Ouija

Ouija

In the fourteenth hour, my arms ached so much I couldn’t stop crying. In the twenty-first, I’m too dehydrated to make tears. The little plastic triangle, the planchette, swirls around the ouija board on its trio of stubby legs. Our [...]

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Batman (Hearts) Gargoyles

Batman (Hearts) Gargoyles

Since Adam is occupied this weekend—Jeni pulled off nature’s greatest trick, and they’re welcoming an amazing treat—I’ve dug suitable Halloween art from his archive. Who better than the dark knight, striking terror in the hearts of a superstitious, cowardly lot? [...]

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Ouija

Ouija

In the fourteenth hour, my arms ached so much I couldn’t stop crying. In the twenty-first, I’m too dehydrated to [...]

Oct 29, 2011     Comments Off
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Batman (Hearts) Gargoyles

Batman (Hearts) Gargoyles

Since Adam is occupied this weekend—Jeni pulled off nature’s greatest trick, and they’re welcoming an amazing treat—I’ve dug suitable Halloween [...]

Oct 29, 2011     Comments Off
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Heroine Addict 04: Intro to Modesty

Heroine Addict 04: Intro to Modesty

Inauguration of an obsession: A first look at British adventure character Modesty Blaise, an undersung treasure of the thriller genre, [...]

Oct 25, 2011     Comments Off
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Heroine Addict 03: Tara Chace’s Last Run

Heroine Addict 03: Tara Chace’s Last Run

Greg Rucka’s latest, and probably final, Tara Chase story is a great read—a tense, taut bit of plotting and pacing. [...]

Oct 22, 2011     Comments Off
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Q & A & A

Q & A & A

Questions, answers and art. Brian decided it’d be more fun to post Adam’s art with forced commentary from the artist. [...]

Oct 22, 2011     Comments Off
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I-Con Sketches (part two)

I-Con Sketches (part two)

And finally, here’s part two of Adam’s adventures at I-Con, sketching for charity. And for people. People who fund charity. [...]

Oct 15, 2011     Comments Off
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Heroine Addict 02: A Moodier Mystery

Heroine Addict 02: A Moodier Mystery

After Steig Larsson’s deliberate thrillers, the more organic and emotional writing of fellow Swede Henning Mankell is a marked contrast. [...]

Oct 13, 2011     Comments Off
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An Early Halloween Treat

An Early Halloween Treat

With Halloween nigh, here’s a supernatural image resulting from an effort to use a charity to get sketches from Adam. [...]

Oct 11, 2011     Comments Off
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Dislocated

Dislocated

My girlfriend recently observed that nearly all my stories take place in bars. Maybe I have a fictional drinking problem. [...]

Oct 11, 2011     Comments Off
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Heroine Addict 01: Details, Details …

Heroine Addict 01: Details, Details …

Themed Book Reviews! Starting an autumn series about female-centric thrillers! First, the obvious: Steig Larsson’s Girl Who Did Stuff trilogy [...]

Oct 9, 2011     1 Comment
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Different Drum, Different Context

Different Drum, Different Context

More thoughts about songs and writing. A peculiar mistake that nearly derails my point, but I’m saved by a Monkee. [...]

Sep 27, 2011     Comments Off
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Ninja Falcon: A 24-Hour(ish) Comic

Ninja Falcon: A 24-Hour(ish) Comic

Ninja Falcon: Five randomly selected words combined with sleep deprivation to create Adam’s experiment in 24-hour(ish) comics. A pulse-pounding debut! [...]

Sep 25, 2011     Comments Off
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Smokey Robinson, Storyteller

Smokey Robinson, Storyteller

One of my favorite writers is Smokey Robinson. He doesn’t write novels or screenplays. But for a great short story [...]

Sep 24, 2011     2 Comments
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A Taste of Autumn

A Taste of Autumn

Autumn is here. For Brian, that means the warm, sunny season finally begins in the gloomy Bay Area. In Iowa, [...]

Sep 23, 2011     1 Comment
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I-Con 2011 Sketches (part one)

I-Con 2011 Sketches (part one)

On Saturday, I brought paper, pencils, ink, brushes, a light table, a portable dvd player and a bowl for donations. [...]

Sep 18, 2011     1 Comment
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Sketching Before I-Con: The New JLA

Sketching Before I-Con: The New JLA

Adam has been emailing me tons of cool sketches as he warms up for I-Con. Recurring theme? The Justice League. [...]

Sep 16, 2011     Comments Off
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Contagion: Battling the Invisible Villain

Contagion: Battling the Invisible Villain

I’m remiss in my movie reviewing (new job’s kicking my ass), but two recent films have interested me as challenges [...]

Sep 14, 2011     2 Comments
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Sketching at I-Con

Sketching at I-Con

A comic convention …. a fast (and friendly!) professional artist doing inexpensive sketches … and donating the money to charity.  [...]

Sep 13, 2011     3 Comments
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Funny Vader

Funny Vader

So this is how my night went… 6:18 I get a text from Brian that says, ”You should draw Vader screaming [...]

Sep 2, 2011     6 Comments
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Long Walk to the Big City

Long Walk to the Big City

Brian:  Here’s a monologue I did while working out larger ideas. It came out indebted to a Neil Gaiman comic, [...]

Aug 25, 2011     2 Comments
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Sketchbook: Improvising Aquagirl

Sketchbook: Improvising Aquagirl

Adam: This was for my cousin Jill. Because she’d just learned to scuba, she requested “Aquagirl.” I’d drawn Aquagirl for [...]

Aug 24, 2011     1 Comment
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On Writing: Just Do It … But Smartly

On Writing: Just Do It … But Smartly

Brian: More thoughts on the challenge of writing, and Adam motivating himself to draw outside the scope of paying work. [...]

Aug 22, 2011     Comments Off
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Witch Aces

Witch Aces

Adam: I was looking at the nose art on WW2 airplanes and starting to imagine the art coming to life [...]

Aug 21, 2011     Comments Off
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Anonymous is on the Global Frequency

Anonymous is on the Global Frequency

I sat in an uncomfortable seat on a packed AC Transit bus in downtown San Francisco, the collective aromas of [...]

Aug 15, 2011     Comments Off
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Designs for a Superhero Summer

Designs for a Superhero Summer

Here’s Adam’s final Summer Superhero poster design. I think he nails why Captain America was the summer’s best superhero movie.  [...]

Aug 10, 2011     Comments Off
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Summer Heroes: Lunch With the CGI Guys

Summer Heroes: Lunch With the CGI Guys

Working on a superhero movie. What could be more fun for the special-effects guys, right? Right? (Look inside for more [...]

Aug 9, 2011     1 Comment
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Thresholds

Thresholds

“Thresholds” is a five-part writing exercise in which I took a word and crafted five vignettes, roughly 500 words each. [...]

Aug 8, 2011     Comments Off
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Movie Reviews:  Cowboys & Muggles & Geeks

Movie Reviews: Cowboys & Muggles & Geeks

Apart from the superhero flicks this summer, I’ve reviewed a few other blockbuster-flavored movies at Badmouth.net. Super 8 uber alles! [...]

Aug 6, 2011     3 Comments
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Man of Steel Goes Gray

Man of Steel Goes Gray

The world has seen the new costume for Henry Cavill’s turn as Superman.  Adam offers his take on the duds.  [...]

Aug 5, 2011     4 Comments
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Summer Superhero Scorecard

Summer Superhero Scorecard

Adam and Brian take on the Summer 2011 superhero movies.  Artist vs. Writer!  Good-hearted joe vs. wise-ass cynic!  Spoiler alert:  [...]

Aug 4, 2011     1 Comment
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Suck, Daily.

Suck, Daily.

Here’s some writing advice I took to heart (but have executed inconsistently). It’s a quote from comics writer Matt Fraction. [...]

Aug 1, 2011     2 Comments
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Devil in the Details

Devil in the Details

Back in 2008, Adam was doing some sketches for charity.  I got this sweet Hellboy/Madame Xanadu piece out of it. [...]

Jul 31, 2011     2 Comments
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Secret Origin

Secret Origin

Hey there.  This is the introductory post to Literary Sketches.  I’m Brian.  Adam is the one who draws awesome stuff.  [...]

Jul 27, 2011     Comments Off
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