Project 365: A Photo A Day Keeps The Doldrums Away

Lots of changes lately. Lots of things to think about. Ideas for creative projects are popping up and I'm trying to throw myself into a lot of them and see what sticks. Hopefully one or two will.

Something I've decided to sign myself up for is the 365 Challenge. Basically, you take a picture every day for 365 days, which sounds easy until you are like me and sometimes go through long inspiration droughts. It's supposed to be helpful at getting over the fear of photography, help you compose shots, unlock some creativity. And even though I have only my tiny iPhone camera, I will do my very best to be interesting, at least once out of every four photos. On average. I think that's a reasonable goal.

If you're interested, the link to my profile page is here. And my favourite photo so far is just below. So that's all for now. Until next time, where I will likely either dissect the Green Lantern movie or talk about Batgirl comics (oh yes, I am actually feeling the urge to write about something), enjoy the photos and let me know what you think.


This one actually impresses me a little.

Have A Very Merry (Barbaric) Christmas!

Well everyone, it's Christmas Eve, and that means that my Peach and I are about to sit down and have cinnamon buns and watch White Christmas, which I love and she tolerates. But I got this in my inbox and had to show it to you all as my Christmas card for the year. You may remember my awesome Space Ghost/Spider Jerusalem sketch from earlier in the month. Well, my Secret Santa recipient finally scanned my sketch and sent it back to me, so I can finally show it here in all it's "glory". I'm not an artist, so I had hoped that I'd get a request for Batman or Spawn or someone, so I could just draw a head and then a fluttering cape all around it. But no. The guy asked for Conan versus He-Man, and I might not be the best artist, but dammit, I was going to give the guy exactly what he asked for. Be prepared, folks: there may not be cartoon buttocks involved, but it is not for the faint of heart.




Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate it, and to everyone else, have a good Tuesday.

On the Tenth Day of Thesis

Thesis writing is not for the faint-hearted. Today I hit the wall. I don't want to go into the gruesome details, but the sooner this thesis is behind me the much, MUCH happier I'll be. And this is just a Masters-level one; when you've completed a Ph.D. Thesis you must be missing some body parts or something.

But I don't want to leave you all with that. Instead, I want to show you part of my first Christmas present of the year. Last month on the CGS boards I signed up to participate in their Secret Santa: you pick someone's name, and then you send them some of your old comics and a sketch of their choice. I foolishly didn't scan my sketch in before I send it, but I'm sure I could convince my present-ee to scan it for me when he gets it. This Saturday I got my package in the mail. I got a lot of good comics, including a lot of stuff from Ape Entertainment that I'm looking forward to reading after Friday morning, and my sketch. If I recall correctly, I asked for either John Constantine, Spider Jerusalem, or Space Ghost from his talk-show days (complete with desk, of course). Well, my Secret Santa combined two out of the three, and the results? Were AWESOME. (Standard "cartoon buttocks" warning applies.)




Oh yes. That makes me smile.