Sunday, June 28, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Heap of Headness
So again I'm considering turning this dead old blog into a new machine...a machine of comics!
What I have in mind is a series of short comics exploring topics that I like. Keeping it on a conversational/journal level, sort of going at it blindly and with a casual mind. I'd like to "comicblog" about complexity, science, religion, Satan, life, and fatherhood.
That's right, I said Satan. I think the Church of Satan is terribly fascinating. At once an atheist organization and a religion, celebrating camp and ritual, and expressing some pretty extreme Libertarian ideas.
At the very least it's good fodder for a comicblog.
What I have in mind is a series of short comics exploring topics that I like. Keeping it on a conversational/journal level, sort of going at it blindly and with a casual mind. I'd like to "comicblog" about complexity, science, religion, Satan, life, and fatherhood.
That's right, I said Satan. I think the Church of Satan is terribly fascinating. At once an atheist organization and a religion, celebrating camp and ritual, and expressing some pretty extreme Libertarian ideas.
At the very least it's good fodder for a comicblog.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Reviving The Old Hag
Thought I might kick this blog back into action to some degree. I'm constantly trying to learn and understand so why not share my pitiful attempts with the rest of the blogospherical world?
Friday, November 7, 2008
Sabotage and the Beauty of Creating
Something kind of dawned on me today. The last couple of nights I’ve spent time working, drawing things of the usual sort and having a damn good time doing it. The feeling was/is healthy.
And I was thinking about comics and how I cannot figure out why I can’t get any of them done. Then today I thought about artists I really love. Bode in particular, but also Frazetta and others. None of them are associated with strictly delineated projects. They aren’t Bode’s Project A, they’re just Bode’s art. The world they build is not a detailed secondary fantasy world (so-to-speak) but an organic thing that comes into being spontaneously out of what the artists actually do.
Well, I have been doing that too. When someone contacts me about my work they never seem to speak of specific projects or worlds…they always ask about my art, how I do it, what I’m working on, generally stating that they like what I do, etc. They respond to the art I do, not necessarily to the specific content.
So is it possible that I’m sabotaging myself by obsessing over compartmentalizing everything I do into this or that “world”? Am I making it harder or impossible on myself by refusing to allow my chocolate to touch my peanut butter?
I thought about all the little stories and ideas I have laying around – some with images attached, some with scripts, some with mere doodles and noodles – and I realized that so many of them are simply not exclusive. By simply wading into these ideas and just doing them would I be allowing the – pardon me for saying it – “West World” to take shape naturally, rather than trying to engineer it from blueprint to real print?
And I was thinking about comics and how I cannot figure out why I can’t get any of them done. Then today I thought about artists I really love. Bode in particular, but also Frazetta and others. None of them are associated with strictly delineated projects. They aren’t Bode’s Project A, they’re just Bode’s art. The world they build is not a detailed secondary fantasy world (so-to-speak) but an organic thing that comes into being spontaneously out of what the artists actually do.
Well, I have been doing that too. When someone contacts me about my work they never seem to speak of specific projects or worlds…they always ask about my art, how I do it, what I’m working on, generally stating that they like what I do, etc. They respond to the art I do, not necessarily to the specific content.
So is it possible that I’m sabotaging myself by obsessing over compartmentalizing everything I do into this or that “world”? Am I making it harder or impossible on myself by refusing to allow my chocolate to touch my peanut butter?
I thought about all the little stories and ideas I have laying around – some with images attached, some with scripts, some with mere doodles and noodles – and I realized that so many of them are simply not exclusive. By simply wading into these ideas and just doing them would I be allowing the – pardon me for saying it – “West World” to take shape naturally, rather than trying to engineer it from blueprint to real print?
Thursday, August 28, 2008
The Situation Room
Slowly working my way through all these ideas and all these possible paths to take. The experiment of having several websites has been a mixed bag. Since none of them are very demanding I don’t feel stressed or anything, but I do feel like I’m not managing my time very well. And I am sad to say that certain ideas are just not blowing my skirt up these days.
Land of Hof is a total pet project. I knew that from the beginning. I have one issue posted, and a second issue partly finished. I don’t know when I’ll actually sit down and knock it out. But as I said, this is a pet project. No deadlines, no promises. My thought on this is that it will grow over time and I’ll be very proud of it along the way. No pressure.
Blood Red is a pin up site with no stated frequency of new posts. I have a lot of content on there so I’m not worried about it. As I do new artwork suitable to it, I’ll post it.
Random Order Creations is my main site. I’ve been online with this site since sometime around 2001, I think. But the Random Order imprint has been mine since I was publishing Anomalic in 1994. I treat it more like a hub site than anything.
Catgirl Mojo features Arzra of Aroora – a comic I’ve been stoked about for the past year. Updates are weekly or bi-weekly depending on what’s going on and how motivated I am. I don’t want to let it go more than 2 weeks without an update if I can help it. It’ll be a slowly developing comic and I’m totally fine with that.
Zoa Space Fantasy has been my biggest disappointment lately. I just can’t find the fire to work on it. I have several more pages scripted but I go weeks without even thinking about the comic. That tells me something important: it’s not high on my priority list. I hope to at least bring the story to a satisfying pause and then put it on the backburner for a while.
Even with all of that I have this gaping hole that needs to be filled with comics. I need a solid, regular, flagship comic I can get behind 100%. So that’s what I’m working on now. I have the concept down, based on some ideas I’ve been mulling for a year or so. But I’m playing it close to my chest. I don’t want to say much or show much until I have a more confident feeling. I hope to be able to move forward with this idea publicly by November, but if the fire isn’t there I won’t bring it out.
Fun fun and more fun! As long as I’m alive and drawing then all I can say is fuck it, bring me more.
Land of Hof is a total pet project. I knew that from the beginning. I have one issue posted, and a second issue partly finished. I don’t know when I’ll actually sit down and knock it out. But as I said, this is a pet project. No deadlines, no promises. My thought on this is that it will grow over time and I’ll be very proud of it along the way. No pressure.
Blood Red is a pin up site with no stated frequency of new posts. I have a lot of content on there so I’m not worried about it. As I do new artwork suitable to it, I’ll post it.
Random Order Creations is my main site. I’ve been online with this site since sometime around 2001, I think. But the Random Order imprint has been mine since I was publishing Anomalic in 1994. I treat it more like a hub site than anything.
Catgirl Mojo features Arzra of Aroora – a comic I’ve been stoked about for the past year. Updates are weekly or bi-weekly depending on what’s going on and how motivated I am. I don’t want to let it go more than 2 weeks without an update if I can help it. It’ll be a slowly developing comic and I’m totally fine with that.
Zoa Space Fantasy has been my biggest disappointment lately. I just can’t find the fire to work on it. I have several more pages scripted but I go weeks without even thinking about the comic. That tells me something important: it’s not high on my priority list. I hope to at least bring the story to a satisfying pause and then put it on the backburner for a while.
Even with all of that I have this gaping hole that needs to be filled with comics. I need a solid, regular, flagship comic I can get behind 100%. So that’s what I’m working on now. I have the concept down, based on some ideas I’ve been mulling for a year or so. But I’m playing it close to my chest. I don’t want to say much or show much until I have a more confident feeling. I hope to be able to move forward with this idea publicly by November, but if the fire isn’t there I won’t bring it out.
Fun fun and more fun! As long as I’m alive and drawing then all I can say is fuck it, bring me more.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Comics and Websites and Artwork Galore!
Spread too thin….
Well, not too thin really, just kind of thin.
Right now I’m working on 3 active projects: Zoa, Land of Hof, and Catgirl Mojo. Given the fact that I am not a dynamo of productivity, it seems like it’s taking forever to get things done. Of course, it’s all in my head. I’m not on the radar screen of most people so it isn’t like I’m letting them down.
Zoa has been stalled for a few weeks. The main reason is that my attention is elsewhere. Looking back on it, I think my pattern is to hammer out 7 or 8 pages at a stretch then take a few weeks off from it. I can live with that for now.
Catgirl Mojo is weird. I honestly am not sure what to do with it. I love the title, got the domain registered, and it’s like a blank slate to me. I have lots of cool anthropomorphic drawings I could post if I just wanted to make it my catgirl gallery. That’s cool. But I kind of wanted to do something more ambitious. We’ll see.
Mainly I’m focused on Land of Hof right now. This is my pet project, my baby. It’s a kind of mythology/epic I’ve been monkeying with for years. Looks like it’s coming to fruition soon. But more on that later. One thing to look forward to is that it will be the smallest fantasy epic of all time. (sort of…)
Well, not too thin really, just kind of thin.
Right now I’m working on 3 active projects: Zoa, Land of Hof, and Catgirl Mojo. Given the fact that I am not a dynamo of productivity, it seems like it’s taking forever to get things done. Of course, it’s all in my head. I’m not on the radar screen of most people so it isn’t like I’m letting them down.
Zoa has been stalled for a few weeks. The main reason is that my attention is elsewhere. Looking back on it, I think my pattern is to hammer out 7 or 8 pages at a stretch then take a few weeks off from it. I can live with that for now.
Catgirl Mojo is weird. I honestly am not sure what to do with it. I love the title, got the domain registered, and it’s like a blank slate to me. I have lots of cool anthropomorphic drawings I could post if I just wanted to make it my catgirl gallery. That’s cool. But I kind of wanted to do something more ambitious. We’ll see.
Mainly I’m focused on Land of Hof right now. This is my pet project, my baby. It’s a kind of mythology/epic I’ve been monkeying with for years. Looks like it’s coming to fruition soon. But more on that later. One thing to look forward to is that it will be the smallest fantasy epic of all time. (sort of…)
Saturday, March 22, 2008
ex-Christian says no to atheistic world
http://mexc.blogspot.com/2008/03/no-to-atheistic-world.html
I like this guy quite a bit. He and I think alike in many ways.
I like this guy quite a bit. He and I think alike in many ways.
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