Gun Control

Long before Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine there was this illustrated commentary on gun control by yours truly: Check out the awesome 80′s mullet on the protagonist.

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Continuing Education

Writing Class One of the things I did while trying to find my way as a writer after college was take a continuing education class at NYU on writing fantasy. The class was taught by Marvin Kaye, an editor and mystery writer, who also did some fantasy work. I’m not really sure why he taught [...]

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Chasing Half-Assed Dreams

Comic Book Artist I’ve always wanted to be a writer. No, actually that’s a lie. I wanted to be a comic book artist first. I started like most kids, by copying comics. I was pretty good at looking at things and drawing them. Really good, if I say so myself. But drawing from imagination? Not [...]

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House of Flying Daggers

Went to see House of Flying Daggers yesterday. I wanted to just do a 2-minute mini-review, but as usual, this essay has grown uncontrollably, this time into a pseudo-dissertation on Hong Kong-style martial arts films in general. House of Flying Daggers: Cons: 1)The plot was overly convoluted and choppy, so that while it was not [...]

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