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The Horse in Comics I

Alabama Phoenix Festival Day 1. A “multi-genre, fan convention.” Think science-fiction/fantasy mass assembly, i.e. Dragon*Con writ small. Cover Art by Matt Wagner (75%) & Francesco Francavilla (25%) Lettering by Simon Bowland [Although, I’m not sure if the cover lettering counts as cover art or as lettering.] Comics courtesy of Kingdom Comics 1425 Montgomery Hwy Vestavia,Continue reading “The Horse in Comics I”

Spotted at the Bookstore

In Defense of Frivolity

I’m having trouble getting past the latest ghastly news. It’s hit me square in the what-is-the-world-coming-to. I have no specific reason that this horrible event should resonate worse than any other horrible event. Yet it keeps bouncing around my head making distracting echo-y noises. Every time I try to plot out posts for the nextContinue reading “In Defense of Frivolity”

Spotted at the Dog Show

Note the canine spotted at the head of the line. Open to Interpretation For Dragon*Con, I splurged on science-fiction shirts as my costume: Alice in Wonderland, Dr. Who, Harry Potter, and so on. I justified the expense by promising to use them as barn shirts. So when I dashed over to the dog show thisContinue reading “Spotted at the Dog Show”

Book Source

Thanks to Paperback Swap, The Monday Horses by Jean Slaughter Doty (bio & bib, also here) is now in my To Be Read pile. I wonder if it will be as good as I remember. Thanks to Jennifer Bryant for introducing me to Paperback Swap. For the price of postage, my books go to goodContinue reading “Book Source”

The venue changes. The info doesn’t.

From an article on ergonomic studio design, “Sitting Pretty” by Gail Stevens, in Bound & Lettered, Vol 10, No. 2. Doesn’t it look like the illustration for a correct seat in every riding manual ever?

A Book By Its Cover

“That which is no longer necessary becomes art.” Source forgotten. I have gone on record that, far from dying out, the codex will flourish in the Internet age. Freed from the pressures of mass information delivery, books will be created with an eye to art. It has begun. Penguin Threads features embroidered covers on classicContinue reading “A Book By Its Cover”