10 Van Gogh Paintings You've Probably Never Seen --All stunning, discovered via Keith Perkins' blog. "I could taste the air on my way to work this morning" --Mario Villalobos blogs from Montana where wildfires are presently ablaze, thanks in no small part to a scorching heatwave … | Continue reading
Promised myself I wouldn't travel until the entire TSG is in the can, but this chapter has genuinely sapped the lifeforce out of me and I think a recharge is very much in order. Considering fucking off for a few days as soon as its wrapped. Either Mexico City or NYC, can't decide … | Continue reading
Another day of surviving on a mere three hours sleep after awaking at 3:00am for no good reason. Orders dropped off at post office though, and a quick visit to the lab for bloodwork checked off (I'm rather particular about my health and try to get tested fairly regularly). These … | Continue reading
"There are interesting correlations between myths across different traditions, links forged between Wales and Ireland in particular, but also persistent tropes shared by numerous cultures, including “tripleism”, which plays a key role not only in Welsh myth, but also in Macbeth’s … | Continue reading
"Can Japan become an AI superpower without compromising everything that makes its content so beloved around the world?" -- Great piece by Matt Alt. Relatedly: "AI thrives when our need for originality is low and our demand for mediocrity is high." -- Ray Nayler for Time. Unfort … | Continue reading
Ordered by accident and almost tempted to keep it just for the terrible mis-registration on this copy's print job. Snooping around online and I'm not seeing any publicly available evidence of anyone else having come across such a terribly misprinted copy. Almost want to send a p … | Continue reading
"Siphonophores are colonial marine organisms made up of specialised but genetically identical units, zooids, that undertake different functions, such as feeding or reproduction. The best-known species is the Portuguese man o'war, which resembles a large jellyfish but is actually … | Continue reading
STATUS: Awoke at 2:30 am for no good reason. It is now noon and I am dead and delirious, but I know not how to sleep during the day so I will continue to be dead and delirious till sundown. This always happens whenever I'm close to finishing a big thing, any big thing. Trying … | Continue reading
I am told that today is the last day for Barnes & Nobel members to preorder DEEP DREAM with a 25% discount. Edited by Indrapramit Das and published by MIT Press, I have a short story in it along with numerous other science fiction luminaries from across the globe. Confession: … | Continue reading
On March 2, 1812, this anonymous verse appeared in the London Morning Chronicle, possibly penned by Lord Byron (opinions vary on this): Those villains, the Weavers, are all grown refractory, Asking some succor for Charity's sake-- So hang them in clusters round each Manufactory, … | Continue reading
Spent the entire goddamn day speed re-reading this entire book just to locate one single passage I needed for a bit in THE SOLAR GRID. Frustrating, but necessary. I am however reminded by what a fantastic and well-researched read it is. I doubt this is going to be the last time … | Continue reading
The incessant bullying of one single child throughout his life may end up having played a major role in the reelection of Donald J. Trump apparently. Not to overlook all the many other potential reasons, but it's good to have all aspects of the bigger picture. Post office and … | Continue reading
3:30am and I am in the process of making bread for the first time in my life for no good reason. An activity I'm sure I will regret having pursued instead of sleep, when my child awakens in three hours. Finished one of the TSG covers and newsletter went out a couple hours ago. … | Continue reading
Early on in my work on THE SOLAR GRID, I used to pencil pretty tight, with the inking process constituting little more than tracing. Now, I pencil very loosely. And then work in much of the drawing directly in ink: Also, this panel right here: I definitely wouldn't have had t … | Continue reading
Despite being taunted by both a half-inked page on my table and an unfinished human-sized painting out front, I have decided to spend the day tending to my inboxes (combined at 89) and my RSS catcher (388), but also cook a bunch (Madras-spiced meatballs and spinach-rice so far, h … | Continue reading
Almost can't believe I'm this close to the finish line. But then again, it's only been 9 years. Unwise to get distracted by the big picture at this stage though. Moving along, methodically, one page at a time is all that needs to be done right now. #work #comix #TSG | Continue reading
"The Velvet Underground and Nico officially debuted on January 10, 1966, in an unlikely setting. Dr. Robert Campbell had invited Warhol to speak to the New York Society for Clinical Psychiatry at its annual black-tie banquet at Delmonico's. When asked about his odd choice, Dr. Ca … | Continue reading
Realized I've only mentioned this in my newsletter, but not yet here or the main dot com (another thing I ought to tend to this weekend), so here it is: Forthcoming from MIT press and currently available for preorder, DEEP DREAM presents new science fiction stories about the fut … | Continue reading
Illustrated/designed a cover for a thing and inked in a page of TSG. Also made a post office run and picked up groceries, only to realize upon my return that I'm out of frozen fruit (essential for my daily smoothies). Combined inboxes at 155 and RSS catcher at 387! Looks like I h … | Continue reading
Scanned in all the original art from TSG01 which forced me to look at it for the first time in a long time, realizing how drastically my line art has changed since I first started this ill-conceived project some nine years ago. Looking at those ancient pages, you can almost feel … | Continue reading
Photo app is reminding me that it was this time last year that I was in Berlin. Such a great time connecting with friends old and new. This year, I have decided to stay put and go nowhere in the hopes of finally bringing TSG to completion. I find that every time I travel (or move … | Continue reading
Awoke the other night at 3am for no apparent reason and started watching BECOMING KARL LAGERFELD on Hulu. Two episodes in and I'm into it. They've dubbed it in English though, with no option to view it otherwise, and I loathe dubbing. Would've much preferred to watch it in its or … | Continue reading
Mad graffiti in the ghetto of Orson Wells on Mars. For all the scenes on Mars in TSG, I've been inking with a brush as a sort of rule, but I may just have to make an exception for all that graffiti. #work #tsg #comix | Continue reading
"Their marathon rehearsal sessions began on Friday nights. The next morning each of them ingested a blue tranquilizer and four quarts of beer and smoked a joint, and they then practiced until eleven at night. 'Our music evolved collectively,' Sterling Morrison recalled, and it co … | Continue reading
Father's day be like: journal | Continue reading
"Ronald Tavel's ingenuity was tested on several fronts in the spring of 1965. He had to imagine and write scenarios that represented different genres, and he had to create them very quickly." For about six months, they shot a film every two weeks to be precise. This is again fro … | Continue reading
"He's a fag from New York, he's just a fashion thing, we've read his publicity, this is no serious artist." The response from the board of the ICA to the suggestion of a Warhol retrospective in February 1965. The ICA (the Institute of Contemporary Art) was a modest noncommercial … | Continue reading
Gray stormy morning, squirrels huddled on my windowsill. 10:10 AM feels like 7:00. Generic lo-fi beats from a Spotify playlist called Focus Flow make up this morning's soundtrack. Half-inked TSG pages on my drawing table, hot Americano on my side-table, Columbian dark roast. Tod … | Continue reading
New portrait shot by Kris Lenore journal | Continue reading
Reclining Nude 2024 - Mixed Media on Paper, 22"x15" work | Continue reading
Finished PROJECT OLDBOOK and went out to unwind with a friend afterwards, only to lose my wallet. Not my week, is it? Pushing newsletter to next week. Edit: Boy am I one lucky bastard. I was this close to filing a police report for stolen wallet (and all the contents within in … | Continue reading
It seems that at least once a year, Houston is struck by a freak weather incident that completely disrupts its power grid. Last couple of years we got "winter freezes" that lasted between 1-3 days each, and just a few days ago it was a tornado and accompanying storm, which only r … | Continue reading
Very close to completing PROJECT OLDBOOK. It wasn't at all mapped out going in. All I had was a very general overarching concept, developing imagery as I went along, consistently surprised by the results as they came about. Despite images at the tail end of the book looking signi … | Continue reading
34 pages left on PROJECT OLDBOOK, after which I'm sure I'll come out the other end completely transformed. Can already feel my brain getting rewired. "It is to Cubism that the next serious innovators are bound to return." - John Berger, THE SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF PICASSO I feel … | Continue reading
Should've taken yesterday off. The image-conception part of my brain is on the verge of depletion. Could use a getaway, need to recharge, but too much to do. Recent batch of Mythomatic orders fulfilled, groceries picked up, and coffee ingested. Time to work. journal | Continue reading
"Between 1884 and 1900 the European powers added one hundred and fifty million subjects and ten million square miles to their empires. By 1900 they had reached the stage where, for the first time, there was nothing left to claim--except by claiming from one another." 16 years. A … | Continue reading
"Last year, British architect Peter Cook, who is involved in the project, called the city an 'amazing absurdity'", commenting on NEOM's The Line, the overtly ambitious real estate development hawked by Saudi Arabia in recent years, a notion that has been obvious to literally ever … | Continue reading
US, Philippine forces sink ship during drills in South China Sea. Whenever I see this kind of headline pop up, I always imagine how the US might react if China were conducting military drills with, say, Cuba in the Gulf of Mexico. Couldn't get to sleep before 3am last night and … | Continue reading
Bulk of the day went into admin stuff, and it's already 4:30pm with absolutely no creative tasks tackled at my presumably creative job. Only reason I have some hope for developments in A.I. is that I'm really hoping for day when a bunch of invisible robots will do all the many th … | Continue reading
Flattering review of THE SOLAR GRID #8 by Carson Grubaugh over at Living the Line on Youtube. coverage | Continue reading
It may have been a mistake to work for 10 hours straight today, spine not quite working. But at least I got 14 pages of PROJECT OLDBOOK done. Will be satisfied if I can push it to 20/day. Not today or this weekend though, I'm on daddy duty. journal | Continue reading
As if Israel/Palestine stuff wasn't enough, today's headlines: US issues dire warning to Taiwan about potential China/Russia threat. US Intel Chief: China building huge network of satellites that could be used against US troops. Russian troops enter US military base in Niger a … | Continue reading
7:40 am, another dark stormy morning. Jumping right back into PROJECT OLDBOOK first thing. About 90 pages to go, need to work round the clock if I want to be done with it in the next few days. Won't be able to slide back into TSG until this is out of the way. journal | Continue reading
Dark morning, hard rain. Occasional flash of lightning followed by a loud roar from atmospheric belly. Doesn't look like this storm will let up for the next four days, at least not much. A wrench in my rhythm when I can hardly tell night from day. journal | Continue reading
Sounds like Netanyahu is genuinely worried about the prospect of an ICC arrest warrant issued against him. The problem with such a prospect however is that it would make the US complicit given America's unwavering support and backing of Israel. And the problem with that is the Am … | Continue reading
There's a side character in SNOWPIERCER, the movie, who is an artist. Living in the tail-end car, he does depictions of his fellow tailenders and what they go through. I couldn't help but picture a scenario where that same character's art was instead wholly different. Either: a) … | Continue reading
"When I taught creative writing, I would have my students do an exercise where they had to pick one of their close friends and write about the first time they met them. What were the writer’s first impressions of the friend? What was their initial dynamic with the friend? Then I … | Continue reading
Having failed to meal-prep last night (passed out, thank you very much, spreadsheets), cooking Egyptian moussaka right now, which is pretty identical to Greek moussaka except you do without the bechamel. Somewhat time-consuming, and you want to avoid having to prep time-consuming … | Continue reading