A little meditation on song lyrics to liven things up around here.  Lyrics by William Shakespeare, music by Joss Whedon, [...]

Followup to the recent five-part “Thursday, Agua Venenosa.”  Because I had more story in me, and Adam  had more art. [...]

In which we reach the pulse-pounding conclusion of our futuristic adventure, flouting traffic laws and putting schoolchildren into harm’s way.  [...]

In which the plot hits the fan.  Sides are chosen, identities are revealed, and violence finally drowns out the innuendo.  [...]

In which we learn the mad scientist’s secret origin over scrambled eggs and mimosas, amid key bursts of plot exposition.  [...]

Juarez, Mexico, 2034: A flourishing independent narcostate, where evil scientists set up corporations and industrial spies steal their dark secrets.  [...]

Adam again milks inspiration from my tale of romantic desperation. He reframed “She Creates Her Vampire” as a tarot spread.  [...]

Adam followed up that killer illustration for my melodramatic quasi-vampire story with a more comical perspective.  Behold:  The sitcom variant.  [...]

I wrote this quick story, inspired by this cartoon I did, which came from a calendar that’s a gag gift [...]

Every year, my company does a holiday card.  This year, the gimmick was a staff picture that was clickable–you click [...]

This will be the last of Adam’s winter sketch series, and our last post of a rather late-outta-the-gate 2013. But [...]

‘Twas the days after Christmas and all through the site … everything was on auto-pilot, which only seemed right … [...]

Call it the holiday slowdown. LitSketch will dedicate Christmas week to Adam’s winter sketches, and go drink more egg nog.  [...]

“For a full year of tinkering in the garage, all Lora’s mom had asked was, “Don’t touch the time machine.” [...]

Red Riding Hood & the Huntsman, a sketch that was inspired by that OTHER movie last summer with a huntsman. [...]

“Hanael plummeted into the darkness, the absence of the Divine Presence. As the notion of feathers burned from the inspiration [...]

I’m trying to draw in a sketchbook every day. Last Christmas, Jeni gave me a “One Sketch a Day” sketchbook. [...]

Bond 23 grapples with the challenge of doing a more personal film about a character who has no actual personality. [...]

When I sent “Fogbound” to Adam to maybe do a sketch, he got caught on a throwaway line of dialogue. [...]

I reviewed five movies in from Sept. 28 through Halloween, and only the highly praised “The Master” earned my ire.  [...]

A short story in two parts, with illustrations from Adam. Something with just enough weirdness to be suitable for Halloween [...]

Two games Adam and I hope to play regularly: In one, I write something, then he illustrates.  That’s not this.  [...]

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

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 [...]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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