Showing posts with label S.P.A.C.E.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label S.P.A.C.E.. Show all posts
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Live from SPACE #1
Live from SPACE #2
Live from SPACE #3
Live from SPACE #4
Sunday, March 16, 2008
The Girl With The Faraway Eyes
Four out of the last five weekends I have been on the road, through ice storms, snow storms, hail storms, rain storms, and haven't updated my blog like I should.
First I went to Bloomington to check out the Indiana Festival of Independent Film and Video with my brother (reviewed earlier, just scroll down), then the following weekend I was off to Cincinatti visiting a media center in Over the Rhine for day job work, seeing the great effort those folks are leading their to empower residents with community media and cable access. A worthwhile trip though I got snowed over there and spent more time in the Queen City than I intended (though I had some really good Cincy BBQ, almost as good as Cincy chili).
Regular readers know I went to Pennsylvania the next week to pay my respects to the family of b-movie filmmaker John Polonia, who passed away suddenly. On the way back I hit a heavy snowstorm and ended up stranded with a lot of other folks at a hotel somewhere in Pennsylvania, a welcoming little town whose name escapes me at the moment.
Since I had an extra day of travel I stopped at the Small Press and Comics Expo on the way through Columbus Ohio the next day. I don't know if the inclement weather played a role, but the show didn't seem as well attended by visitors or vendors. However, I was glad to see fellow Hoosier Pam Bliss, as well as Matt Feazell, Tom Scioli, and Pat Lewis, whose work I enjoy. A group I hadn't seen there before was Sparkplug Comics, and I ended up buying a big stash of their stuff as they were carrying a lot of indy people I like. I am still chewing through my swag from the show, but I picked up the most recent pair of King Cat Comics from John Porcellino and the latest You Don't Get There From Here from Carrie McNinch, two of my favorite creators of independent comics. From people I was less familiar with I got Clutch McBastard's autobiographical Clutch 16 and Jeremy Massie's superhero adventure The Deadbeat, which I enjoyed.
Last night I got home from Athens Georgia, where my brother-in-law lives, and I got my first taste of actual sunshine in 2008, though a series of Georgia tornadoes damped our enthusiasm, so to speak, towards the end of the week. But I ate really good pizza at the Mellow Mushroom and got to visit Bizarro Wuxtry, a legendary independent record store/comic book store.
Though I do enjoy road tripping, I hope to be done for a bit. I'm going to update the blog soon with some changes, methinks. Until then, give me a shout at johnoakdalton@hotmail.com.
First I went to Bloomington to check out the Indiana Festival of Independent Film and Video with my brother (reviewed earlier, just scroll down), then the following weekend I was off to Cincinatti visiting a media center in Over the Rhine for day job work, seeing the great effort those folks are leading their to empower residents with community media and cable access. A worthwhile trip though I got snowed over there and spent more time in the Queen City than I intended (though I had some really good Cincy BBQ, almost as good as Cincy chili).
Regular readers know I went to Pennsylvania the next week to pay my respects to the family of b-movie filmmaker John Polonia, who passed away suddenly. On the way back I hit a heavy snowstorm and ended up stranded with a lot of other folks at a hotel somewhere in Pennsylvania, a welcoming little town whose name escapes me at the moment.
Since I had an extra day of travel I stopped at the Small Press and Comics Expo on the way through Columbus Ohio the next day. I don't know if the inclement weather played a role, but the show didn't seem as well attended by visitors or vendors. However, I was glad to see fellow Hoosier Pam Bliss, as well as Matt Feazell, Tom Scioli, and Pat Lewis, whose work I enjoy. A group I hadn't seen there before was Sparkplug Comics, and I ended up buying a big stash of their stuff as they were carrying a lot of indy people I like. I am still chewing through my swag from the show, but I picked up the most recent pair of King Cat Comics from John Porcellino and the latest You Don't Get There From Here from Carrie McNinch, two of my favorite creators of independent comics. From people I was less familiar with I got Clutch McBastard's autobiographical Clutch 16 and Jeremy Massie's superhero adventure The Deadbeat, which I enjoyed.
Last night I got home from Athens Georgia, where my brother-in-law lives, and I got my first taste of actual sunshine in 2008, though a series of Georgia tornadoes damped our enthusiasm, so to speak, towards the end of the week. But I ate really good pizza at the Mellow Mushroom and got to visit Bizarro Wuxtry, a legendary independent record store/comic book store.
Though I do enjoy road tripping, I hope to be done for a bit. I'm going to update the blog soon with some changes, methinks. Until then, give me a shout at johnoakdalton@hotmail.com.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
SPACEd Again
Working on a few new scenes for NEW JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH. I was asked to actually add some dialogue, a rare treat for the b-movie screenwriter.
I'm still reading some of my great, and great big, stash from the Small Press and Comics Expo in Columbus this past weekend. I bought a lot of good stuff from Microcosm Publishing, and got to meet their head guy Joe Biel. Once upon a time, their "Stolen Sharpie Revolution" got me back into reading 'zines again. I told him one big thing has changed since I last read 'zines in the 80s; now, if you wonder how the zinester is doing after you get done reading their work, they usually have a MySpace page, or a blog. Some of the mystique is gone, but I still like that whole DIY ethos, that even in the face of advanced technologies some dude with a typewriter and a gluestick can keep on keepin' on.
Did you know that two of the top five oldest people in the U.S. live in Indiana? Ah, the good life.
Give me a yell at johnoakdalton@hotmail.com.
I'm still reading some of my great, and great big, stash from the Small Press and Comics Expo in Columbus this past weekend. I bought a lot of good stuff from Microcosm Publishing, and got to meet their head guy Joe Biel. Once upon a time, their "Stolen Sharpie Revolution" got me back into reading 'zines again. I told him one big thing has changed since I last read 'zines in the 80s; now, if you wonder how the zinester is doing after you get done reading their work, they usually have a MySpace page, or a blog. Some of the mystique is gone, but I still like that whole DIY ethos, that even in the face of advanced technologies some dude with a typewriter and a gluestick can keep on keepin' on.
Did you know that two of the top five oldest people in the U.S. live in Indiana? Ah, the good life.
Give me a yell at johnoakdalton@hotmail.com.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Voyage Into S.P.A.C.E.
I've been gorging on minicomics, comics, and 'zines since I returned from Columbus Ohio yesterday, and the Small Press and Comics Expo. I journeyed with my brother Eric, always up for an adventure, and cartoonist Tom Cherry, who I last hung out with during the 24 Hour Comics Day Event at Reader's Copies comic book store in Anderson, Indiana, where I sore-handedly penned most of "The Liberator."
I brought a thick stack of "The Liberator" as well as some issues of my sporadically printed, but steadily poor, minicomic series "Volunteers." I was surprised how many people were willing to take a copy, and wanted to give me back something in exchange. It was like giving somebody a stick of gum and getting back an ice cream sundae.
Some good things I've read since I got home last night include Carrie McNinch's "You Can't Get There From Here" #2, Ken Dahl's "No," Matt Feazell's "Board of Superheroes" #1, and Christoph Meyer's "28 Pages Lovingly Bound With Twine" #13. Things I'm looking forward to reading still are Al Burian's "Things Are Meaning Less," Pal Bliss' "Kekionga," Pat Lewis' "Abominable," Moe Bowstern's "Xtra Tuff" #5, and "Papercutter" #4.
A lot of good people doing good things. These kinds of trips always get the gears turning for new projects and new ideas.
Give me a yell at johnoakdalton@hotmail.com.
I brought a thick stack of "The Liberator" as well as some issues of my sporadically printed, but steadily poor, minicomic series "Volunteers." I was surprised how many people were willing to take a copy, and wanted to give me back something in exchange. It was like giving somebody a stick of gum and getting back an ice cream sundae.
Some good things I've read since I got home last night include Carrie McNinch's "You Can't Get There From Here" #2, Ken Dahl's "No," Matt Feazell's "Board of Superheroes" #1, and Christoph Meyer's "28 Pages Lovingly Bound With Twine" #13. Things I'm looking forward to reading still are Al Burian's "Things Are Meaning Less," Pal Bliss' "Kekionga," Pat Lewis' "Abominable," Moe Bowstern's "Xtra Tuff" #5, and "Papercutter" #4.
A lot of good people doing good things. These kinds of trips always get the gears turning for new projects and new ideas.
Give me a yell at johnoakdalton@hotmail.com.
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Live from S.P.A.C.E. #2
I have been a fan of Hoosier Pam Bliss' comics and minicomics since "Back Issue," my comic-book cable access program ten years ago. I bought her latest at the Small Press and Comics Expo in Columbus, Ohio. And I still think her work is great.Live from S.P.A.C.E. #1
Christoph Meyer (with son and fellow zinester Herbie) at the Small Press and Comics Expo in Columbus, Ohio. I have followed his 'zine "28 Pages Lovingly Bound With Twine" for some time. I've found it in many reputable zine stores across the country, which seemed to surprise Christoph.
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