Hello, I was jumping around on the internets and read this fabulous ‘fat acceptance’ article by Marianne Kirby at xoJane. I quote ‘fat acceptance’ ’cause I never heard of such a movement before. I just thought it was about liking yourself in opposition to everything that people say to you. But fat is regarded crazy ill in this country, so I’m glad there are people out there like Marianne Kirby to write about it in a touching, elegant, and witty fashion. I am going to go read her book and think about how I would really love to know her better. She seems awesome! She does NaNoWriMo!
Danny Kaye
Watching a lot of Danny Kaye recently and at a loss for what to draw. Put the two together and voila!
hitRECord
I was in the bookstore when I saw Tiny Stories vol. 2. I picked it up and was wooed and bought it, along with something else that made me say, “bookstores put books in the ‘humor’ section because there is no section called ‘awesome.'” Have you noticed? I mean Kate Beaton was in the ‘humor’ section next to things like 100 Fart Jokes and Galvin and Jobbs. What are they thinking?! Something like, ‘oh gee, I dunno where this goes so lets through it in the only catch-all section we have,’ or ‘this has pictures, but it’s not a graphic novel, so it must be humor.’ Maybe…diatribe for another day.
Back to Tiny Stories vol. 2. In it is a little blurb about sending your own tiny stories to http://www.hitrecord.org/ for the next volume. I am relatively addicted to trying my best to get involved in an anthology project, so I had to check it out. What I found was interesting and unusual. hitRECord is something like a collaboration engine, where creators of all sorts surrender up there bits in the hopes of matching it with other people’s bits, squishing them all together and making a fabulous new thing. I am skittering on the edge as I do with most virtual socializing nite-clubs, but it looks really cool, so I wanted to say.
Using old doodles as a digital coloring book
is fun, really.
Year of the snake
I’m a little late for ‘happy new year!’ but it is the year of the snake for 10 or so more months.
Oh, yeah, the whole story of original sin/human acquisitions of knowledge is fascinating to me. Thus the apple.
BT Tower 360 Panorama of London
Because if you haven’t been there, chances are you are a little curious and if you have been there, chances are you might want to reminisce. A really really big panoramic, zoom-able, picture of London: BT Tower 360 Panorama of London.
inhale, count to ten
Ok, my website (except for the Bean) is currently completely messed up. No images are displaying and I can trace no reason. Gonna take a chance and ignore it until tomorrow in the hopes that it is something weird with my host.
fingers crossed
No problem, dumb head, sort of. So, I started brainstorming all the things that could be happening and realized that I should probably double check the site via a different browser before freaking out too much. And then I thought about anything that is different with my browser and I remembered that I had outfitted it to avoid online tracking. Problem solved. Don’t know how to two are connected, though I know it is corrected ’cause the only problem was in my browser till I reverted my online tracking changes. Not all of them but still. Never mind my freaking out, or trying not to freak out. Even though I’m rambling nonsensically, never mind.
Give me some Lawrence Welk
No really, give me some. I remember sitting on the shag carpet of my grandma’s den, watching Lawrence Welk on Saturday night with her and my mom. I have to admit, I didn’t appreciate it then. I relegated it to all the other things I wouldn’t have watched had I not been hanging out with Grandma (hello Little House on the Prairie). But lately I have developed a strong appreciation for the show – with it’s awkward host and all. I especially like the orchestra’s suits.
I drew this while watching a very special holiday episode. This dude is a little to loose for Welk, though.
Webcomic findings
‘Cause as many as I’ve found already is never enough.
Hemlock – on smackjeeves. beautiful, bold black and white style.
Curio – a dreamworld. completely amazing and terrifying in the way that really beautiful fish at the bottom of the ocean are terrifying. great color work.
Prague Race – beautiful pencil work, or what looks like pencil work. Can you ever tell now a days? crazy detail backgrounds and environments. completely enviable world construction.
saint for rent – glorious, moving pictures. no really, it’s “semi-animated” and sehr sehr gut. about an inn for time travelers.
Judecca – murky colored fantasy world. grim, and beautiful in the insidious way that makes you attached to a character after a couple pages.
Ava’s Demon – glorious, glowing color. I really like the one cell at a time delivery, it makes paging through the story like a reading a book. it also makes waiting for the next bit really really difficult.
nimona – is hilarious and with unique styling. Hilarious!
water – great big hook of a beginning and wonderfully executed brushy style.
shambles – not really sure where it’s going yet, but it is beautifully done. I always admire people who can wield color so well.
Spera – an enormous collaborative comic with artists from all over.
Monster girl’s school zine preview
I am working on a zine, have been for a while now. You’d think that it would be a simple and fast thing to accomplish. Well here is a zoom in preview. The finished product will be a yearbook from the Wyvern Academy for Monster Girls, complete with club activities, school song, pictures of the girls, the grounds and all.
Levi Levi and Annie
Hey, I found these pics of Levi and Annie from my unfortunate scan batch that I am too lazy to correct rather than put more work into them to get a different look entirely. Been watching a lot of Sherlock Holmes stories of all sorts.
Think about what we do
In my library news streams was an article : Oakmont Regional High librarian eyes ditching Dewey Decimal System for new classification – Sentinel & Enterprise. The librarian at Oakmont points out that the Dewey Decimal system isn’t giving the right message to the kids. Examples: Homer’s ILLiad in nonfiction and books on homosexuality next to those on incest and prostitution. I had never thought about it before and am surprised at myself. Also impressed when people don’t simply accept something because it is custom, traditional, or whatever.
Participate in Mini-Comics Day 2013 on March 24th! | Mini-Comics Day
Mark Your Calendars: Participate in Mini-Comics Day 2013 on March 24th! | Mini-Comics Day. No really, mark your calendar. I did this last year and it was really fun. Or, I really like what I got out of it, which is lovely mini comics. All folded up and stapled even. This year I will make sure I have extra color ink for my printer in reserves. I will print more copies. Yes.
Ode to Shampoo
my husband and friends have heard my diatribe during my long and clumsy search of a new shampoo. you see, I used to use herbal essences and then it changed formulas and everything had cocoa butter. I mourned the loss of the herby tea like scents and grumbled over having to seek something else in the fruity cocoa buttery world of shampoo. I don’t like the smell of the buttery. anyway, long story kind of shorter, when I was in the drug store the other day I found this. I didn’t know if it was back-stock found in a box somewhere or if the wonderful tea smelly herbaceous wonderment of hair care is coming back from the breach, but I bought it and will indulge my sense nostalgia to its fullest just the same.
lo and behold, when I got home I saw a commercial reminiscent of the original hair washing on the plane commercial from way back when. Herbal Essences has heard my plea and this was no back-stock. yes!
Prudence Shen and Faith Erin Hicks | Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong
Okay, I was crazy excited about Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong when there was only page one. Then, apparently I got distracted (and did not subscribe to the rss feed) and forgot to read it. What a dunce am I? Anyway, Faith Erin Hicks is still the bomb and in combination with Prudence Shen is making another fabulous comic! Fabulous!