MOOD HALLOWEEN

Decided it might be fun to just give into the Halloween vibe for a couple of weeks so I did. Result: one new Halloween themed Blink Kitty Love, one werewolf haiku, pastel art based on the werewolf haiku, and a very rough cut of a two minute terror using the werewolf haiku pastels. It was a blast. Check out my take on a werewolf night below.

And here’s the fun glow in the dark Halloween t-shirt acquired in time for tonight. Happy Trick or Treating*.

*Boo.

COSTUME CRAVING starring Blink Kitty Love

RECENT ROBOT SIGHTINGS

These guys draw Robots and Monsters and give part of the proceeds to charity. Sounds like a great plan.

And Vitamin D is apparently good for you so when you’re done howling, get some darn sun : )

STRANGE MOOD

Mood Halloween continues, I owe several blog posts and yet here I am writing short fiction on Twitter/Tumblr. It’s called The Tale of the Telltale Guitar; you can follow along @stirfryneon or check out the Tumblr archive so far…you have to start at the bottom and read in reverse…looks cool though.

Howl at the moon a little once the rain stops. I might be doing it too.

WEREWOLF HAIKU

Mood Halloween continues so here we go (cue spooky music):

Staring into night
Howls shiver bright slivered moon
Rage chills dark harvest

TALKING ABOUT

Well, if you’re looking for interesting things I’ve read in the FT, so am I. I have a week + 1 in a pile and I haven’t had a chance to get through them.

What I have been reading…comic books (see previous entry) and Fried Green Tomatoes at The Whistlestop Cafe. I had forgotten all the details and characters and eras Fannie Flagg worked into her marvel of a town and humanity tour. If you haven’t read it yet, do!

And on the comic note: DC’s Wednesday Comics finishes off with a flair. Hawkman + (surprisingly Supergirl) get my votes for best use of format. More in depth review later. Start the next one off with Hawkman/Supergirl team up, give Aquaman his own page, the Legion of course, The Question, and hmmmm, I’ll have to think about the rest.

In the can I pick ‘em or what category: Movie You May Have Missed have done me a huge favor and reminded me what the title is of the time travel movie I had forgotten the title of soon after I read its excellent review (at the time, I was reading the Wall Street Journal). I kept trying to make it Pi, a totally different movie, but no, it’s Primer. Here’s their review.

And continuing, The Web Files is still turning out excellent, entertaining and informative episodes. Picked up some pointers from their interview (and am trying out Tube Mogul for Blink Kitty Love) with Tim Street of French Maid TV, yes, French Maid TV and am looking forward to the launch of first episode of the bringing back the 80’s w/ a sci fi flair, The Cabonauts (The Web Files #15).

TV reviews: still missing Warehouse 13, the upcoming 3 part Wizards of Waverly place, Chronicles of Moises looks like fun, not that thrilled with iCarly, True Jackson solid, buy the Jonas DVD because “Cold Shoulder” has the funniest music video bit ever in honor of Scandanavia. Speaking of The Jonas Brothers, have you seen “Bounce?” So this is what rock stars really do to stave off boredom.

Anything else…hmmm, there’s a new Blink Kitty Love in the universe, it’s Monday so Big Bang Theory Night (yes, Penny + Leonard dating does work + it is funny; not so sure about Sheldon + Raj working together).

And on a social conscience note, remember to vote. It matters. And here’s hoping that the Yes votes on Proposition #71 in Washington and the No votes on Question 1 in Maine prevail. You can make a difference. I did not participate in the latest March on Washington, but one of my Twitter peeps sent out an “Every right for every resident” quote and I think that sums it up well.

And I just remembered — spent the weekend w/ Madonna – or at least Madonna references. Rolling Stone has been mysteriously arriving for the past month and this is the first week I enjoyed reading it. Nice Madonna interview. And then she popped up in the 80’s in NYC photo gallery accompanying an interview w/ Village Voice photo columnist Amy Arbus. So now, I’ve convinced Gayle that we need to watch Shanghai Surprise — did you know George Harrison did the music.

CAUSES

Today’s two issues that I know of: the spread the #beatcancer message throughout social media, raise money + set a world’s record.

And World Food Day, which even shirt.woot jumped in to celebrate. No, they didn’t kick in money, but I figure getting more images of generosity out into the world is a good thing. And yes, robots on Friday’s shirt so that works for me.

RED SEA RADIO CONCERT

Harrisburg area tonight: go see my buddy Jeremy in concert (taking care of sick Gayle so need stunt double stand in).

RAINY WALK HAIKU

October rain walk
Invigorating twilight
Dance with dusk for warmth

ADVENTURES IN COMICS

Picked up two months (7 weeks worth) this week so going to give you a quick summary of the ones I’ve read so far (whole pile of Wednesday Comics waiting, yippee!), in order of excellence.

Adventure Comics (#1-3) — yes, top o’ the list and in the back of the book, Long Live The Legion. And it’s a Legion that includes every character from my wish list, I think — Dawnstar, Wildfire, XS — plus the usual favorites of the core three, Violet + Lightning Lass. Nice little snippets of story; I’m intrigued. And picking up my comics a lot sooner next time. The front of book story involving Superboy is also hitting all the right points — he mostly interacts w/ Krypto at the moment, but the competing list of things Superman and Lex Luthor have done manages to be both humorous + suspenseful. Good job.

Mangalicious Tick (#2,3) — not as funny as I was hoping but I am getting involved with the characters and the story — or maybe I’m just strangely attracted by ninjas…SPOON.

Captain America Reborn (#3) — great to see Namor; I think if they reboot the Fantastic Four movie franchise, they should find a way to involve him. Not sure I’m going to keep reading Cap after the mini series, but it is well written.

Question — back up story in Detective Comics (#856, 857, Annual #11) I wasn’t thrilled with the art in the first one, but I really like the Renee Montoya character. The shorter, snappier back of the book stories seem to be turning out well. Nice work, DC and the creative teams involved.

Nomad (#1-2) Nicely voiced title character, but I think the brainwashing of the high school student body by smooth talkers angle is laid on with too heavy a hand. Great to see The Falcon though. Always liked him.

Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers (#4) — started out fun, totally tanked. Pets never really became anything more than differing styles of dialogue. Lockjaw will always rock, but I won’t be picking up the sequel.

Batwoman (Detective Comics #856, 857 and left out of Annual #11)…ok, the slamming fight scenes covered up for a few issues that people in non fighting poses are ugly or blocky or just don’t look right…there’s no flow without masks and/or hallucinogens and/or cover of darkness. And it’s a shame too because Maggie Sawyer dashed in for an appearance and it’s always good to see her. But especially contrasted with the Question, Batwoman aka Kate Kane seems to be both acting and looking childishly pouty. I don’t like it.

What I’m adding to my pull list: Keith Giffen’s take on The Doom Patrol with the added bonus of the Metal Men back up feature. We can hope it reaches Justice League Europe levels of excellent fun.