September: Starstruck [Fukubukuro 2011]

The easiest way to blow my mind is to be artistically proficient. I’ve met very few actual professional artists, but that’s partly because the thought of talking to them just leaves me completely tongue-tied and nervous. It doesn’t make a lot of sense, since they’re people just like me, but the things they have the ability to do just seem like superpowers. David can attest to a time that we went to Megacon when I was still in high school and I failed to meet Fred Gallagher because I was too shy and he’d left before I had the courage to try to say hello. ...

January 12, 2012 · 3 min · el33tcapitan

What I've Been Doing 8 Aug 2011 [FB/IB/BT/GO]

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“300” caption=“The new Spider-Man is Miles Morales, a previously unseen character motivated to do good by Peter’s sacrifice…or so Marvel says. I’ve yet to read a story issue with him in it.”] [/caption] Movies Horrible Bosses - Part of me thought it was hilarious and part of me thought it was passable. There were some really strange story beats in this no doubt because this wasn’t the dark comedy it was advertised to be. I dunno what the proper word for it would be…dim comedy? Without implying that the comedy was stupid, I mean to say that Jennifer Aniston’s part in the story was treated completely differently than the two male bosses and was resolved in a way that felt tacked on. Decent movie, just not the funniest thing I saw this summer (:cough: Bridesmaids :cough:) ...

August 6, 2011 · 5 min · el33tcapitan

What I've Been Doing 1 Aug 2011 [FB/IB/BT/GO]

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“402” caption=“My favorite cosplay from the con”] [/caption] Otakon was this weekend, but my stolen camera prevented me from photographing any of the cosplay. The example above was taken by Eric. This week was comic book heavy. There was a huge sale at Eric’s shop that I took advantage of along with some Amazon orders to finish off small runs of series I was reading. ...

August 1, 2011 · 8 min · el33tcapitan

What I've Been Doing [FB/IB/BT/GO]

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“329” caption=“So glad I found this at my local Borders. An absolute delight to read. I’m keeping my eye on Langridge and Samnee”] [/caption] ...

July 25, 2011 · 5 min · el33tcapitan