~ EhC ~

Tumbling my interests midway between my Twitter (140 characters) & my blog (500+ words).

[evancass]

'The pulps helped construct pop culture, science fiction, fantasy, and comicbooks – the dream life of the American public.'

What Are Magazines Good For?

The story of America can be told through the story of its periodicals.

[evancass]

'It's hard to trust when all you have from the past is evidence of why you shouldn't.'

https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2019/03/26/letters-demand-info-on-potential-contaminants-at-riverside-park-along-thomas-street-other-areas/

[evancass]

"I see 1979 as being part of a major shift in terms of geopolitics, cultural politics and identity. Not only are you dealing with the neocon takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention, you're dealing with the Iranian revolution. On a creative level look at where punk, hip hop and metal were heading. Most of the seventies are people trying to figure out what to do after the implosion of the sixties" ~ Nate Powell

[evancass]

She overthinks because [she is up against the experiences of her parents;] she is not just thinking for herself.

Weike Wang

[evancass]

[evancass]

'That's what we're trained to do with villains — ignore the systems that broke them.'

~ Jeffrey Bissoy

[evancass]

"Do we want to tell stories that make sense of the things we used to love, that help us remember the reasons we were so drawn to them, and create new works that inspire that level of devotion? Or do we simply want to hear the litany of our childhood repeated back to us like an endless lullaby for the rest of our lives?"

~ Laura Hudson

[evanpalmercomics]

So for the month of October, I’m going to be making a comic. The premise is that 3 characters delve into a dungeon that I’m using the D&D Dungeon Masters Guide to randomly generate. Their success in each encounter will also be randomly rolled, so this could very well result in their deaths.

[evancass]

'they feel disenfranchised by the emerging global economy that requires skills they weren't able to acquire, in large part because of school systems starved by runaway disgust for government'

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/donald-trump-2016-southern-appeal-213766

[mikedawwwson]

LONGSTREET FARM - The simpler way of seeing things is often the most likely to stick, so perhaps there are some simple truths about ourselves that I can impress upon my kids.

From the collection Rules For Dating My Daughter.

Pre-order a copy HERE.

[cartozia]

This is one of my favorite pieces in Mike’s upcoming book — with a really clever way of using images to show how little we are able to comprehend huge stretches of history.

Really, if you haven’t yet, why not sign up for this book on Kickstarter?

[juan-fernandez]

Mike Dawson’s essay comics are really inspiring in how they juggle immediacy and subtlety.

[mikedawwwson]

Gentle reminder, the Kickstarter to order this book is live for only two more weeks, and if you order a copy during the campaign, shipping is free (US backers only). Also, the PDF of the book is not something I currently have plans to offer outside of the Kickstarter campaign. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/264311413/rules-for-dating-my-daughter-by-mike-dawson

[evancass]

“My daughter is old enough to have asked me why it’s okay to eat animals...”

[mikedawwwson]

13 years ago today, I met my wife in a bar.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

[evancass]

Tarot is like comics in a way, a story constructed in pictures.

Rachel Pollack

[mikedawwwson]

A quick thing about voting. Go do it on Election Day!

[evancass]

'The problem with a good story that's nothing more than a good story is that it exhausts itself in the telling, never making the leap from idea to experience.'

Richard Brody

[napoleonyolo-deactivated2018120]

'I really love the sixth doctor because I feel like he's larger than life – and the doctor always is, that’s part of his nature – but I just feel Colin Baker really nails that, everything about him on screen just draws you in. You can’t take your eyes off him and I don’t just mean the crazy plaid wardrobe… everything about his personality is out there, he’s brash, he’s real sharp witted, he makes these jokes and you almost feel bad sometimes for poor Peri, who loves him anyway, and we do too. He’s also got a darker streak than some of the other doctors, and it doesn’t take away from his heroism and doing what’s right but he’s got these moments, these doubts that nag at him. In some of the episodes…you see these moments where he’s forced to look at himself, and he questions himself, but in the end he never questions what his path is and what he has to do.’

Richelle Mead (x)

[evancass]

via Christian Kaw. A nice lil video of Dash Shaw chatting about comix.

[evancass]

CBR, CSBG:

[Joe Palooka] was particularly popular in the United Kingdom. The London Star carried the strip in England but due to a newsprint shortage because of the War, the paper dropped the strip in 1939. The reaction was dramatic. They quickly changed their mind, sending the following classic message to the comic syndicates:

“War or no war, space or no space, London demands Joe... Please ship by Clipper immediately.”