Monthly Archives: July 2008

A Bit of Religion/Art/Context Synchronicity

Pursuant to my crisis of faith in art…. “Christians Demand Removal of ‘Satanic’ 10 Commandments” is the title of this news article at worldnetdaily.com Read it if you like (there are some hilarious bits I don’t touch on here) basically … Continue reading

Posted in General | Leave a comment

Extrasolar Planets

In case someone asks you how many extrasolar planets have been detected and confirmed, you can tell them: [307] (if you wait much longer that will of course go up. But how come Deanna gets some named after her and … Continue reading

Posted in General | 4 Comments

On the Subject of Robot Fish…

Yes, this is an artificial fish. Who remembers Blade Runner? Engineers at the University of Kitakyushu have developed an underwater survey robot that looks good enough to eat. “Tai-robot-kun,” a 7-kilogram (15.4 lb) robotic sea bream (red snapper) with a … Continue reading

Posted in General | 1 Comment

Cartoon de Jour – Hewlett

Love Jamie “Tank Girl” Hewlitt’s style, not so much a fan of the Olympics.

Posted in General | 2 Comments

The Official Toren Atkinson Comics Web Portfolio

Not that there’s anything new to my blog readers here, but I worked on my comics website today. http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~thickets/spamcomics.htm It’s really just another page on my regular site. Anyone want to volunteer to redesign my website? There’s cookies in it … Continue reading

Posted in General | 2 Comments

The Coen Brothers Report

September 12

Posted in General | 1 Comment

The Summoning V

The Summoning was filmed in a two-bedroom apartment on 12th and Hemlock. Three people were living in the suite and they completely cleaned out the living room for the filming. This meant that couches and whatnot were crammed into a … Continue reading

Posted in General | Leave a comment

No Title

Posted in General | 1 Comment

Hoverboy!

I don’t really consider myself a comic collector. I don’t pick up titles regularly. I don’t have a box at a local comic store. If it wasn’t for the fact that my studio is over a comic book store, I … Continue reading

Posted in General, Nerdiness | Leave a comment

Tracing

Inking a comic is really hard. Especially when you don’t know what you’re doing. I started working today but after a few hours I had to stop, because everything I touched turned to poo. I spent some of my time … Continue reading

Posted in General | 6 Comments