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• 26-Jan-2009

  
  Beetlejuice & The Joker I’m sorry to report I forget where I found this last week. But I love this image of two of my favorite tricksters: What’s a trickster? In mythology, and in the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a god, goddess, spirit, man, woman, or anthropomorphic animal who plays tricks or otherwise disobeys normal...

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• 25-Jan-2009
  Who Watches the Watchmen? In 1986 and 1987 the comics series Watchmen came out. I was 16 years old at the time and the work was mindblowing. I had been looking forward to it since I had read it was coming in DC Spotlight #1, a freebie I’d acquired at Comic Con the year before. It looked like it...

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• 04-Jan-2009

  
  Sinfest Comic from 28 Dec 2008 I really liked this Sinfest comic, turning Buddha into the little drummer boy, drumming a Japanese style Taiko drum. I keep re-reading it and figured I should post a link:

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• 30-Oct-2008

  
  Vampirella like Rio by Nagel Terrific Vampirella drawing by Cliff Chiang, who has a fun blog. It’s an homage to Rio, of course — by Patrick Nagel. Nagel was among my inspirations when I was a teenager. The technical craftsmanship, the acute graphic design sense inspired me.

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• 23-Aug-2008

  
  Bear Creek Apartments; Bryan Lee O’Malley When I was in San Francisco I picked up the first two of the Scott Pilgrim comics while at Isotope Comics (whose very cool owner James Sime has a twitter stream). I enjoyed them immensely on the trip back home and have subsequently picked up numbers 3 and 4 as well. In addition I picked...

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• 19-Aug-2008

  
  Donald has a Brewski And engages in wacky shenanigans, no doubt: via Cover Browser‘s Daily Cover Feed.

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• 18-Aug-2008
  Latest Items That Made Me Laugh Mack Reed penned The Fastest Spider in Los Angeles, which charmed me and made me laugh. PCL Linkdump posted a link to a Simplicity Hammer Pants. Giggled at that one. File under “funny ’cause it’s true” — Sassy‘s Tips for New Dads. Also: Matthew Baldwin‘s Thought Crimes and Re: Cephalopod are both hilarious. Neil Kramer...

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• 02-Aug-2008
  Charles Schulz (I started this post in 2007 and left it as a draft, I think because I found the subject matter too maudlin). In 2006, in the post Joe Cool, I wrote: I find Charles Schulz to be a tragic figure though. Based on the interviews I read, he never fulfilled the ambitions of his life....

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• 10-May-2008
  Iron Man, Redesigned As a follow-up to talking about Iron Man, here are some alternate designs for Iron Man from Project Rooftop: Iron Man Invincible Upgrade, and Part II Some great designs!

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• 10-May-2008

  
  Movies This Year One of the things we do at work, at lunch and otherwise, is talk about movies, old, new and forthcoming. We kibitz and argue and I get a lot out of it. I like talking about movies about people who care about them. The one movie I am excited about that NOBODY else is is...

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• 16-Apr-2008

  
  Iron Man… the cup! I actually followed the Iron Man comic for a few years back in the mid-to-late 1980s, so I’m a fan. And it was a hot day, so I splurged on this collectible. A bit of fun, and the Slurpee was delicious.

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• 04-Apr-2008

  
  Oh That Yahweh! Sinfest remains a favorite for me. By turns smart, ribald, dirty, funny, sexy, thoughtful, deep — it’s exactly what an online comic should be.

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• 30-Mar-2008

  
  Cat and Girl Donation Derby! Several months ago I donated money to Dorothy, the super-duper-awesome cartoonist of Cat and Girl — she has this thing called “Donation Derby”: Support my lavish lifestyle! Donate $5 or more and I’ll draw you a picture of how I spend it. Include your address and I’ll mail it to you. The other day, my...

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• 20-Mar-2008
  Thirty-Eight Today Today I am 38 years old. I think it will be a lovely day. Followed up on some emails from Geek Dinner the other night and I’m reminded that I have yet to transcribe my notes from BarCamp which is rapidly fading from memory. Borrowed the collected DC: The New Frontier from Jukebox and enjoying...

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• 12-Mar-2008

  
  Dave Stevens: 1955-2008 Dave Stevens has died of leukemia. Remembrances all over the comics blogosphere this morning. Here are a few: THE BEAT, Mark Evanier, Rob Ullman, Drawn!. I remember seeing The Rocketeer graphic novel in the mid-1980s and being astounded with the intricacy and delicacy of the design and artwork. Dave was a consummate artist and he,...

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• 03-Nov-2007

  
  I don’t want to set the Misc on fire. Today is catch-up and do stuff day. First, enjoy some Sinfest! Also, know that the truly twisted (and rarely safe for work) online comic Perry Bible Fellowship has a book coming out soon, with the enigmatic title The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories: A Collection of The Comic Strips of The Perry Bible...

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• 20-Oct-2007
  All The Misc That’s Fit to Misc Don’t use oxygen and smoke, please. Thomas PM Barnett, a great Powerpointer, mentions that Al Gore has his Nobel Prize because of his PPTs (actually Keynote, but same difference, presentation software). Read/Write Web has good thoughts on Microsoft’s playing catch-up with Google on a number of web tools. I like competitor for Google. It means...

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• 19-Oct-2007

  
  Misc is out of Style To start with, a random screenshot from a video from 1989: It’s by MC 900 Ft. Jesus. Watch actual videos by MC 900 Ft Jesus below: I enjoy his music very much. He got his name from a vision of Oral Roberts: May 25, 1980, while overlooking his religious center which was in financial difficulty:...

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• 18-Oct-2007

  
  I’m sure it’s for a good cause via Uncle Eddy Fun things I noted recently, Neil joined my MyBlogLog (we’re up to 1 member, yay!), and also that he had mentioned me in a blog post but I had missed it. Kind words. Neil’s a very funny writer. Headed to work now. Yesterday was good. Hoping for likewise today.

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• 13-Oct-2007

  
  My name is Misc, How do you do? Uncov got some para-journalistic love from Wired. I have mentioned uncov before. I have thought a bit more about the salty language Ted uses, and I’ve decided it’s really interesting to my brain to have the subject be computer science and business and have the language come out of, oh, Quentin Tarantino. Id meets intellect....

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• 11-Oct-2007
  Morning is the time for Miscellany Danah Boyd is surprised to be used as a pack mule for some great marketing. I think it’s the nature of the beast. When something hits your gut, it’s natural to try and promote it. Taking a step back and realizing you’re part of someone’s street team can be a little disorienting! Via The Beat,...

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• 10-Oct-2007
  Morning’s Miscellany Zappa Documentary on YouTube, Pointed to by Kill Ugly Radio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syhzBQUZgjQ 10 Zen Monkeys asks writers Is The Net Good For Writers? My favorite is Clay Shirky’s. My current musical obsessions: Gerry Rafferty’s Baker Street, Foo Fighter’s Baker Street, Toy Doll’s Nellie the Elephant, Siouxsee & the Banshees Dear Prudence, Christine, and The Passenger, and...

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• 21-Nov-2006

  
  Joe Cool I don’t really feel very cool today, but I caught a few minutes of the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Special last night, and, well, here he is. Or is that me? I loved Snoopy when I was a kid. Viz: Snoopy the Red Baron, 1975 My grandmother made clothes for my Snoopy. As a matter of...

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• 24-Jun-2005

  
  Flash: The Fastest Man Alive, 1977 When I was 7 years old I really liked comic book characters and would draw them. When I am 35 years old, I talk about Ra’s Al Ghul and Anakin as exemplars of the idea that the end justifies the means with my stepsons. Questioning the wisdom of this outlook, of course. Comic books are...

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