Imaginative Realism by James Gurney
Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist by James Gurney, much like The Artist’s Guide to Sketching which he co-authored with “Painter of Light” Thomas Kinkade, is not really a “how to”...
View ArticleColor and Light by James Gurney
Color and Light by James Gurney is the follow-up volume to Imaginative Realism. Like Imaginative Realism, Color and Light is not a “how to” per se, but rather more of a reference book including a...
View ArticleThe Butterfly Circus
I was first introduced to The Butterfly Circus by my sister in 2009. She and I have for years periodically exchanged YouTube links with each other, but they have always been totally random, silly,...
View ArticleSuicide Squad (The New 52) #6 & 7: The Hunt for Harley Quinn & The Origin of...
Click on either of the above to see these issues on Comixology. Let me first prepend my review of these two issues by stating that I am an on again, off again comic reader. I have not ever religiously...
View ArticleThe Stuff of Legend by Th3rd World Studios
Click on the above image to be taken to the ComiXology webpage for this comic. The first issue is FREE! In my meanderings around ComiXology lately, I came across this series by Th3rd World Studios. As...
View ArticleTexas Organic Vegetable Gardening by J. Howard Garrett and C. Malcom Beck
I bought this book due to a sudden intense impulse to create a vegetable garden on my apartment patio. Although I’ve kept plants off and on in the past, I haven’t had a vegetable garden of my own...
View ArticlePrometheus
To put it succinctly, my response was: “What…the HELL…was that?!” I’ll back up and explain. According to the information listed on Wikipedia, this movie was set in the same universe as Alien, but...
View ArticleFramed Ink by Marcos Mateu-Mestre
Framed Ink is a short book about narrative art, predominantly as regards storyboarding for film but also briefly touching on graphic novels. It’s a good book to flip through if you haven’t ever...
View ArticleLUNAR: The Silver Star and LUNAR: Eternal Blue
Today I’d like to begin a “miniseries” about various media that strongly influenced my development as a person. While of course my environment, friends, personal disposition and parents all have the...
View ArticleResident Evil 6: First Impressions
I am finally able to play Resident Evil 6 as it was just released on Steam a few days ago. I was looking forward to it primarily because I prefer Leon to the rest of cast. So far I’ve played the...
View ArticleGrayson: Earth One
We interrupt your regularly scheduled reviews in order to share some important (to me) news: Hisonni Johnson is directing/producing a fan film series based on one of my absolute favorite superheroes,...
View ArticleComics Miscellany – April #1
It’s been awhile since I’ve used this blog for anything, so I felt like I should get back on it. Here’s a list of the comics I’ve read recently: Issues: Kinski #1 – Got this as a freebie during some...
View ArticleComics Miscellany – April #2
On Friday I posted a list of comics I’ve read this month with a bit of info on my reaction to each. Well, I did a lot more reading in the last few days in my attempts to unwind around the various...
View ArticleComics Miscellany – May #1
This month so far I have been reading two specific characters: Conan and Superman. I’d purchased a Conan bundle of issues 0-50 (the entire self-titled run) during the Dark Horse anniversary sale and...
View ArticleComics Miscellany – May #2
In the last two weeks, I’ve read a bunch of comics mostly along a single vein. I did not read some of the things I’d had on the radar, mostly because I’ve been very busy. However, I did get to the...
View ArticleComics Miscellany – June/July
Here’s the list of stuff I read in June and July – this month I have been on comics hiatus due to personal reasons and generally staying busy, so I have a bit of a pile waiting for me whenever I get...
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