Just to show the great view from my apartment… Will ya look at that? I live in freakin’ New York City!
Well, actually, as the photo makes painfully obvious, I don’t live in New York City, or I wouldn’t be able to take a picture of it… But still, close enough.
I met Scott McCloud.
I’ve been a fan of his for years now, back when I read “Understanding Comics” in High School. Back then I didn’t have access to a lot of comics, but the ones I read happened to be, by chance, seminal works; Watchmen. Dark Knight Returns, Batman Year One, among others. But “Understanding Comics” was more than just about comics, it was about time and space, art history and human history, our perception of the world. Ok, I got a little carried away, but it really is a nice little book.
Comics held an infinite potential back then, and it has faded a bit for me, as my own limitations have become apparent. Yesterday I could remember that potential, how easy fulfilling it seemed.
Anywhoo… it was a great evening. A lot of my teachers showed up, and the discussion that came out was incredibly interesting, like staring into the innards of the comic book industry. Afterwards I got a cheeseburger and a beer. Go here for Yali’s account.
I love this industry, I love this career. I hope I never have to leave it…(I haven’t even entered it yet)
And please excuse the heavy handed rant.
So today ESPN finally showed the games from the Basketball World Championship… Too bad Argentina lost… by one point… Yeah. Anyway, Team USA (I guess they don’t call it the Dream Team anymore) lost too, so we’ll be facing them tomorrow for the bronze.
I haven’t posted in a while… I think I may have forgotten how to keep a blog. Like for instance… you can post anything… since it barely matters. So here, an image which kinda inspired me to do the comic I’m doing right now. (Despite the fact that my comic takes place in the Inca Empire, and these are the ruins of the Mayan Empire.)
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