There is no live San Diego Comic-Con this year, and by “live” I mean that living, breathing organism that seems to mystically appear inside the San Diego Convention Center, transforming it into a whole new city by the bay for four and a half days. There is an online component again this year, with some... Continue Reading →
I've taken a couple of weeks off from this here blog thingy to do some housekeeping chores and to think a bit on what's next for me and this endeavor. I have discovered that I do like writing again and want to focus on that aspect of the blog, and less a record of all... Continue Reading →
So there I was, in art school in Pittsburgh in the mid-1970s, a quiet, shy kind of guy, bombarded by the changes in life involved in moving from a small town to a big city. So what did I do to start some kind of social life? I joined a comic book club. My memories... Continue Reading →
I posted a similar photo to this one a while back (click here to see it). There is nothing more quintessential to me than a Volkswagen van, and Coronado, where I live, has numerous vans dotting the street. I plan to do a "Vans of Coronado" feature on my Instagram account one day, right before... Continue Reading →
I slowed down a little in June, due to a quick getaway trip and a large biography, but I enjoyed everything I read nonetheless. Once and Future, Vol. 2: Old English by Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora, and Tamra BonvillainIt’s really the art by Mora and the vibrant coloring by Bonvillain that make this story of... Continue Reading →
SPOILER ALERT! If you haven’t watched Bosch season 7 yet, stop reading at the line below. This post contains some minor spoilers about the final season. Seven seasons … 68 episodes. Bosch is done. Long live Bosch. Bosch season 7 was a satisfying end to the series, which—as most of you know, if you’re a... Continue Reading →
I took a ton of photos during my recent trip to Seattle and this is my favorite of the bunch. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's the dramatic composition, maybe the mystery of the two people who seem oblivious to my picture-taking and into their own little worlds. Maybe it's the futuristic rise of the... Continue Reading →
As we head into summer, it's time for a new banner image and this time we bring the heat, or at least the illusion of it. To be honest, this photo was taken back in January of this year, when all the right atmospheric conditions combined to reveal this spectacular sunset. This photo also reminds... Continue Reading →
I took a trip last week, my first since November 2019. It was just a short up-and-back, three-day trip to Seattle, one of my favorite cities, but a trip nonetheless. I called it my “training-wheel trip,” just a quick jaunt to see what travel felt like in this new world. And make no mistake about... Continue Reading →
It was a dark and stormy night. Seriously. If memory serves me right, it was December 1972. I was a senior in high school and a veteran Marx Brothers fan for oh, about four whole years. My love affair with Les Fréres Marx started in 1968 when my brother slipped a copy of the paperback... Continue Reading →
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