Visual Stylings

A variation on Stuart Immonen’s Marvel 70th Anniversary Covers meme, only this time with two DC Comics dated October 1974 - the month of my birth - and using photos I happened to have on my iPhone.
Original:
Redone:

Original (and, by the way, holy shit that this came out dated October 1974):
Redone:

I still love that cover line [...]

Let’s Look At The Cartoonometer!

I am kind of weird fascinated by this 1991, pre-launch presentation for the Cartoon Network, and the mix between aw-shucks, “Everyone loves cartoons!” pitch and business talk:

I don’t watch that much Cartoon Network - or Boomerang, which is basically what this pitch turned into - aside from Venture Bros, Batman: The Brave and The Bold [...]

When Technology Fails

I think my iPhone hates me. It’s developed this new trick, recently, of telling me it has reception, but refusing to dial out or receive calls; I have to restart it to get it to work. Similarly, the phone won’t ring, and then all of a sudden, there’s a missed call and a voicemail from [...]

Self Vs. Self

Am I the only person who has days when their brain says one thing and their body does another? For example, my brain just said “I should check work email” and yet, somehow my fingers typed out the URL for Facebook, despite the fact that I never, ever, ever check Facebook*, so I don’t even [...]

Another Reason Why It’s A Good Thing I Am Not A DC Comics Editor

Because, if I was, the first page of The Flash: Rebirth #4 would’ve looked something like this.
That’s right. I said “Evil Sultan of Speed.”

Ten Days

(If it’s a weekend where I’m doing io9 - including the 5 US Presidents Who Could Save Us From An Alien Invasion, thankyouverymuch - as well as the Comix Experience newsletter, then it’s a weekend where I’m far too slammed to come up with blog content. Which’ll explain why there was nothing yesterday (Sorry, all), [...]

Why I Am The Way I Am (Maybe)

I got lost on YouTube the other night, remembering all the TV shows of my youth that I’d grown up thinking perfectly normal, and then rediscovering them now and wondering if they were the reason I’ve turned into the person I am today. Many, if not most, of these will be new and unfamiliar to [...]

She Fails To Cry Your Name

I can hear, from the distance, Beth Orton’s (wonderful) “She Cries Your Name” and I’m reminded of that time in my life, when the single came out in the middle of all the other whirlwind and wonder that was happening. It was the final year of my bachelors degree in art school, and despite that [...]

10 Songs That, Were I Musical And Had A Band, I Would Cover

(Yes, I know it’s a Jellyfish song, but bad vocals aside, I like this version - and it’s better than the bootleg Jellyfish version I could find on YouTube.)

(Again, I know it’s Gene Clark originally.)

(Yes, I know that last one seems unexpected. But it’s a lot of fun to sing, honest.)

:P :S ;)

I’ve been thinking about emoticons, recently. But not in the way that we think of them now, but remembering when they were new and, if not exciting, then at least odd and unusual enough to be interesting. For example, I have fond(-ish) memories of Ben and Jason’s 1999 album Emoticons, which capitalized on the then [...]