Imagine my surprise when I walked in the house and saw a gigantic HD TV sitting in the livingroom! I never saw what the big deal was about HD TV. To me it was pretty much like watching things on a computer screen. When my parents turned it on I… Read more“Welcome to the HD Revolution”
When Good Apps Go Bad
I had a half hour in Kansas City International Airport. Like many airports nowadays, they had free wireless internet. I haven’t installed Warcraft on the Powerbook yet so I had to settle with surfing the web. I have installed Leopard so I was trying to download TinkerTool, an essential Mac… Read more“When Good Apps Go Bad”
There Will Be a Test Afterward
I have finished making annotations for Selective Pressure. You can either start on page (and hour) one from the thumbnails page, or “turn on” annotations from each individual comic page.
Learn Anthropology; Save the World
The latest issue of Shadowpact (#18, page 4) has a weird endorsement of physical anthropology: If physical anthropology teaches me how to fight werewolves, then sign me up! Oh wait, I’m already signed up.
Wanna See Something Cool?
I’ve always wanted to add annotations to my comics online. I’m generally a big fan of behind-the-scenes stuff. We’re all familiar with the DVD commentary, which is sometimes really good (for example, Guillermo del Toro movies) or crushingly bad (like Empire Strikes Back). Valve, makers of Half-Life, has been putting… Read more“Wanna See Something Cool?”
Behold!
My 24 Hour Comic, Selective Pressure! {Click to get started!}
I Don’t Remember the Weekend…
…but I’m holding a comic apparently done by my hand. Cleanup and scanning to commence soon! Update: Looks like I can piece together my weekend through local news articles, like this one from the Columbia Missourian: “Comic artists burn the midnight oil for 24 Hour Comics Day.” Update 2: And… Read more“I Don’t Remember the Weekend…”
I’d Like My Comics With Jam, Please
24 Hour Comics is an international event where cartoonists draw one page an hour for 24 straight hours. It’s grueling, but sounds like a lot of fun! Last year I suddenly thought about doing it a week after the official day so I was bummed. This year I was all… Read more“I’d Like My Comics With Jam, Please”
DC comics is having a comics contest through their new Zuda Comics label: the prizes are various amounts of cash. Sign me up! There are rules to follow: the comic for the contest is to be 8 pages of 800×600 pixels. The comic can’t be shown anyplace other than their… Read more“”
Not Enough Happens in Peru
Peruvians’ Mysterious Illness Nearly 150 Peruvians claim that they have been made ill by a meteor that crashed in Carangas a week ago. What do you think?