Category: Writer’s Blog

Well the Thor: Ragnarok trailer dropped recently and I’m quite enthused about that, but before that happened a different film had its place in my heart for at least a few days. Aw heck, it’s not like I stopped loving […]
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Well, I must admit that so far it hasn’t been a great year for us at conventions. The Long Beach Expo seemed to have very little in the way of people buying, and then the bottom line similarly dropped out […]
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I feel like I should be reserving this title for one of the story pages, but it applies so perfectly. If you’re not familiar with the idiom, here’s the definition. Basically, it refers to the mess that can be created […]
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As you might imagine, it’s a pet peeve of mine when comics are categorically dismissed as an art form or as having any merit beyond the purely commercial. This attitude has seemed to soften in the 21st Century with works […]
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When I was studying Theater in my college years (shut up, it’s totally a thing), one of the texts that was part of the curriculum was Aristotle’s Poetics, widely regarded as one of the first known formal studies of drama […]
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Anyone remember my no-doubt-crushingly-boring rant about my email spam problems several blogs ago? A couple of you commented so I presume so. Interesting now to look back at that and consider my main problem being the filters on my forwarded […]
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Welp, I was finally able to tear myself away from Fallout 4. Except that was because another game took its place.   At first glance, you might wonder why I’d be talking about a game like Subnautica on my Zombie […]
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So this article floated across my Facebook feed a few days ago. At first glance it was just another disgruntled exhibitor ranting about the latest failure in the comics convention circuit, but since I have a stake in keeping abreast […]
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Fight scenes are a staple of fiction, the end expression of conflict that has escalated to the point of actual violence. By that view, they represent something that has gone completely out of control… yet the fiction creator doesn’t have […]
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A few weeks back I wrote about how creators shouldn’t necessarily buy into every convention or appearance opportunity that comes up. Now if you’re lucky enough to be offered a free table, or even the full VIP treatment where some […]
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Listen, there’s a lot of stuff going on in the world right now. Let’s not lose sight of some potentially very important events, like the debut of what would appear to be a game combining aggressive taco truck entrepeneurship and […]
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Dawn and I have now been exhibiting at comics conventions for seven years and counting, and we’ve learned a lot since we began. Possibly the most important lesson is this: not every convention is worth being part of. Sometimes a […]
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I’m going to confine myself to a shorter blog since it’s Dawn’s birthday this week and she worked hard getting the comic done early so she’d have opportunity to relax and be treated to a nice dinner and I suppose […]
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I’ve talked before about trying to help the audience keep their footing in a long-running narrative. This may then be a redundant blog, and so I indulge in a redundant title. Anyhow, TV shows these days will often spend a […]
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So I promised some more thoughts on Fallout 4, although I suppose I can append “whether you wanted them or not” to that. It’s been out over a year, after all, so anyone who had any interest has already played, right? […]
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We have some folders stuffed with old papers. More importantly, we have hard drives and cloud storage that are the digital equivalent of the same. Dawn and I try to make sure that a good portion of the stuff we’ve […]
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A couple of weeks ago I wrote a preliminary reaction to the video game Fallout 4 (which I’d finally gotten around to purchasing and playing) and in the course of that wondered if anyone out there aside from me had ever fashioned up […]
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Ugh, spam. I have a “work address” for the comic and another one for Lab Reject Studios stuff that are both separate from my personal email which was long ago compromised by spammers. But sooner or later, they find you. […]
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We already mentioned it on the comic blog for this week but I know there’s a few of you out there who only mosey by to see what’s spilled out of my brain here week-to-week, so I’ll reiterate: we’re headed […]
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Yes, I finally got my mitts on a copy of Fallout 4. And yes, I know this game has been out for over a year, now. Aren’t you supposed to wait awhile for fallout to settle before you chance roaming […]
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