Comic-Con 2005 – Marshall Vandruff
Of the three years I have been to Comic-Con, this was the first year I made an effort to aggressively attend the show's craft and information panels, for to educate…
Comic-Con 2005 – Ralph Bakshi / Fire and Ice (1983)
Almost famous I felt, seeing so many people I knew at last weekend's Comic-Con panels. I went straight from the sneak preview of Rob Zombie's "The Devil's Rejects", which stars…
Comic-Con 2005 – Merchandising Webcomics
"1:30-3:00, Comic-Con WebComics School 103: Making Money -- You may be widely read and much adored, but when will your webcomic start paying the bills? Bill Barnes (Unshelved) leads fellow…
Comic-Con 2005 – 10 Things I Bought
10 Things I Bought At Comic-Con1.) "Artesia #1" (Mark Smylie)2.) "Autobiography of an Artist" (Charles R. Knight, w/intro by William Stout, foreward by Ray Bradbury & Ray Harryhausen)3.) "Bear #5"…
Comic-Con 2005 – 10 Artists
This week it will be all Comic-Con all the time.Beware. I am unlikely to go on at length about the sneak preview of the "Doom" movie (but Lorenzo di Bonaventura…
10 Things I Love About The Film Industry
I get disillusioned. My disillusionment often strikes hardest at the things I most cherish. This suggests to me that maybe my disillusionment has more to do with my own worldview…
Nil By Mouth (1997)
Last night, on DVD via Netflix: Gary Oldman's "Nil By Mouth" (1997).The movie exquisitely depicts a lower-class South London family's perpetual struggle with alcoholism, drug addiction, domestic abuse and...um...well that's…
Code Kumquat
"Put the ship on Code Orange, lieutenant!""Holy Toledo, skipper! Is it that bad?""It's bad enough. And I don't want you men getting caught with your britches down. If we have…
Blast
Being a cheerful sort, I am often heard to exclaim "Boy, am I having a blast!". Or "This is going to be a blast". Or maybe I'll say to friends…
10 Best Movies About "America"
Here is the list of the 10 BEST MOVIES ABOUT "AMERICA", films that could be put in a time capsule to give the generations many centuries from now an accurate…