Category Archives: Horses

A Plea for Hobby Tolerance

At Dragon*Con last weekend, I attended the My Little Pony 101 session. I went First, because of the overplay of the little girls & horsies mythos, which is a whole separate rant. Second, because we often refer to Rodney as MLP, in part ironically due to his size, but also because, in his heart, heContinue reading “A Plea for Hobby Tolerance”

Monster Alphabet Book

From Monster Alphabet, available at Hello with Cheese. Found in Comics & Pop Artist Alley at Dragon*Con 2012. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GKP I will get back to gratuitous kitten pictures as soon as I recover from Dragon*Con. It’s been years since I’ve deliberately stayed up into the wee smalls. The kilt blowing was so worth it. TheContinue reading “Monster Alphabet Book”

Cross-Fertilization

“The mastery of any medium using minimal elements has long been considered a noble aspiration.” Understanding Comics: The Invisble Art by Scott McCloud [Morrow 1993] p83. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ “Adopt a classical position, resist all fads and gadgets, and ride the horse quietly and softly between the two straight lines of the stirrup leather and the elbowContinue reading “Cross-Fertilization”

Fantasy & Science Fiction Cover Art

McKinley‘s horses, including Greatheart in Beauty, may be wish-fulfillment but have enough barn odor to be engaging. I’ve never warmed to characters that are shaped like horses but do not act like horses. Well, except for the robot horse Fess in The Wizard In Spite of Himself by Christopher Stasheff [Ace 1982]. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dinner byContinue reading “Fantasy & Science Fiction Cover Art”

There Is No Control-Z for Reality

Blogging commentary for July & August. In his song “Online“, Brad Paisley sings about a lonely guy whose sauve index increases exponentially when he communicates through a keyboard: ’cause even on a slow day I can have a three way Chat with two women at one time I’m so much cooler online At one point,Continue reading “There Is No Control-Z for Reality”