“The Stag,” by Will Worthington. (From The Wildwood Tarot)
(Source: chasingthegreenfaerie)
MusingSES
Random natter and interests of author, editor, and small publisher Steven E. Schend
Ask me anything
May162013
April112013
Gil Kane & Dave Cockrum—always good, no matter what characters they drew.
(Source: cockrum1970s, via themarvelageofcomics)
9AM
dcu:
This Month in DC History:
DC Comics went through a Crisis in 1985. The thought of parallel worlds had grown convoluted over the years with so many different worlds it was hard to think straight. So Crisis on Infinite Earths came to spring clean DC Comics and create one Earth. The series also ushered in one of the most annoying things (in my opinion but is probably also a fact) about comics today, the Crossover. Good thing DC learned it’s lesson and stuck with just one Earth… right?
What else happened in 1985?
- Donna Troy got married to Terry Long. The marriage took place in the 50th issue of Tales of the Teen Titans. Unlike most comic book weddings, this wedding went smoothly without a problem and the book became a reunion as Titans from the past shows up as wedding guests.
- The Outsiders traded the gloom and doom of Gotham for the sun and surf of California. The series only lasted 28 issues but had the team facing the Nuclear Family, the Force of July, the People’s Heroes, and the Duke of Oil.
- Superboy-Prime was introduced… well sort of. DC Comics Presents #87 told us the origin story of Superboy (which we needed because it’s so hard to keep Superboy’s/man’s origin story straight) as well as his meet up with Superman. This issue set in motion the major role Superboy played in Crisis on Infinite Earths and the role he played in Infinite Crisis.
April42013
DC Special #1, All Carmine Infantino issue, December 1968, cover by Carmine Infantino
RIP Carmine Infantino
9PM
Seminal Flash artist Carmine Infantino passed away today. It’s upsetting.
Very sad news indeed. He’ll be missed.
9PM
Big Damn Heroes
this is really cool
Great imagery & typography/design
(via nudityandnerdery)
8PM
Batman and Robin commission, after Carmine Infantino
Pencil and ink on 9”x12” bristol, colors in Photoshop CS5.1I generally don’t like to post commissions featuring Robin, since I don’t want to give the wrong impression (he won’t show up in the strip), but given Carmine Infantino’s passing today, it seemed like the right time to post it.
8PM
“Forgiveness. The ability to forgive oneself. Stop here for a few breaths and think about this, because it is the key to making art and very possibly the key to finding any semblance of happiness in life. Every time I have set out to translate the book (or story, or hopelessly long essay) that exists in such brilliant detail on the big screen of my limbic system onto a piece of paper (which, let’s face it, was once a towering tree crowned with leaves and a home to birds), I grieve for my own lack of intelligence. Every. Single. Time.
“Were I smarter, more gifted, I could pin down a closer facsimile of the wonders I see. I believe that, more than anything else, this grief of constantly having to face down our own inadequacies is what keeps people from being writers. Forgiveness, therefore, is the key. I can’t write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the book I am capable of writing. Again and again throughout the course of my life I will forgive myself.”
- Ann Patchett (from The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life)
A Writer’s Prayer
Let me forgive myself for the stories that are not perfect,
for the scenes rushed through, and the plot points fumbled,
and the language less than it ought to be,
and the phrases that make me wince even though
nobody notices but me.Let me forgive myself for the stories I didn’t write,
didn’t finish, or didn’t let anyone see -
because I was too busy, too lazy, too tired, too frightened,
because I was living my life, or saving my life,
because I was falling in love, or falling out of love,
because I had run out of words, or room, or time,
let me forgive myself for all those stories
that live inside me
and not on the page.Let me forgive myself for my failures, but also
for all those times when I tallied my shortcomings
instead of celebrating each small success.
Let me celebrate now:
not the life that I dreamed of, but the life that I have,
not the stories that I dreamed of, but the stories that I’ve made,
not the writer I imagined I’d one day be, but the writer that I am.And then let me keep working.
- TW
The painting above is by Gerard ter Borch (1617-1681)
Amazing poem. Printing this out to go directly next to the desk.
8PM
April 30th is the official release date in Canada for OVER MY HEAD, my new YA novel from Penguin Canada. It will begin to ship to stores on April 19th, so it’ll probably arrive in the shops before April 30th. Beyond Canada’s borders we’re releasing both print and ebook editions under our own Triskell Press imprint. The Triskell Press ebook (with MaryAnn’s lovely cover) has just gone live and is available right now. Our trade paperback is not far behind. We’ll let you know as soon as it’s available. Meanwhile, for you ebook enthusiasts:
April12013
The <em>Doctor Who</em> theme song, performed on Tesla coils
Yes, you read that correctly. And yes, it’s every bit as excellent as it sounds.
February202013
7 Great quotes about libraries on photos of beautiful libraries
With libraries around the world in danger of extinction, Flavorwire posted a series of great quotes about libraries from famous writers. I decided to pair them with some of the world’s most beautiful libraries. You’re welcome;
- Trinity College Library - University of Dublin
- University Club Library – New York City
- Admont Abbey Library – Austria
- Real Gabinete Português de Leitura – Rio de Janeiro
- Suzzalo Library at the University of Washington – Seattle
- Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- Canadian Library of Parliament – Ottawa
Click on the photo to see it full size. Support your local library, kids.
This is a wonderful set. I wish United States-based public library administrators and zeitgeist-setters would pay special attention to the Bradbury and Twain quotes. The dumbing-down and de-archiving of public library collections in this country is making it harder for someone to use the library to give themselves an education in anything beyond pop culture, current news, and what it takes to be a good employee (not a good thinker, or a good person, or a good citizen), and is rapidly eroding our collective memory.
(via ladyoftheweald)
February112013
“The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.”
—George Orwell
(Source: talkstraight)
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