Archive for July 8th, 2008

New T-Shirts on Dead Space God.

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Here I am starting my line of un-Thickets related shirts. Oh what a clothing designer I am. The isopod shirt will go up whenever I have some more free time. These two were relatively easy to do. The rain UPC is Duncan’s design.

Dead Space God eBay store (link)

Want one? Don’t even go through eBay, just ask me.

Compare and Contrast

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008


Not just one of my favourite scifi movies, but one of my favourite movies.


To be determined (not hopeful).

Outnumbered 6 preview

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

You’ll recall I did the back cover for Outnumbered #5. Kevin has commissioned me to do another drawing for Outnumbered #6.

We had a meeting about all the different ideas - I won’t bore you with sketches especially since most have been thrown away - and settle on a duel between Orphan and Scoracle over the dead body of Lord Scratch.

Here are some of the photo references. Special thanks to Kolja.

The Four Horsemen

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

On the 30th of September 2007, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens sat down for a first-of-its-kind, unmoderated 2-hour discussion, convened by RDFRS and filmed by Josh Timonen. All four authors have recently received a large amount of media attention for their writings against religion - some positive, and some negative. In this conversation the group trades stories of the public’s reaction to their recent books, their unexpected successes, criticisms and common misrepresentations. They discuss the tough questions about religion that face to world today, and propose new strategies for going forward. Authors’ Recommended Books: The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins  Breaking the Spell by Daniel C. Dennett Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris The End of Faith by Sam Harris God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens

Click here to watch.

Part 1 of 2. Get it on DVD at: http://richarddawkins.net/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=14

Numinous is a Latin term to describe that which is “wholly other.” The numinous is the mysterium tremendum et fascinans that leads in different cases to belief in deities, the supernatural, the sacred, the holy, and the transcendent. Etymologically, it comes from the Latin word numen, which originally and literally meant “nodding”, but was associated with meanings of “command” or “divine majesty”. It may be viewed as “the intense feeling of unknowingly knowing that there is something which cannot be seen.” This “knowing” can “befall” or overcome a person at any time and in any place - in a cathedral; next to a silent stream; on a lonely road; early in the morning or in the face of a beautiful sunset. Similarly unpleasant or frightening scene or experiences can lead to a sense of an unseen presence of ghosts, evil spirits or a general sense of the presence of evil. Visions or hallucinations of god, gods, the devil or devils can also happen. The idea is not necessarily a religious one: noted atheist Christopher Hitchens has discussed the importance of separating the numinous from the supernatural.[2]
-from wikipedia.