| Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 |
tmcm
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12:35a |
Nihilarian
For doing a cartoon for ACT-I-VATE I need a comic title. Lots of title ideas are coming in. I'm going to try to do a pole. Here's a test panel strip to give an idea of what it will look like. I might, if I have time, color them.  Poll #1483310 cartoon title name
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 13 what's a good cartoon title name? (Most of these are actually real words - even the ones that don't seem like real words) |
| Monday, November 9th, 2009 |
polyamory
[ melssexysecret ]
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11:33p |
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bipolypagangeek
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11:14p |
Hello, I apologize if this is not allowed here. I have published a couple of books and my current one is going to be potentially called "Coming Out" or "Knocking the Closet Door Down". It is going to be made up of various people's coming out stories. Whether gay, lesbian, trans, poly, kinky or even funny ones like Republican (kidding!) So I need stories. If you are interested in being in the book please email me your story to shampoo150@gmail.com and out "coming out story" also let me know here if you're interested so I can look for you email. thanks! |
crayonbeam
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6:35p |
Consumering
I heard a piece on NPR that made me shout "then stop buying so much stuff!" and I wondered: Could you go a year without shopping at a chain store? Could you go a year without shopping at a chain store or a chain restaurant? How would you define a chain? ( My take. ) |
devifemme
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8:44p |
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devifemme
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8:25p |
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devifemme
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6:17p |
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devifemme
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5:57p |
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tmcm
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10:06a |
I need a title
I might be joining up with Dean Haspiel's ACT-I-VATE, the Brooklyn webcartoonist collective. They have one amazing book out and it I'd be surprised if they didn't do more. Dean wants to run a weekly gag cartoon (from the rejected New Yorker cartoons). I need a title for the strip like Postage Stamp Funnies. I don't want to use New Yorker Rejects (for a variety of reasons). It's true that they weren't used by the magazine but that isn't the point of the comics. "Gag Reflex" is what I have so far. That was the name of a gag strip I drew in college.  Current Music: button to button - white stripes |
iknowitsasong
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10:31a |
Today I am grateful for the lovely weekend! Windows open all day for both days! even though today is a bit more grey, I am still loving the brisk wind and the smell of fall in the air. I need to make soup soon! I am very grateful for my good mood and feeling like I am looking forward to the next few months instead of dreading them. |
morbidloren
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5:54a |
Morbid blog tour: Mary Ann Stein
Mary Ann Stein has been writing since 2001, when she first took a course at the Writing Salon. Every day she blogs about theater in San Francisco, traveling, writing, and occasionally baseball at www.nomorecommasperiod@blogspot.com. She had one piece in Morbid Curiosity magazine, which I’ve invited her to read over and over. She still works retail to pay the bills: you can find her either out at the Legion of Honor or at the DeYoung Museum stores, where there are no bats or witches (to her knowledge). Q: What does morbid curiosity mean to you? A: That little dark and secret something that you wonder if anyone else has ever seen/felt/experienced. Q: How did you discover Morbid Curiosity magazine? A: I met Loren at the Writing Salon in 2001 in a personal essay class we were taking. Loren was the first person who ever wanted anything that I had written. I couldn't believe it. It made me want to keep writing. Q: Did you have more than one piece in the magazine? A: No, “Halloween Hell” in Morbid Curiosity #7 was my only piece. Q: Is there anything you’d like to add to that story? A: I might add a few more details, but basically I'm happy with the story now. Q: Do you have a tale to tell about your involvement with the magazine or the book? A: Reading in public has been a fabulous experience for me, both with the zine and the book. The audience is always a delight! When I read at Borders last month, it was essentially a reunion party because I used to work there. I was flattered that so many people showed up. Q: What was your favorite story in the zine, one that wasn’t your own? A: I remember the woman who went to the porn photo shoot ~ very funny! (Editor’s note: “Imagining Porn” by Gravity Goldberg, Morbid Curiosity #5.) Q: Have you had another morbid experience that would make a good story? A: Hm, I bet if I really thought about it I would. Q: What are you up to these days? A: Still working retail. Currently taking a fiction writing class.
 Current Mood: happy |
nurse_bateman
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7:00a |
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bipolypagangeek
[ kengr ]
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1:57a |
Catwoman pic?
I figure there are enough comic geeks here that someone can point me at the sort of pics I'm looking for. I want some pics of the 40s/50s Catwoman from Batman. The old brown or gray outfit with the cowl and the fairly long skirt. Need it as a starting point for an outfit for a custom character. |
djmermaid
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12:36a |
OMG FURRIES
sorry about all the youtubes. I usually never post this stuff, but the last one pissed me off so much (like, if they are so goddamn "right" then why are they afraid to debate, etc etc). and then this was just TOO COOL!!! Current Mood:  impressed |
djmermaid
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12:08a |
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| Sunday, November 8th, 2009 |
tmcm
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11:20p |
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devifemme
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11:51p |
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djmermaid
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8:58p |
FUCK the Republicans
they are SO morally bankrupt (and out to lunch in general) but never so much as in the health care debate. I've been told that "health care is not a political issue" and that "it doesn't matter what happens because *I* have health insurance from my job." fuck that too. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for some sort of public option. if it doesn't happen, I'll still be out in the cold like I always have been, since I don't have a corporate job to provide benefits for me. Current Mood:  annoyed |
devifemme
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9:23p |
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devifemme
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9:10p |
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bipolypagangeek
[ bifilms ]
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8:59p |
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morbidloren
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7:06a |
Morbid blog tour: Darren Mckeeman
Darren Mckeeman’s writing career started with winning the first prize at the Georgia Prison Writers Association Contest in 1991. He is the editor of The Best of Gothic.Net: 1997 to 2001 and the author of City of Apocrypha. The experience he called “Tracking the Zodiac” brightened the pages of Morbid Curiosity #4 before being reprinted in Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues.
Darren was my boss when I wrote about cemeteries for Gothic.Net. We met at one of the World Horror Conventions, where he told me about getting carjacked while visiting the Zodiac Killer’s murder sites. He’s read the story for me at the Open Mics at World Horror, at Morbid Curiosity events at SpookyCon, and last night at Pegasus Books in Berkeley. Q: Have you had another morbid experience that would make a good story? A: I had to handle a dead body about two months ago. My next-door neighbor committed suicide and his Japanese girlfriend didn't know what to do. As a matter of fact, she forgot the minimal English she knew and was just screaming, "help, help" at me in Japanese. I guess she knocked on my door because I was the only person in the building that ever talked to her. She led me into the room where he hanged himself and I helped get him down and onto the bed. It was way too late, but she was hysterical and it was taking a while for 911 to get there. He was so obviously dead that we probably shouldn't have cut him down. I went to therapy for it a week later, because I started having vivid nightmares. I still think about it -- and her -- a lot. She's gone and someone new has moved into the apartment. I've seen lots of dead bodies, but I've never touched one. The bodies were never my next-door neighbor that I saw at least once a week. Q: What are you up to these days? A: I'm currently doing two things with my life: I own a movie production company and I am the CEO of a company that builds Facebook applications, called Stealth Applications. Movies take lots of time; Facebook applications do not. It's an odd combination.
After the reading for Morbid Curiosity #4: (back row) Joe Donohoe, Geoff Walker, Darren Mckeeman, George Neville-Neil, Brian Thomas, M. Parffit, Winter Laake. (front row) Dalton Graham, me, Dana Fredsti.
Darren reading in October 2009. Photo by Mary Ann Stein. Current Mood: entertained |
nurse_bateman
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7:01a |
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| Saturday, November 7th, 2009 |
mitdasein
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10:12p |
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| Sunday, November 8th, 2009 |
devifemme
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12:54a |
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