Author Archives: Pop-Culture Spectrum

Tribute to the Fallen of 2013 – Contemporary Artists

Richard Artschwager (89, complications of stroke, American, Painter, sculptor) Jack Beal (82, American, Realist painter) Jon Bell Jr. (76, complications of cancer, American, painter) Michael Patrick Cronan (61, Cancer related, American, Graphic Designer and Brand Identity) Antonio Frasconi (93, Born … Continue reading →

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To Boldy Review where no Date has Reviewed

I have not truly amazingly had the luck to actually date many fellow nerds in my life. This isn’t to say I haven’t dated, jut I haven’t dated many nerds. The people who I consider my own. The comic fans, … Continue reading →

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From Drawing to Creature to Department

The YA book THE CREATURE DEPARTMENT is full of fun, excitement, suspense, humor, yummy food, corporate espionage, memories, and lovable folks. The writer Robert Paul Weston really created something absolutely wonderful in prose. A whole new “universe” that is full … Continue reading →

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NYCC 2013: A Before the Event Primer on What You Might Not Know

Navigating through NYCC each year can be quite an adventure.  I’ve been going since year one and while I always have an amazing time, know my way around and have contacts in places, even I get lost in the shuffle … Continue reading →

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#I am CHIKARA

If you read Twitter through Discover or #RAW while watching WWE RAW on the night of September 30th, 2013 you may have noticed that there were many posts that included #IamCHIKARA or if you tend to follow many wrestlers or … Continue reading →

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BATTLING BOY is truly an epic!

Paul Pope has done some awesome comics. Some of my favorite comics of all time actually. From his beginnings of Sin Titulo to the magic of THB, his mainstream work with an issue of the long lamented Spider-Man’s Tangled Web … Continue reading →

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“Most Belated Review of Whipple EVER”

Doing something extra ordinary which one gets acknowledged for does not always happen. Getting acknowledged for feats that belong in a world record book? That happens even less frequently, but it does. Yet, it’s not often that a family garners … Continue reading →

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Cognitive Reasoning Turns Its Final Time

When things end, especially serials we hope that even if they end with room for more, they offer a satisfying ending. One we can contemplate and understand what has come and what may come. With so many series recently ending … Continue reading →

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BRAYFABE: The Dental Association

Since BrayFabe hit my brain as a concept I’ve done many many drawings.   They’ve been shown love by the wrestlers they featured even, as I posted them to Twitter and such.  Folks like Kassius Ohno, Ultramantis Black, Dasher Hatfield, … Continue reading →

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100 Ghosts is a lot of Ghosts, The Perfect Amount

Here is a Twitter conversation I had with Doogie Horner in response to a questions I had about his forthcoming book 100 GHOSTS and working on the review: Doogie Horner: “Writing about ghosts is like dancing about architecture.” –the ghost … Continue reading →

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