I took some time off last week (in fact, a whole week) and did a little bit of traveling. I visited Seattle (as the above lovely photo shows) for a few days. I wanted to visit this city for once without a comics convention to go to ... because it's a great city, and I'm... Continue Reading →
Brought to you almost live from Balboa Park in San Diego. (PS--That is NOT me walking through, photobombing this otherwise cheery scene.)
I started September out with a bang and a long (8.21 miles) Thursday afternoon walk, which included a lap around the San Diego Convention Center and a final look at the Art of Comic-Con gallery exhibition at the downtown San Diego Central Library, which closes on Sunday, 9/6. This mural was spotted just north of... Continue Reading →
There used to be a time in this great land of ours when movie books were a thing. You could go to a bookstore, big or small, chain or indie, and find a whole section devoted just to films. Nowadays, that section has dwindled to one bookshelf or less and shares space with plays, screenplay-writing... Continue Reading →
The name of this blog is not something I pulled out of a hat. 20 (!) years ago, I started publishing my own comic book … it was called Innocent Bystander. When I started a blog in 2004 (you can visit the first version of it by clicking here), I carried the name over. By... Continue Reading →
Remember Flip videos? They were this little recording device that was all the rage for like 3 months back in 2009-2011 or so. We got one at work and I took it to La Jolla one weekend in March 2011 and shot a whole mess of scenes of the ocean and those cute little almost-but-not-quite-squirrels... Continue Reading →
It’s hard to imagine comics without Jack “King” Kirby. The comics industry as we know it today would not exist without him. He was a pioneering artist in the 1940s, co-creating Captain America with Joe Simon. The Marvel Cinematic Universe would not exist without him. Kirby had a hand in the creation of almost all... Continue Reading →
No, dementia hasn’t set in … but any day now … I bought a bag of cashews at Target on Friday and I’ve been slowly munching my way through them. By slowly, I mean like 6 a day. I have this thing where most nuts bother me. With the possible exception of almonds, every nut... Continue Reading →
I walk ... a lot. Last year I walked just a smidgen over 900 miles. For the most part, these are walks that are calculated to be just me out there walking, with the exception of work-related days where I walk all over Convention Centers in Southern California and rack up 10, 12, 13 miles... Continue Reading →
From 2004 into 2013, I blogged—at times, almost incessantly. I not only blogged, but for a period of time, I became an evangelist of blogging, urging people to do it, too (only 1 or 2 people did so, but hey ... like the monkey said when he peed in the ocean, every drop counts). After... Continue Reading →
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