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Intersect #1-3
by Ray Fawkes There is a comic book store in the neighborhood of Oakland that is more-or-less the halfway point in my commute to work via bus – in fact I change buses there, with usually about 25...
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“The main thing in life is to know your own mind.”
Nailed it again, Snufkin! I’ve been hanging out with the Moomins pretty frequently this year, partially because I’ve been dealing with a lot of feels and the Moomins all feel so much, so honestly. And...
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Frozen
It’s been very cold in Pittsburgh the last few weeks, although we have nowhere near as much snow as places further north. I’ve taken advantage of my host site being closed for snow days by tucking...
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Girl Power! (like, so much of it) Pt. 1
I came across this post by Memory (who writes In The Forest Of Stories) on ladybusiness last week. It’s about her picks for the Best Graphic Story category at the Hugo Awards, with good details about...
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Girl Power! (even more of it) Pt. 2
I picked up Ellen Linder‘s The Black Feather Falls Book One at Copacetic Comics in January because the cover was soooo pretty. The insides of the comic were pretty too, and the series’ strength so far...
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Riding the Tail End of Winter
I ventured out in sketchy weather yesterday to catch the last of the Winter Orchid and Tropical Bonsai Show at the Phipps. It was slushing outside, but cozy among the plants – even steamy, in the new...
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Comics to the beat
A riff on the Allegretto from Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, and Pittsburgh’s 40th Street Bridge – Sally Ingraham 2015 I woke up thinking about things Frank Santoro said last night about music and comics at...
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Layers of Communication in Comics
I just finished Ray Fawkes’ One Soul. It is a pretty fascinating experiment in storytelling, and although the story and characters themselves didn’t grab me, I appreciate what Fawkes did and am filing...
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This again…
Since my last post I: visited New Mexico (April), finished the school part of my AmeriCorps term (May), finished the rest of my AmeriCorps term at the Braddock Carnegie Library, in Braddock, PA...
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Erm…”Real Books”? I think not.
My sister and I were engrossed in a cider list, yesterday evening, when our server interrupted by asking “Are you St. John’s students?” We both blinked at her in confusion for a moment. St. John’s...
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