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been a while, folks
Oct. 15th, 2007 01:07 pmMissed the Small Press Expo this year, as I was slaving away at the comic shop. But at least I went to the pre-SPX party at Big Planet, where I got to hang with Matt Wagner for a bit, and then the next day I had waffles with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dryponder, so it wasn't a total loss.
I also metheykidzcomix, which was great, just because it's nice to actually put a face/voice to my long-distance LJ friends.
At my request, Danny and Holly helped me dye my hair a shade or two darker, and I've come to really like the results. While I like my gray temples, the problem is that my sandy blond thinning hair is just not totally flattering, but the darker hair really makes a subtle difference.
The trick is the eyebrows. I went to Montgomery Mall for an eyebrow pencil, and it was only at the register that I realized it was $22.50. For a single pencil. I was so dumbfounded, I paid anyway. Yeah, I'm returning that shit. You womens with your make-ups. Yipes.
I then purchased GOD OF WAR for Playstation 2. I rarely buy video games, partly because I'm cheap and partly because giving me a video gave is like giving a recovering alcoholic a case of Jack Daniels, but I bought it anyway. For research.
See, I'm still thinking about that Herakles/Hercules book I want to write with Edd, and how there's very little in the way of modern or recent takes on the Greek myths. Honestly, GOD OF WAR is really awesome in that respect. I think that, in many respects, it qualifies as a true reinterpretation of those characters and creatures of myth. Now, I don't want my ultimate final story to read as "Hercules written by a guy who's played too much GOD OF WAR," but the game is certainly giving me ideas.
Also, I should read Robert E. Howard's CONAN series. I've been reading the Kurt Busiek comic adaptations, and have been blown away. I had no idea that CONAN THE BARBARIAN stories were this good. The fucker is as smart as he is badass. When I start writing my version of the Herakles, I could certainly do worse than get a little inspiration from everyone's favorite Cimmerian with the Bettie Page haircut.
Now I'm back at work, and was just interviewed via phone by The Washington Post regarding the new gun-toting Captain America. The reporter was off to call Ed Brubaker next. I'll be very interested in the final article. I was articulate but long-winded, as usual, so it'll be fascinating to see what comments of mine made it in, and what will be misquoted in an attempt to simplify my responses.
dryponder, so it wasn't a total loss. I also met
heykidzcomix, which was great, just because it's nice to actually put a face/voice to my long-distance LJ friends. At my request, Danny and Holly helped me dye my hair a shade or two darker, and I've come to really like the results. While I like my gray temples, the problem is that my sandy blond thinning hair is just not totally flattering, but the darker hair really makes a subtle difference.
The trick is the eyebrows. I went to Montgomery Mall for an eyebrow pencil, and it was only at the register that I realized it was $22.50. For a single pencil. I was so dumbfounded, I paid anyway. Yeah, I'm returning that shit. You womens with your make-ups. Yipes.
I then purchased GOD OF WAR for Playstation 2. I rarely buy video games, partly because I'm cheap and partly because giving me a video gave is like giving a recovering alcoholic a case of Jack Daniels, but I bought it anyway. For research.
See, I'm still thinking about that Herakles/Hercules book I want to write with Edd, and how there's very little in the way of modern or recent takes on the Greek myths. Honestly, GOD OF WAR is really awesome in that respect. I think that, in many respects, it qualifies as a true reinterpretation of those characters and creatures of myth. Now, I don't want my ultimate final story to read as "Hercules written by a guy who's played too much GOD OF WAR," but the game is certainly giving me ideas.
Also, I should read Robert E. Howard's CONAN series. I've been reading the Kurt Busiek comic adaptations, and have been blown away. I had no idea that CONAN THE BARBARIAN stories were this good. The fucker is as smart as he is badass. When I start writing my version of the Herakles, I could certainly do worse than get a little inspiration from everyone's favorite Cimmerian with the Bettie Page haircut.
Now I'm back at work, and was just interviewed via phone by The Washington Post regarding the new gun-toting Captain America. The reporter was off to call Ed Brubaker next. I'll be very interested in the final article. I was articulate but long-winded, as usual, so it'll be fascinating to see what comments of mine made it in, and what will be misquoted in an attempt to simplify my responses.
