Sewer Mastodon
As my eyes scanned this morning’s paper, I thought I saw “Seder Masochism” in a headline. Brains are weird.
Animator. Director. Artist. Scapegoat.
As my eyes scanned this morning’s paper, I thought I saw “Seder Masochism” in a headline. Brains are weird.
I have no desire to animate. Add my work to a media stream already full of fascinating hallucinations? The creativity of AI exceeds my own, with its innumerable fingers and multiple arms and morphing cat heads. Things turning into other things used to be magic worthy of hard work and years of study. Now it’s … Continue reading “Buried in Diamonds”
Dave was hella funny and brilliantly creative and kinda nuts, with a good heart that just stopped January 11, 2024. We both had comic strips in the Daily Illini in the late 1980’s; his, “Bob ‘n’ Dave,” was clever, hilarious, gonzo, and unpretentiously deep. Much later, as the Duke of Uke, he made “Spider Suite” … Continue reading “Dave King Memorial Blogpost”
My friends MK and Alex asked me to officiate their October 27, 2023 Halloween-themed wedding in Houston, TX, and I was honored to oblige. Below is the ceremony I wrote for them. ANNOUNCEMENTS Welcome to MK and Alex’s wedding! Please silence your phones and devices and put them away. There’s a professional photographer here, you don’t … Continue reading “MK and Alex’s Wedding Ceremony”
Today I was supposed to speak to an animation class via video. College I’d never heard of, teacher I’d never heard of, small thing, figured they knew who I was. Made plans, blocked space in my calendar. Barely an hour before I’m supposed to log onto their zoom link, I get this: Full email thread … Continue reading ““We at Northeastern University stand for inclusion and diversity.””
UPDATE: Now available for purchase here! I asked Theo Gray to make me this 9.25 x 12″ acrylic peg pad (as opposed to peg bar) so I could do some quickie pencil animations on my glass drawing board, which I use as a cheap light table (see photo above). Instead of the traditional acme animation … Continue reading “Acrylic Peg Pad”