I Didn't Write That!
31 October 2019
From the Archives: Count Dracula (BBC, 1977)
And now the yearly repost of a treat for Halloween.
My favorite version of Dracula, by Philip Saville and Gerald Savory, which I first saw when I was 8 (as mentioned here), starring Louis Jourdan.
Any adaptation of Dracula will always be one removed from the original, because the original is an epistolary(told through journal entries, letters, and that kind of thing). So when Dracula is adapted, one is forced to interpret, and usually those are quite different than the novel. Sometimes this ends up good, like with both versions of Nosferatu. Other times it's mangled, like most of the 1931 version or Coppola's pretty debacle. The most usual thing is for Lucy and Mina to either be switched or merged, and Quincy Morris and Arthur Holmwood are either eliminated or, as in this version, merged.
This one manages to be closer to Stoker than any other version. And is quite scary. Also kind of hot. This film has been somewhat of an obsession for me since I was a kid. You may disagree, but for me, this is the best non-Nosferatu version of Dracula.
It's BBC 1970s, which means it's film outside, video inside. But like many, I think horror works better when it looks cheaper, and in any event they do a fantastic job with the means they have. I certainly prefer it to the American-clean way a lot of BBC looks now. And I actually like the cheesy video effects too. Also excellent are Frank Finlay as Van Helsing, Judi Bowker as Mina, Jack Shepherd as the best Renfield since Dwight Frye--and maybe better--and my first movie crush, the incredibly sexy Susan Penhaligon as Lucy Westenra. To this day I have a thing for chokers or ribbons about the neck thanks to her in this, which is why I draw them so often on women. Quincy is played with the worst American accent you've ever heard, but try to look past that. (as well as the Portuguese subtitles, unless you speak it, in which case, bonus!)
Here's the score, which makes heavy use of not a theremin, but a different early electronic instrument called the Ondes Martenot, which Radiohead fans might recall as an instrument Jonny Greenwood is very fond of. You start hearing it about 0:45 in--it's a bit like a theremin in that it sounds like it's singing, but in a much warmer way. After is the full film.
Happy Halloween!
Bonus: Sue Penhaligon, early 70s.
___________________
And now the yearly repost of a treat for Halloween.
My favorite version of Dracula, by Philip Saville and Gerald Savory, which I first saw when I was 8 (as mentioned here), starring Louis Jourdan.
This one manages to be closer to Stoker than any other version. And is quite scary. Also kind of hot. This film has been somewhat of an obsession for me since I was a kid. You may disagree, but for me, this is the best non-Nosferatu version of Dracula.
It's BBC 1970s, which means it's film outside, video inside. But like many, I think horror works better when it looks cheaper, and in any event they do a fantastic job with the means they have. I certainly prefer it to the American-clean way a lot of BBC looks now. And I actually like the cheesy video effects too. Also excellent are Frank Finlay as Van Helsing, Judi Bowker as Mina, Jack Shepherd as the best Renfield since Dwight Frye--and maybe better--and my first movie crush, the incredibly sexy Susan Penhaligon as Lucy Westenra. To this day I have a thing for chokers or ribbons about the neck thanks to her in this, which is why I draw them so often on women. Quincy is played with the worst American accent you've ever heard, but try to look past that. (as well as the Portuguese subtitles, unless you speak it, in which case, bonus!)Here's the score, which makes heavy use of not a theremin, but a different early electronic instrument called the Ondes Martenot, which Radiohead fans might recall as an instrument Jonny Greenwood is very fond of. You start hearing it about 0:45 in--it's a bit like a theremin in that it sounds like it's singing, but in a much warmer way. After is the full film.
Happy Halloween!
Bonus: Sue Penhaligon, early 70s.
___________________
Labels: film, halloween, horror, my influences, TV, UK
¶ Thursday, October 31, 2019 0 Comments
24 October 2019
Trump's Buddy
___________________
Trump is far more like Stalin than like Hitler. In his conviction only he should make any decisions(and thus government only does what he's interested in, which is very little that has to do with American interests); he rewrites facts that don't suit him and ejects anyone who knows more than him from the government.
And Stalin thought Hitler was his pal.
Till the invasion of Russia, Stalin was happy to deal with Hitler and rather admired him, as they shared many of the same goals and prejudices. So it was both nations that invaded and shredded Poland. Stalin was thrilled because of all the additional land and resources and the chance to purge party members he disliked and slaughter Polish army officers (see: Katyn)
And when Hitler did the obvious thing that he'd done many times before to others, which was fuck him over, Stalin was genuinely shocked, and paralyzed with depression for a week, realizing he'd purged all his best generals.
And this is just how Russia is setting up Trump.
Labels: bad ideas, bastards, history, Russia, trump
¶ Thursday, October 24, 2019 0 Comments
04 October 2019
Oh No, Martin Scorsese Said Something Bad About Movies that Gross Billions
All of you jumping down Scorsese's throat for speaking the truth: where are you when actual innovative films that need your support go under? Why do films that gross billions need you to defend them?
People who want Marvel movies to be called real movies:
1. Don't ever tell me to "turn off my mind, it's just fun" when I point out their flaws. If it's a real film it can handle criticism like any real film.
2. Does it occur to you that largely they do no more than IMITATE real movies? WINTER SOLDIER knocks off from THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR and was praised for that. The Ant-Man films cribbed from Ocean's 11 and again, praised. They're fun but they are faux and would have not have much most would go see without their grafting from other non-superhero films. That's how they get the masses to accept it.
3. You may have forgotten, because of Marvel's imitation and replacement strategy, what real movies are like.
4. They're all basically the same plot arc. RAGNAROK isn't and that's why it sticks out--it defies all that. And that's why it's to be undone.
___________________
¶ Friday, October 04, 2019 0 Comments
All of you jumping down Scorsese's throat for speaking the truth: where are you when actual innovative films that need your support go under? Why do films that gross billions need you to defend them?
People who want Marvel movies to be called real movies:
1. Don't ever tell me to "turn off my mind, it's just fun" when I point out their flaws. If it's a real film it can handle criticism like any real film.
2. Does it occur to you that largely they do no more than IMITATE real movies? WINTER SOLDIER knocks off from THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR and was praised for that. The Ant-Man films cribbed from Ocean's 11 and again, praised. They're fun but they are faux and would have not have much most would go see without their grafting from other non-superhero films. That's how they get the masses to accept it.
3. You may have forgotten, because of Marvel's imitation and replacement strategy, what real movies are like.
4. They're all basically the same plot arc. RAGNAROK isn't and that's why it sticks out--it defies all that. And that's why it's to be undone.
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/57488687/ThorRagnarok5994db97c9e39.0.jpg) |
| Thor and Hulk Resolving Eternal Issues of Human Relationships |
___________________
¶ Friday, October 04, 2019 0 Comments
03 October 2019
Trump Will Take Pence With Him
When the criminal part is operant, you could say Trump has a kind of high cunning. Like any good mobster, he knew to get Mikey to dip his hands in the blood too.
Really clever of Trump to taint the GOP's backup Normal Republican this way. He ensured Pence was part of the same plot, so they don't dare help impeach unless they're willing to lose the whole office.
To Nancy Pelosi. Who's in the line of succession after Pence.
Seriously, if they'd had any sense they'd have at least made sure Pence was involved in no Trump decisions at all. Otherwise, what was the point of him?
I'm guessing that once they got one more Supreme Court Justice, and the country softened for the GOP by all of Trump's draconian policies, they'd have cut him loose to have Pence with a country made easy for him by the sacrificial Trump.
I think that was the hope.
And then they'd say Trump was never a real Republican at all. They managed to muddle the memory of Dubya fairly well, why not him?
But we saw them, how they are when they fear no loss of power for making America suffer; how much they enjoy the permission Trump gives them, and how little they ever meant their crowd-controlling talk of their perverse 50s view of Christian morality they themselves would never follow. And we will not forget.
When the criminal part is operant, you could say Trump has a kind of high cunning. Like any good mobster, he knew to get Mikey to dip his hands in the blood too.
Really clever of Trump to taint the GOP's backup Normal Republican this way. He ensured Pence was part of the same plot, so they don't dare help impeach unless they're willing to lose the whole office.
To Nancy Pelosi. Who's in the line of succession after Pence.
Seriously, if they'd had any sense they'd have at least made sure Pence was involved in no Trump decisions at all. Otherwise, what was the point of him?
I'm guessing that once they got one more Supreme Court Justice, and the country softened for the GOP by all of Trump's draconian policies, they'd have cut him loose to have Pence with a country made easy for him by the sacrificial Trump.
I think that was the hope.
And then they'd say Trump was never a real Republican at all. They managed to muddle the memory of Dubya fairly well, why not him?
But we saw them, how they are when they fear no loss of power for making America suffer; how much they enjoy the permission Trump gives them, and how little they ever meant their crowd-controlling talk of their perverse 50s view of Christian morality they themselves would never follow. And we will not forget.
Labels: disaster, election 2020, right wing, trump
¶ Thursday, October 03, 2019 0 Comments
12 June 2019
Bitter Mark Trail
Labels: comics, disaster, environment, satire
¶ Wednesday, June 12, 2019 0 Comments
22 March 2019
March 22: Happy Birthday Angel
Wherever you are, today's still your birthday and you're still one of the fondest friends in my memory. Have a happy one.
March 1989, and the only Catholic Church near Pisgah National Forest, where we were camping. She needed the palms for some kind of Brazilian spiritual ceremony that I still don't understand.
Our idea of Spring Break from Chicago was the wet Smoky Mountains in the deepest part of the forest. But right next to a roaring waterfall. And a lot of Neil Young and Sandy Denny on the box. And Siouxsie & the Banshees, which she liked and at the time I did not.
___________________
Wherever you are, today's still your birthday and you're still one of the fondest friends in my memory. Have a happy one.
March 1989, and the only Catholic Church near Pisgah National Forest, where we were camping. She needed the palms for some kind of Brazilian spiritual ceremony that I still don't understand.
Our idea of Spring Break from Chicago was the wet Smoky Mountains in the deepest part of the forest. But right next to a roaring waterfall. And a lot of Neil Young and Sandy Denny on the box. And Siouxsie & the Banshees, which she liked and at the time I did not.
___________________
Labels: birthday, friend, personal
¶ Friday, March 22, 2019 0 Comments
11 March 2019
New Art: Crazy Jane
Inspired by the rather nifty new DOOM PATROL show, and especially Diane Guerrero's stellar performance, I drew this piece of one of my favorite characters ever, Grant Morrison & Richard Case's Crazy Jane. (click to enlarge)
Drawing her was both easy and difficult, because as I drew her I realized I'd been using elements of her in female characters all this time without realizing it. I didn't realize how much my style owed to Case.
Inspired by the rather nifty new DOOM PATROL show, and especially Diane Guerrero's stellar performance, I drew this piece of one of my favorite characters ever, Grant Morrison & Richard Case's Crazy Jane. (click to enlarge)
Drawing her was both easy and difficult, because as I drew her I realized I'd been using elements of her in female characters all this time without realizing it. I didn't realize how much my style owed to Case.
___________________
Labels: comics, dc, grant morrison, my influences
¶ Monday, March 11, 2019 0 Comments
19 February 2019
Update Video at Patreon! (Free) New Comics, New Sale, and More!
Click here to watch!
Click here to watch!
Labels: bottomless studio, comics, my art, my comics, sale
¶ Tuesday, February 19, 2019 0 Comments
Funds Needed - Huge Ebay Sale! Comics Toys and More
That's right, your humble cartoonist, though having seen sales of SUZY SPREADWELL go up a little of late, has to do day jobs to pay the rent because that still doesn't amount to a lot. And right now that's still pending though I'm hard at work on that. This was, though, after having had to go through a very sudden move and rise in rent. (for which I also have a fundraiser that still needs help to get to the goal, which you can give to here) That put a dent in my savings and lack of income has not helped.
So I'm also selling a whole lot of my collection on Ebay. It's over 35 items and I'm always adding more, and it's from my collection of comics, toys, magazines and more. Possibly vinyl too, because I also still have that, but a long time since I had a turntable. Sold a lot over the years, and so much stored I don't even need anymore, and would also like the space.
Read more »
That's right, your humble cartoonist, though having seen sales of SUZY SPREADWELL go up a little of late, has to do day jobs to pay the rent because that still doesn't amount to a lot. And right now that's still pending though I'm hard at work on that. This was, though, after having had to go through a very sudden move and rise in rent. (for which I also have a fundraiser that still needs help to get to the goal, which you can give to here) That put a dent in my savings and lack of income has not helped.So I'm also selling a whole lot of my collection on Ebay. It's over 35 items and I'm always adding more, and it's from my collection of comics, toys, magazines and more. Possibly vinyl too, because I also still have that, but a long time since I had a turntable. Sold a lot over the years, and so much stored I don't even need anymore, and would also like the space.
Labels: comics, music, sale, toys
¶ Tuesday, February 19, 2019 0 Comments
16 February 2019
New at Patreon: Suzy Spreadwell Chapter 3 p. 3 Final Color (Free!)
Yes, my generous heart is allowing non-subscribers to get away with reading the new pages well ahead of the issue.
Won't you have a look at the whole page by clicking the panels below, and please support this and other works for only $1? Right now your support would mean a lot, especially if you ask friends to support Bottomless Studio as well.
Anyway, here's the new one! Happy Saturday!
___________________
Yes, my generous heart is allowing non-subscribers to get away with reading the new pages well ahead of the issue.
Won't you have a look at the whole page by clicking the panels below, and please support this and other works for only $1? Right now your support would mean a lot, especially if you ask friends to support Bottomless Studio as well.
Anyway, here's the new one! Happy Saturday!
___________________
Labels: my art, my comics, suzy spreadwell
¶ Saturday, February 16, 2019 0 Comments
02 February 2019
New at Patreon: SUZY SPREADWELL Chapter 3 p. 2 Final color (Still Free!)
Newest page of the new chapter in progress. This page, like the last one, is free, as this scene will likely be. Bookmark here to see each as they're finished.(Click image to see whole page)
But remember, some later pages may not be, as Patreon enforces upon me now, rather than banning me outright or locking down all my posts, the iron rule that posts that are more "adult" have to be patron-only now.
So to be sure to follow the whole new issue in progress, just subscribe for $1 (or more if you like, I never mind that, I promise) to support the work and gain access to each page as it's finished, plus much more!
Making indie comics these days is a real bitch, and your help, whether at Patreon or any amount you want to throw through the donate button below, helps this cartoonist in his 22nd year of independent cartooning not worry so much about eating. It also helps me put out free pages in the first place.
___________________
Newest page of the new chapter in progress. This page, like the last one, is free, as this scene will likely be. Bookmark here to see each as they're finished.(Click image to see whole page)
But remember, some later pages may not be, as Patreon enforces upon me now, rather than banning me outright or locking down all my posts, the iron rule that posts that are more "adult" have to be patron-only now.
So to be sure to follow the whole new issue in progress, just subscribe for $1 (or more if you like, I never mind that, I promise) to support the work and gain access to each page as it's finished, plus much more!
Making indie comics these days is a real bitch, and your help, whether at Patreon or any amount you want to throw through the donate button below, helps this cartoonist in his 22nd year of independent cartooning not worry so much about eating. It also helps me put out free pages in the first place.
___________________
Labels: christianity, my art, my comics, patreon, satire, suzy spreadwell
¶ Saturday, February 02, 2019 0 Comments
23 January 2019
New at Patreon: SUZY SPREADWELL Returns! (Free!)
I've begun drawing the new chapter of SUZY SPREADWELL, and while most of the finished pages will only be available to $1 patrons till "official" release, this brand new one's free, so click the image to see the whole page, and be sure to subscribe today to see everything afterward! (and more)
And if you missed it: chapters 4-5 of LULU (the newest stuff, not published yet, over 40 pages!) are also up there now as well!
___________________
I've begun drawing the new chapter of SUZY SPREADWELL, and while most of the finished pages will only be available to $1 patrons till "official" release, this brand new one's free, so click the image to see the whole page, and be sure to subscribe today to see everything afterward! (and more)
And if you missed it: chapters 4-5 of LULU (the newest stuff, not published yet, over 40 pages!) are also up there now as well!
___________________
Labels: my art, my comics, satire, suzy spreadwell
¶ Wednesday, January 23, 2019 0 Comments
New (Old) Stuff Posted at Patreon: Two Banned Works Newly Up for Patrons
I have resumed and (slightly) revamped my Patreon page, and now it's a very simple, streamlined pledge structure: $1 (or more, we accept more) for access to all posts except two things: ebook downloads and the really explicit stuff...
Read more »
I have resumed and (slightly) revamped my Patreon page, and now it's a very simple, streamlined pledge structure: $1 (or more, we accept more) for access to all posts except two things: ebook downloads and the really explicit stuff...
 |
Read more »
Labels: censorship, my art, my comics, smut
¶ Wednesday, January 23, 2019 0 Comments
20 January 2019
Philip Glass/Robert Wilson - "Einstein on the Beach"
___________________
___________________
Labels: 1970s, music, my influences
¶ Sunday, January 20, 2019 0 Comments
19 January 2019
Trump's Shutdown and Federal Slavery
As you probably know, the orange cancer beast Trump, despite having shut down the government over his wall, and so no longer issuing earned pay to federal workers all across America, expects most of them to work anyway.
Read more »
As you probably know, the orange cancer beast Trump, despite having shut down the government over his wall, and so no longer issuing earned pay to federal workers all across America, expects most of them to work anyway.
Read more »
Labels: bastards, brexit, democrats, right wing, Russia, trump
¶ Saturday, January 19, 2019 0 Comments
18 January 2019
LULU Chapters 4-5 Now Available to All Patrons at Patreon!
Click image. Unlocked for all patrons at $1 or more!
___________________
Click image. Unlocked for all patrons at $1 or more!
___________________
Labels: frank wedekind, lulu, my art, my comics, tragedy
¶ Friday, January 18, 2019 0 Comments
14 January 2019
New Suzy Spreadwell Story Starts - P. 1 Pencils
This chapter will be a little flashback to Li'l Suzy and her mom on a walk in Springtime many years ago.
Note: No, her head isn't floating in the last panel. The pencils on Suzy's neck were too light for the scan to pick up.
___________________
This chapter will be a little flashback to Li'l Suzy and her mom on a walk in Springtime many years ago.
Note: No, her head isn't floating in the last panel. The pencils on Suzy's neck were too light for the scan to pick up.
___________________
Labels: my art, my comics, satire, suzy spreadwell
¶ Monday, January 14, 2019 0 Comments
01 January 2019
Happy New Year! New Suzy Spreadwell Painting- "Lake of Fire." Also: My Art Now Available At Saatchi
Let's begin our 2019 with the Devil in chains, shall we? This is what I did with my New Year's Eve till about 8 am today...
Read more »
Let's begin our 2019 with the Devil in chains, shall we? This is what I did with my New Year's Eve till about 8 am today...
Read more »
Labels: christianity, my art, my comics, religion, satire, suzy spreadwell
¶ Tuesday, January 01, 2019 0 Comments
29 December 2018
Aquaman: That's Not Swimming and "Unrightful" Kings
Saw Aquaman. I like it.
But.
Read more » ¶ Saturday, December 29, 2018 0 Comments
Saw Aquaman. I like it.
But.
Read more » ¶ Saturday, December 29, 2018 0 Comments
25 December 2018
Sparks - "Thank God It's Not Christmas" (French TV, 1974)
Read more »
Read more »
Labels: 1970s, christmas, music
¶ Tuesday, December 25, 2018 0 Comments
24 December 2018
Kay Martin and Her Bodyguards - "I Know What He Wants For Christmas" + A Couple Others
Read more »
 |
| Not Kay Martin |
Read more »
Labels: christmas, music, smut
¶ Monday, December 24, 2018 0 Comments
George Bailey In Jail (from the archives)
So, after the end of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, you know George would still go to jail, right? I mean, just because George got the same town he'd stolen the money from to give him more doesn't change federal bank regulations.
Read more »
So, after the end of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, you know George would still go to jail, right? I mean, just because George got the same town he'd stolen the money from to give him more doesn't change federal bank regulations.
Read more »
Labels: christmas, film, satire
¶ Monday, December 24, 2018 0 Comments
Merry Christmas! New Suzy Spreadwell Painting! "Agape" (UPDATED)
So I made yet another of these cursed things and I ask, as great religions also have, for your indulgence. Whole painting after the cut.
Read more »
So I made yet another of these cursed things and I ask, as great religions also have, for your indulgence. Whole painting after the cut.
Read more »
Labels: christianity, christmas, my art, my comics, satire, suzy spreadwell
¶ Monday, December 24, 2018 0 Comments
Merry Christmas: John Gielgud as Dostoevsky's Grand Inquisitor (1975)
Read more »
Read more »
Labels: 1970s, christianity, christmas, literature, Russia, TV, UK
¶ Monday, December 24, 2018 0 Comments
15 December 2018
"Scherzo Infernale" (Walarian Borowczyk, 1984)
Read more »
Read more »
Labels: animation, film, satire
¶ Saturday, December 15, 2018 0 Comments
09 December 2018
New Suzy Spreadwell Painting! "Behold the Girl"
Yes, I did another one of these things, after the ink you saw earlier this week. I'm not sure the scan really does justice to the color on the original. But anyway, this is more of me trying to get the hang of watercolors over ink.
Read more »
Yes, I did another one of these things, after the ink you saw earlier this week. I'm not sure the scan really does justice to the color on the original. But anyway, this is more of me trying to get the hang of watercolors over ink.
Read more »
Labels: my art, my comics, suzy spreadwell
¶ Sunday, December 09, 2018 0 Comments
07 December 2018
How To Paint Like Barnett Newman
As you may imagine, it's short.
___________________
As you may imagine, it's short.
___________________
Labels: art
¶ Friday, December 07, 2018 0 Comments
SUZY SPREADWELL: Ink Stage for New Painting
I've started another of those cheerfully blasphemous paintings of Suzy. I am not sure you can really call them paintings when there's an india ink drawing at the core of it, but that's what I'm calling it. You can also buy the last two I did (plus some sweet Vladrushka original art as well) at Ebay this week. (and they can be viewed here at her refurbished site)
Read more »
I've started another of those cheerfully blasphemous paintings of Suzy. I am not sure you can really call them paintings when there's an india ink drawing at the core of it, but that's what I'm calling it. You can also buy the last two I did (plus some sweet Vladrushka original art as well) at Ebay this week. (and they can be viewed here at her refurbished site)
Read more »
Labels: my art, my comics, satire, suzy spreadwell
¶ Friday, December 07, 2018 0 Comments
19 November 2018
Final Page! Vladrushka: "Why No Story" Page 7
Final page of the new Vladrushka story. Read the whole complete thing here!
___________________
Final page of the new Vladrushka story. Read the whole complete thing here!
___________________
Labels: my art, my comics, vladrushka
¶ Monday, November 19, 2018 0 Comments
17 November 2018
New Vladrushka: "Why No Story?" p. 6
Now up. Go look!
___________________
Now up. Go look!
___________________
Labels: my art, my comics, soviet union, vladrushka
¶ Saturday, November 17, 2018 0 Comments
04 November 2018
JAKA'S STORY: What It Was in 1988, and What Cerebus Used to Mean
Labels: comics, dave sim, it's all about ME
¶ Sunday, November 04, 2018 0 Comments
03 November 2018
Watch Your Phone
It's usual for fascists to declare their enemy is going to do something to provide a pretext, self-defense, for doing it themselves.
Something like this makes it not so bad to you, when you need a way to accept it, because you can't stop it and if you don't go with it, you'll die too:
"We lost our innocence that day, there was no turning back. It was a hard choice but THEY forced it on us. THEY made us this. Now we stay this way"
Read more »
It's usual for fascists to declare their enemy is going to do something to provide a pretext, self-defense, for doing it themselves.
Something like this makes it not so bad to you, when you need a way to accept it, because you can't stop it and if you don't go with it, you'll die too:
"We lost our innocence that day, there was no turning back. It was a hard choice but THEY forced it on us. THEY made us this. Now we stay this way"
Read more »
Labels: bastards, disaster, election 2018, fascists, MAKE IT STOP, right wing, trump
¶ Saturday, November 03, 2018 0 Comments
31 October 2018
The Reactionary EXORCIST
I have always considered THE EXORCIST reactionary and overrated.
Let’s start with the overrated part.
My issue with THE EXORCIST is that its scares are basic, childish: on the level of someone waiting round the corner and shouting BOO, or a nasty brother showing his sister his mashed up food on his tongue. “Did you hear there was an accident? HERE ARE THE VICTIMS GLAAA” — like that. It does scare, yes, but not in any substantial way. Pazuzu is basically just a prankster.
I have always felt this way about it, especially since OMEN got me first as a kid(as well as a lot of other horror), so this seemed…so basic when I got to IT. What I gathered was this was a film designed to scare middle-class people who didn’t watch any other horror.
Read more » ¶ Wednesday, October 31, 2018 0 Comments
I have always considered THE EXORCIST reactionary and overrated.
Let’s start with the overrated part.
My issue with THE EXORCIST is that its scares are basic, childish: on the level of someone waiting round the corner and shouting BOO, or a nasty brother showing his sister his mashed up food on his tongue. “Did you hear there was an accident? HERE ARE THE VICTIMS GLAAA” — like that. It does scare, yes, but not in any substantial way. Pazuzu is basically just a prankster.
I have always felt this way about it, especially since OMEN got me first as a kid(as well as a lot of other horror), so this seemed…so basic when I got to IT. What I gathered was this was a film designed to scare middle-class people who didn’t watch any other horror.
Read more » ¶ Wednesday, October 31, 2018 0 Comments
29 October 2018
Censorship Update: Kindle F**ks With Me Again (UPDATED)
EVEN FURTHER UPDATE: 10/30/18: They're back. Their system did this automatically, they claim. Now my books are restored at Amazon & Comixology. (which are now the same)
But I still am having a phone discussion with them tomorrow to make sure this doesn't happen again. I don't care whether it was a mistake. I want to make sure this doesn't ever happen again, to me or anyone else. So I'm not going back and restoring all the links I scrubbed last night until this is not longer an issue.
Still don't trust them, though.
Read more »
But I still am having a phone discussion with them tomorrow to make sure this doesn't happen again. I don't care whether it was a mistake. I want to make sure this doesn't ever happen again, to me or anyone else. So I'm not going back and restoring all the links I scrubbed last night until this is not longer an issue.
Still don't trust them, though.
Read more »
Labels: censorship, lulu, my comics, suzy spreadwell, this sickness
¶ Monday, October 29, 2018 0 Comments
23 October 2018
Comics & Art: What I'm Up To #1 (Video)
Read more »
Labels: it's all about ME, my art, my comics
¶ Tuesday, October 23, 2018 0 Comments
20 October 2018
Even More Newest Page! VLADRUSHKA: "Why No Story?" p. 5
Yet another dang page of this. I'm a little surprised how fast this is going. See the whole page plus the rest of it so far by clicking on the image below!
___________________
Yet another dang page of this. I'm a little surprised how fast this is going. See the whole page plus the rest of it so far by clicking on the image below!
___________________
Labels: my art, my comics, Russia, vladrushka
¶ Saturday, October 20, 2018 0 Comments
19 October 2018
Newest Page! VLADRUSHKA: "Why no Story?" Page 4
Newest page! Click image to see larger page and read the rest, and more!
___________________
Newest page! Click image to see larger page and read the rest, and more!
___________________
Labels: my art, my comics, Russia, vladrushka
¶ Friday, October 19, 2018 0 Comments
16 October 2018
New Vladrushka: "Why No Story?" p. 3
Yes, I'm doing this one a lot faster than normal. But then I chose a simple style for this one.
Click on image to see whole page at Vladrushka's own, now-refurbished site!
___________________
Yes, I'm doing this one a lot faster than normal. But then I chose a simple style for this one.
Click on image to see whole page at Vladrushka's own, now-refurbished site!
___________________
Labels: my art, my comics, Russia, vladrushka
¶ Tuesday, October 16, 2018 0 Comments
15 October 2018
Vladrushka: "Why no Story?" Page 2
Second page of the new Vladrushka story I'm doing.
The story is about censorship. And is the result of my recently being pissed off by its having been visited for the umpteenth time upon me.
Click to read new page!
Second page of the new Vladrushka story I'm doing.
The story is about censorship. And is the result of my recently being pissed off by its having been visited for the umpteenth time upon me.
Click to read new page!
Labels: my art, my comics, Russia, satire, vladrushka
¶ Monday, October 15, 2018 0 Comments
13 October 2018
New VLADRUSHKA Comic Begins!
And this one's safe for work!
Read more »
And this one's safe for work!
Read more »
Labels: censorship, my art, my comics, vladrushka
¶ Saturday, October 13, 2018 0 Comments
07 October 2018
New Vladrushka Pin-Up! "Pooling Resources" (NSFW)
Our Siberian siren, having her 15th anniversary this year, wishes you a happy Sunday.
Read more »
Our Siberian siren, having her 15th anniversary this year, wishes you a happy Sunday.
Read more »
Labels: my art, my comics, pin-up, Russia, smut, vladrushka
¶ Sunday, October 07, 2018 0 Comments
03 October 2018
Some Suzy Spreadwell Inspirations: HAXAN, Felicien Rops, and More (Updated)
If you're following Suzy Spreadwell, and you should be if you're a discerning comics reader, you might be wondering, "Where does he get this crap from?" I assure you I am not as insane as may appear to be the case. Or maybe I am. What I'm on about will hopefully become clearer as the plot unfolds in its silly way.
Read more »
If you're following Suzy Spreadwell, and you should be if you're a discerning comics reader, you might be wondering, "Where does he get this crap from?" I assure you I am not as insane as may appear to be the case. Or maybe I am. What I'm on about will hopefully become clearer as the plot unfolds in its silly way.
Read more »
Labels: 1980s, film, in progress, my art, my comics, my influences, religion, smut, suzy spreadwell
¶ Wednesday, October 03, 2018 0 Comments
THE DEVILS (1971) -Hollywood Bitchslap Review, 1999 (UPDATED)
The only Ken Russell film you ever need to see.
That is, if you want to avoid the steaming mounds of shit he's turned out, which tend to distract one with stench and volume from the few perfect roses hidden within. Some have their favorite films by a director; most I know have instead with Russell a LEAST favorite they recall quite well. But oh, what a fantastic film this one is.
Read more »
The only Ken Russell film you ever need to see.
That is, if you want to avoid the steaming mounds of shit he's turned out, which tend to distract one with stench and volume from the few perfect roses hidden within. Some have their favorite films by a director; most I know have instead with Russell a LEAST favorite they recall quite well. But oh, what a fantastic film this one is.Read more »
Labels: christianity, film, history, horror, music, UK
¶ Wednesday, October 03, 2018 0 Comments
29 September 2018
The Sleepy Sins of Suzy Spreadwell Print no. 3: A Wanton Lust for Burning Angels
First off: major update to Suzy's site! I've added a page for the paintings, as well as one for all the sketches! Including some rather dirty ones. Mature reading only.
Another one of these painting/ink things done, no digital except the lettering. (Last one here) These are actually the first pieces I've ever done like this. The closest I got was when I got my first drawing table from my dad when I was a teen, and tried to use colored inks with drawings I soon ruined, because Higgins turned out to be not very waterproof india. (never believe their lies about their tea of an ink) It didn't work out and I gave up. I have to say, this time I actually have fun doing it.
Read more »
First off: major update to Suzy's site! I've added a page for the paintings, as well as one for all the sketches! Including some rather dirty ones. Mature reading only.
Another one of these painting/ink things done, no digital except the lettering. (Last one here) These are actually the first pieces I've ever done like this. The closest I got was when I got my first drawing table from my dad when I was a teen, and tried to use colored inks with drawings I soon ruined, because Higgins turned out to be not very waterproof india. (never believe their lies about their tea of an ink) It didn't work out and I gave up. I have to say, this time I actually have fun doing it.
Read more »
Labels: christianity, my art, my comics, religion, satire, smut, suzy spreadwell
¶ Saturday, September 29, 2018 0 Comments
22 September 2018
The Sleepy Sins of Suzy Spreadwell no. 2 (print): Pentatheós
Second in a series of prints/posters (here's the first) depicting the religiously risky and somewhat symbolic fantasies of Suzy Spreadwell.
Read more »
Second in a series of prints/posters (here's the first) depicting the religiously risky and somewhat symbolic fantasies of Suzy Spreadwell.
Read more »
Labels: christianity, my art, my comics, satire, surrealism, suzy spreadwell
¶ Saturday, September 22, 2018 0 Comments
13 September 2018
New Artwork: Vladrushka - "Fifteen" (Anniversary Drawing)
Following on the last one, my next piece in India ink (rather than digital), this one is in celebration of the fact I just realized this fall is the fifteenth anniversary of her first publication by Eros Comix./Fantagraphics. (Count the stars behind her)
Read more »
Following on the last one, my next piece in India ink (rather than digital), this one is in celebration of the fact I just realized this fall is the fifteenth anniversary of her first publication by Eros Comix./Fantagraphics. (Count the stars behind her)
Read more »
Labels: my art, my comics, Russia, soviet union, vladrushka
¶ Thursday, September 13, 2018 0 Comments
06 September 2018
The Letter Gary Cohn Grabbed With Which Trump Was Going to Sever Ties with South Korea
One of the many incomprehensible, insane decisions the thing we have in the White House instead of a president was going to make, that his staff saved us from. In this case, Gary Cohn grabbed this thing off Trump's desk before it could be signed. And to show you how seriously Trump takes all this, he forgot it existed.
Read more »
So now you know when you see #Trump officials like Conway or Sanders looking impatient with the press, it may not be contempt for the press.— John Roberson (@jlr_1969) September 7, 2018
It's just the fear of an abused child who's afraid if a concerned person tells, it'll only make it worse for them when alone with him.
One of the many incomprehensible, insane decisions the thing we have in the White House instead of a president was going to make, that his staff saved us from. In this case, Gary Cohn grabbed this thing off Trump's desk before it could be signed. And to show you how seriously Trump takes all this, he forgot it existed.
Read more »
Labels: bad ideas, bastards, right wing, Russia, trump
¶ Thursday, September 06, 2018 0 Comments
04 September 2018
New Artwork: VLADRUSHKA - The Box
I drew myself a new thing and in real ink. It's good old Vladrushka! Who's 15 years old this month. I have not used actual ink in a while.
Read more »
I drew myself a new thing and in real ink. It's good old Vladrushka! Who's 15 years old this month. I have not used actual ink in a while.
Read more »
Labels: my art, my comics, smut, vladrushka
¶ Tuesday, September 04, 2018 0 Comments
31 August 2018
Tony Stark Is An Idiot and Threw His Friends Under the Bus
Weren't the Sokovia Accords just Tony's way of covering up the fact that Ultron was all his fault?
Read more »
Weren't the Sokovia Accords just Tony's way of covering up the fact that Ultron was all his fault?
Read more »
Labels: bad ideas, bastards, film, marvel
¶ Friday, August 31, 2018 0 Comments
28 August 2018
Censored Again. This Time, @Comixology and Soon Createspace (UPDATED)
UPDATE: Read what Desert Peach and Afterdead creator Donna Barr had to say on this matter. Also go to bottom to see another update: the PRINT comics may go soon too.
Read more »
UPDATE: Read what Desert Peach and Afterdead creator Donna Barr had to say on this matter. Also go to bottom to see another update: the PRINT comics may go soon too.
Read more »
Labels: bastards, censorship, my comics
¶ Tuesday, August 28, 2018 0 Comments
26 August 2018
Why I Can't Mourn John McCain
(Update: Story also now appears, in a slightly different form, at Medium)
Read more »
(Update: Story also now appears, in a slightly different form, at Medium)
Read more »
Labels: barbie mcmooseburger, bastards, death, election 2008, mccain, right wing, trump
¶ Sunday, August 26, 2018 0 Comments
22 August 2018
Trump Is Not Redefining Truth
I love reading story after story claiming facts no longer exist, that Trump is "redefining truth."
If I say to you one day, dogs are cats, you wouldn't say I redefined dogs. You'd ask if I felt OK.
Read more »
I love reading story after story claiming facts no longer exist, that Trump is "redefining truth." If I say to you one day, dogs are cats, you wouldn't say I redefined dogs. You'd ask if I felt OK.
Read more »
Labels: bastards, crime, right wing, trump
¶ Wednesday, August 22, 2018 0 Comments
17 August 2018
So Many Lies and Lonely Nights Yawned Before Lois
Read more »
Labels: comics, dc, lois lane, satire, superman, word cartoons
¶ Friday, August 17, 2018 0 Comments
15 August 2018
Most Cartoonists Have Day Jobs
Do you wonder how a writer or cartoonist juggles working on a big project with having a day job? I notice many don't talk about it. But I'll tell you.
Read more »
Do you wonder how a writer or cartoonist juggles working on a big project with having a day job? I notice many don't talk about it. But I'll tell you.
Read more »
Labels: cartoonists
¶ Wednesday, August 15, 2018 0 Comments
09 July 2018
Charlotte's Web: the Dark Truth
Read more »
Read more »
Labels: literature, satire
¶ Monday, July 09, 2018 0 Comments
06 July 2018
Michael Flatley's BLACKBIRD: The Leaked Script
TELL NO ONE.
Read more » ¶ Friday, July 06, 2018 0 Comments
TELL NO ONE.
Read more » ¶ Friday, July 06, 2018 0 Comments
Steve Ditko RIP: "In Search of Steve Ditko" (Jonathan Ross, 2007)
Read more »
Read more »
Labels: comics, history, marvel
¶ Friday, July 06, 2018 0 Comments
03 July 2018
Democrats Have to Realize Incivility in Defense of Humanity is No Vice
This is what the Democrats have to relearn. They understood this once, back when they won more regularly. They played dirty. Because it was fucking worth it. Just look at 30s or 40s Democrats. They weren't looking to make nice with the Republicans because they knew the GOP had failed the country.
Read more »Labels: democrats, election 2018
¶ Tuesday, July 03, 2018 0 Comments
24 June 2018
"This Door Was Only Ever For You" - Kafka's BEFORE THE LAW
From The Trial, here an excerpt from the film by Orson Welles.
Read more »
From The Trial, here an excerpt from the film by Orson Welles.
Read more »
Labels: bastards, immigration, literature, right wing, trump
¶ Sunday, June 24, 2018 0 Comments
21 June 2018
The Shock Doctrine (2009)
Can you remember when we didn't have to think about Trump all the time for fear we'll be unprepared for his next crime against humanity? Do you wonder why we're being pushed to exhaustion by all this?
Do you think it's an accident?
Read more »
Can you remember when we didn't have to think about Trump all the time for fear we'll be unprepared for his next crime against humanity? Do you wonder why we're being pushed to exhaustion by all this?
Do you think it's an accident?
Read more »
Labels: bastards, right wing, trump
¶ Thursday, June 21, 2018 0 Comments
17 June 2018
SHOAH (Claude Lanzmann, 1985)
Read more »
Read more »
Labels: bastards, fascists, trump
¶ Sunday, June 17, 2018 0 Comments
15 June 2018
Let's Give Dracula A Chance
Every one of those was a passive voter for Trump. They could live with that outcome. Their consciences, they said, were clear.
Read more »
That was every single Bernie supporter who smugly sat out the last election.let's see our ticket, hmm...Hillary Clinton or Dracula— John Roberson (@jlr_1969) June 16, 2018
Hm, I thought she was a little arrogant once, not in any way that offended me but might offend white working class voters and that's bad
I guess I won't vote. Let's see what Dracula does
Every one of those was a passive voter for Trump. They could live with that outcome. Their consciences, they said, were clear.
Read more »
Labels: bastards, election 2016, right wing, trump
¶ Friday, June 15, 2018 0 Comments
19 May 2018
45 Years Ago: National Lampoon's Missing White House Tapes (1974)
An absolute classic from the golden age of comedy albums, which in my opinion is a lost art that should be recovered. I like comedy better as just audio, personally.
Read more »
An absolute classic from the golden age of comedy albums, which in my opinion is a lost art that should be recovered. I like comedy better as just audio, personally.
Read more »
Labels: 1970s, comedy, nixon, satire, trump
¶ Saturday, May 19, 2018 0 Comments
