days of buying stacks, and I mean stacks, of those little books that I was so smart in purchasing all 16 variant covers of the number ones, let alone any number one as I did not want to miss out on my future fortune. Pushing these thought aside I ventured in.
Now these days it seems that good things are on the rise, it reminds me of the old days when before the hype of the books was beyond reason, before running a comic shop was one of the top 10 businesses you could start ( Most shops I knew are now parking lots or hair dressers). The colors attracted me like a deer in the headlight of a car destined to mow me over. I went into a Zen like state and ignored my buddy who came with me, a fact I later was scolded for. I engaged into conversations with the clerk manning the store about the old days and what’s happening now, which by happenstance is a lot, and perfect time to jump back in, which is still a bit frightening. We left, I had a few.
Wow I didn’t actually think I was going to put this all down it sort of just came out of me. I guess I am just practicing so I can flex my creative muscles more and more. The cool thing is now; Angie my wife, an artist at heart is kinda into it as well, not as much but there none the less. I wanted to do a quick list of the book I have been reading.
Fables, Y the last man, Exmachina, and Marvel’s Civil War and a few Ultimate’s. I also want to mention that I was never really into the Non-Super Hero genres but after I read Allan Moore’s Watchmen (Which I rate all Graphic Novels against) changed all that, and opened me up to the world of Independents.
I hope to bring these comics to this Blog, Reviews and such. I know no-one reads this but who cares.
Later,
Mark
The first time I had returned to one after many years was a real experience. The smell alone caused me to remember the old days of buying stacks, and I mean stacks, of those little books that I was so smart in purchasing all 16 variant covers of the number ones, let alone any number one as I did not want to miss out on my future fortune. Pushing these thought aside I ventured in.
Now these days it seems that good things are on the rise, it reminds me of the old days when before the hype of the books was beyond reason, before running a comic shop was one of the top 10 businesses you could start ( Most shops I knew are now parking lots or hair dressers). The colors attracted me like a deer in the headlight of a car destined to mow me over. I went into a Zen like state and ignored my buddy who came with me, a fact I later was scolded for. I engaged into conversations with the clerk manning the store about the old days and what’s happening now, which by happenstance is a lot, and perfect time to jump back in, which is still a bit frightening. We left, I had a few.
Wow I didn’t actually think I was going to put this all down it sort of just came out of me. I guess I am just practicing so I can flex my creative muscles more and more. The cool thing is now; Angie my wife, an artist at heart is kinda into it as well, not as much but there none the less. I wanted to do a quick list of the book I have been reading.
Fables, Y the last man, Exmachina, and Marvel’s Civil War and a few Ultimate’s. I also want to mention that I was never really into the Non-Super Hero genres but after I read Allan Moore’s Watchmen (Which I rate all Graphic Novels against) changed all that, and opened me up to the world of Independents.
I hope to bring these comics to this Blog, Reviews and such. I know no-one reads this but who cares.
Later,
Mark
Battlestar Galactica - Season Three
Shiver. I know am not the only one, but isn't Battlestar Galactica hands down the best show on tv? I know that season three is looking to have a bit of a different style than the previous two but I know that it will still be awesome. Anyways here is a sneak preview of season three.
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