There is something that struck me about Gibson, reading this latest novel, and that was a quality of his prose that I had not noticed before. The scenes that he presents are like those slides of specimens that scientists use Read more…
Category: writing
The Catcher In The Rye is one of those books that seems to suffer from being part of the landscape. I had forgotten, until a recent re-reading, how vital a voice this book has. There are a few terms which Read more…
https://gingatao.wordpress.com I’d like to point you all in the direction of Paul Squire’s blog. No matter what he says he is a scholar and a gentleman — a provider of good advice, strategical application of spurs and provider of interesting Read more…
All-round good guy and fucking polymath talent, artist and poet Mike Padilla has a book out and though I have been a bit slow to hip you all to it — here you go: and go and get yourself a Read more…
I have come with yet another way for me to hopefully package and distribute the work which I produce. I have read in certain places recently that the ever-present non-degradable nature of the information on the internet somehow makes it Read more…
https://e-merl.com/rule I found this strip through Daniel Merlin Goodbrey who is also the writer on Necessary Monsters. Noble’s artwork is perhaps an acquired taste but one which I found myself getting hooked on pretty quickly — it has an edgy Read more…
This comic has a great feel from the start — an atmosphere that permeates from the establishing panels of the first installment right through to the current week\’s episode. It has grit — the same kind of grit that pumped Read more…
I have to admit to knowing very little about the real Helen Keller, but she is one of those people whose names floats around the ether and is known even if you don’t know exactly what she is famous for. Read more…
Last week the gun was fired — this week the projectiles hit their target. You know what the first thought was that popped into my head? Too damned easy. And a full on frontal assault against a group like the Read more…
It remains for me and a lot of people, including Mike Mignola the creator of Hellboy, the preserve of the comic books which spawned him to explore the true nature and depths of the character. I think my first exposure Read more…