So, here starts part two of my Homage to Image, this time featuring the strange and turbulent tale of Cowboy Ninja Viking. If the name alone doesn’t grab your attention then you have earned my respect for having a tremendous tolerance for the bizarre. The first thing I said when I heard it was, “Are you serious?” Read Full Article
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So this week I’m starting a compendium of my favorite Image series, the kind of series that have effectively redefined the way I view Image as a publisher, so I thought what better way to start it off than to talk about an Eisner Award winner and one of my all time favorite comics, Chew. Read Full Article
For the longest time I had a slight prejudice against anything produced by Image Comics. It wasn’t because of any particular creator, character or event, but mainly because most Image creations seemed the same to me, or at least they weren’t shockingly different than most of the other comic creations out there. True, they tended to dwell on a darker breed of superhero with more muscles and less realistic proportions, but they were still your typical superhero stories. Battles were fought, villains defeated, and the status quo maintained, nothing Marvel and DC didn’t do or didn’t do better. Read Full Article
This is why I love mythology. Every piece has the potential to stand as its own narrative.
The Norse reference in this surprised me. I thought I was fairly well-versed in the Norse tales, but I guess this just shows that for everything you know there are at least a dozen more you have yet to hear of.
It’s been a while, but as we start to approach All Hallows Eve, I believe it’s time to dust off the KYG section of my blog, and today I have a special ghost, the ghost of the living or recently (as in VERY recently) departed, the Fetch.
Originating in Ireland, a Fetch is a doppelganger spirit; it takes on the appearance of someone who has just died or is just about to die. A Fetch will usually appear to the loved ones of the individual and will appear to be perfectly normal, if somewhat distant or distracted. Additionally, the Fetch will sometimes appear ghostly or shadowy, and may vanish down alleys or halls if followed.
A Fetch is not actually the ghost of the person it appears to be; indeed, often the person imitated is still alive. Instead it seems to be a phantom that simply takes the same form…
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Terry Pratchett once said, “When you finish a novel, you are no longer a writer. You have written, and now you’re just a bum.” Read Full Article
To be alive is, by itself, a curious existence. Read Full Article
Sadly, since my last post I have had to leave the grand old city of Dublin behind and I’m now back in St. Louis. It was a difficult departure, because while I left with two years’s worth of fond memories packed into 10 short months, it also felt as if I gave up a small piece of myself to the city that had become my second home. Read Full Article
So, A Thoroughly Good Blue is officially launched and my old and perpetual foe, Public Speaking, is once again locked away in its cage. Read Full Article
Joyous news! It’s exciting whenever a young writer like myself can add a new publication to his resume, but when two come out so close together it truly becomes cause for celebration. Read Full Article
My first fiction post in a while. It was a fun opportunity to play with some one-sided dialogue. What do you think? Read Full Article
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