Ein Hungerkünstler

Hell

2012-01-23T22:03:00.000-08:00

"J'ai vu l'ombre d'un cocher qui avec l'ombre d'une brosse frottait l'ombre d'une carrosse."

Harrison Fucking Ford

2011-02-17T15:47:00.000-08:00

Invincible

2010-12-07T20:50:00.000-08:00

Been reading this series lately... a lot of fun, with many satisfying jokes and references. The fish gentleman there is that comics version of an Atlantean.

RRRAAAAAAGE IT

2010-12-05T16:37:00.000-08:00

Movie night ideas: Cult/Camp edition

2010-11-05T02:33:00.000-07:00

The Swamp Thing

Tromeo and Juliet

The Toxic Avenger

Sleeper

Zelig

Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Pee Wee's Big Adventure

The Blues Brothers

Phantasm

July 06: Time travelers, robots ...apathy.

2010-07-06T10:57:00.000-07:00

July 6, 1957: John Lennon Meets Paul McCartney. Happy birthday to Frida Kahlo, Paul Gasol and Cassanova Frankenstein himself, Geoffrey Rush. Regards to George W. Bush.

I read Scott Pilgrim vol. 1-5 recently and strongly recommend them. Good story, fun art, interesting characters and enough videogame nostalgia to keep anyone raised by a sega genesis smiling.

Some other recommended reading:
Books:
For Us, The Living - Robert A. Heinlein: Heinlein's first book, unpublished until 2003. "Perry Nelson, a normal 1939 engineer, is driving his automobile when he has a blowout, skids over a cliff, and wakes up in the year 2086." Heinlein uses a utopian future to explain his social and political beliefs.

Manga:
Pluto - Naoki Urasawa: Retelling of "The Greatest Robot on Earth" story arc of Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy, presented as a murder mystery. "Pluto follows the Europol robot detective Gesicht in his attempts to solve the case of a string of robot and human deaths. The case becomes more puzzling when evidence suggests a robot is responsible for the murders..."

Solanin - Inio Asano "Meiko and Taneda graduated from university two years ago. Having no real goals or direction, they step into society, clueless." A two volume manga about the reality of post college life in Tokyo. Jobs, relationship issues, parental disappointment and a struggling band portrayed realistically. A story of two unmotivated twenty somethings trying to make a relationship work.

For a better review of Solanin go here.

In which literature explains it better than I

2010-06-30T20:31:00.000-07:00

On Glen Beck's misuse of knowledge of our founding fathers.

"Learning is a good thing, but more often it leads to mistakes. It is like the admonition of the priest Konan. It is worthwhile just looking at the deeds of accomplished persons for the purpose of knowing our own insufficiencies. But often this does not happen. For the most part, we admire our own opinions and become fond of arguing." - Hagakure

work

2010-06-22T09:44:00.001-07:00

working on my drawing skills. not enough motivation to write a blog, thinking about turning the site into a webcomic. we shall see.

Robert A. Heinlein on art.

2010-04-26T00:47:00.000-07:00

"Anybody can look at a pretty girl and see a pretty girl. An artist can look at a pretty girl and see the old woman she will become. A better artist can look at an old woman and see the pretty girl that she used to be. But a great artist - a master - and that is what Auguste Rodin was - can look at an old woman, protray her exactly as she is . . . and force the viewer to see the pretty girl she used to be . . . and more than that, he can make anyone with the sensitivity of an armadillo, or even you, see that this lovely young girl is still alive, not old and ugly at all, but simply prisoned inside her ruined body. He can make you feel the quiet, endless tragedy that there was never a girl born who ever grew older than eighteen in her heart . . . no matter what the merciless hours have done to her. Look at her, Ben. Growing old doesn't matter to you and me; we were never meant to be admired - but it does to them. Look at her." - Jubal E. Harshaw from Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein, on 'La Belle Heaulmiere by Auguste Rodin(pictured above)

Dear Tea Party: Your protests are useless and your members are ignorant.

2010-04-15T15:30:00.000-07:00

Now that I have that out of my system...

I went through my collection recently to sort out my Foreign Language Films by country of origin instead of the ole' alpha-num. To celebrate Tax Day here are trailers for fifteen of my favorites. I should apologize as some of the previews are low quality (resolution), just poorly made to begin with, or even homemade...though not by me.

I think quality previews are important to a films success. If you want a good example I recommend sandwiching the worst preview on the list (probably Bangkok Dangerous with it's horrible English overdub) between two of the best (Survive Style 5+, Let the Right One In, Tokyo!).

Japan:

Bright Future

Pulse(Kairo)

Rampo Noir

Survive Style 5+

China:

2046

Fulltime Killer

South Korea:

Oldboy

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

Thailand:

Bangkok Dangerous (please try to ignore the obnoxious English overdub)

Last Life in the Universe

Sweden:

Let the Right One In

Czech Republic:

Faust(does not do the movie justice... but only trailer i found under 9mins)

Germany:

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

France:

City of Lost Children

Tokyo!

The Rock

2009-01-20T21:16:00.001-08:00

Dear Mr. Obama, I know you have some tough times ahead. Though you are currently quite popular there may be moments when the nation will attack your decisions. So my gift to you on this day, your Inauguration Day, is a "get out of jail free" card. If you find yourself in a rough spot, and can't explain or justify a poor decision simply state . . .

The Horror

2009-01-19T14:13:00.000-08:00

"I met him 15 years ago. I was told there was nothing left. No reason, no conscience, no understanding and even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, of good or evil, right or wrong. I met this 6 year old child with this blank, pale, emotionless face and . . . the blackest eyes, the Devils eyes. I spent 8 years trying to reach him, and than another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized that what was living behind that boys eyes was purely and simply evil."

Self Loathing Immitating Art

2008-12-07T03:25:00.000-08:00

Here are some drarings from over the years that rather accurately depict the life of your dear old Buckaroo. Comment or something will you? We're paying for this stuff.

Hail To The Chief

2008-11-26T00:53:00.001-08:00

Courtesy of the Mike Grell run of Green Arrow. Issue 38.

You know, there were about 38 issues of plot leading up to this ... yet I don't think anyone would be surprised at Green Arrow ripping a flag off a pole and throwing it at the President of the United States.

And now here's something we hope you'll really like!

2008-11-15T00:20:00.000-08:00

in case you were having trouble staying awake.

real update coming soon.
busy yourselves with these while i work.

Buckaroo Banzai, earths number one defense from idiots, assholes and pickle-men.