Of the 87 artworks in my Common Elements commission gallery, I’ve only had the opportunity to witness the creation of a small fraction. Four pieces in the series — two by penciler Ron Lim and inker Danny Bulanadi, and two by the great Tony DeZuniga — were drawn before my eyes at comic book conventions. [...]
Archive for September 2009
Comic Art Friday: American Flaggs!
September 25, 2009Searching for Carmen Sandiego closer to home
September 24, 2009…but not in San Diego, because I’ve been there several times. Not that I wouldn’t like to go back, but that’s not the point of this post. In yesterday’s post, I listed several — thirteen, in all — locations around the world that I missed seeing when I was an Air Force brat in the [...]
In search of Carmen Sandiego
September 23, 2009As a youngster, I was fortunate enough to travel to — and live in — several exotic locations, thanks to the U.S. Air Force — of which I was a dependent for the first 15 years of my life. Ironically, as an adult, I haven’t again left my home country. I haven’t even ventured out [...]
Talk Like a Pirate Day, it be!
September 19, 2009Avast there, me bucko! Wandered into shark-infested waters here, ye have… That’s because today, it be International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Fer those of ye who ain’t up to snuff on yer piratin’ lore, International Talk Like a Pirate Day was plotted out many hurricane seasons ago by a coupl’a salty bilge-rats callin’ themselves [...]
Comic Art Friday: Three cats, 9 Lives
September 18, 2009Two weeks ago, we took our first peek at artist Gene Gonzales’s spectacular creation for my Common Elements theme, entitled “Catfight of the Bands!” Last Friday, we focused the spotlight on one of the two bands featured, the ever-popular Josie and the Pussycats. In today’s third and final installment, we’ll showcase the other feline ensemble [...]
A poem… by Henry Gibson
September 16, 2009I doubt that it will attract the notice that the passing of Patrick Swayze garnered, but character actor Henry Gibson also died earlier this week. Like most TV viewers, I first was introduced to the mousy, soft-spoken comic actor on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. Gibson would appear, wearing a quaint suit and holding an enormous [...]
Swayze goes Swayze
September 15, 2009Even the legendary Dalton loses a fight once in a while. The air grew a bit chill around me when I fired up the laptop last evening and read the news that Patrick Swayze had passed away at age 57. We all knew the moment was coming — we probably knew it more than a [...]
Five days, matey…
September 14, 2009It’s never too soon to begin preparation for the most important holiday of the year… Saturday, September 19, is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Cap’n Swan says, “Ye better be ready, ye son of a seadog!”
Comic Art Friday: Long tails, and ears for hats
September 11, 2009When last we convened for Comic Art Friday, we took our first look at a spectacular new addition to my Common Elements gallery — this super-sized six-character commission by Florida artist Gene Gonzales entitled “Catfight of the Bands.” Today, let’s take a closer examination of the first of those two battling trios. (Never fear — [...]
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