Archive for January, 2007
Columbus named No. 8 on Money Magazine’s list of 10 Best Big Cities
Interestingly, we seem to be making the list based on our “Leisure and culture” factors — Columbus has an inordinate number of movie theaters, restaurants, libraries, bars and golf courses. We rank very low in the number of museums, however.
Average body mass index for the C.O.: 28. Average for all cities on the ranking: 27. According to Men’s Health Magazine, we’ve dropped to 16th fattest city in the U.S. Suck on that, Detroit!
First off, I’d like to extend a welcome to all our new readers from The Pulse. Hope you’ll check out the rest of our group blog as well.
But for now, let’s get down to business. With all the DC pages I have been posting, I figured it’s time for a change. So here’s a page from merry ol’ Marvel. Guess away!
(click image to use the Avengerize)
(previous weeks: 9/12/2005, 9/19/2005, 9/26/2005, 10/3/2005, 10/10/2005, 10/17/2005, 10/24/2005, 10/31/2005, 11/1/2005, 11/2/2005, 11/3/2005, 11/4/2005, 11/5/2005, 11/6/2005, 11/7/2005, 11/14/2005, 11/21/2005, 11/28/2005, 12/5/2005, 12/12/2005, 12/19/2005, 12/26/2005, 1/2/2006, 1/9/2006, 1/16/2006, 1/23/2006, 1/30/2006, 2/06/2006, 2/13/2006, 2/20/2006, 2/27/2006, 3/6/2006, 3/13/2006, 3/20/2006, 3/27/2006, 4/3/2006, 4/4/2006, 4/5/2006, 4/6/2006, 4/7/2006, 4/8/2006, 4/9/2006, 4/10/2006, 4/17/2006, 4/23/2006, 5/1/2006, 5/8/2006, 5/15/2006, 5/22/2006, 5/29/2006, 6/5/2006, 6/12/2006, 6/19/2006, 6/26/2006, 7/3/2006, 7/10/2006, 7/17/2006, 7/24/2006, 7/31/2006, 8/7/2006, 8/13/2006, 8/21/2006, 8/28/2006, 9/4/2006, 9/11/2006, 9/18/2006, 9/25/2006, 10/2/2006, 10/9/2006, 10/16/2006, 10/23/2006, 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006, 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007, 1/15/2007, 1/22/2007)
While in Baltimore I had the good fortune to visit the American Visionary Art Museum. It’s a three-building complex devoted to “art produced by self-taught individuals, usually without formal training, whose works arise from an innate personal vision that revels foremost in the creative act itself.”
It offers glimpses into a variety of unique minds. A number of the artists suffer from horrific childhoods or have some history of institutionalization. Art ranges from the fanciful to the truly frightening, and is equal parts craft and obsessive attention to detail. My favorite piece was a room decorated walls, floor and ceiling with bits of found art, including thousands of pennies stacked together to spell words like “Love” and “God.”
I regret their Web site has so few pictures, and that I did not bring my camera. But if you happen to be in Charm City, be sure to check it out.
Awesome! My t-shirt design just got approved by threadless. If you dig it, click ‘ I’d buy that..’ on the rating. I think that’s how it works.
Here’s the three different color treatments..
Dave Sim has announced the finalists for the 2006 Day Prize, which you can check out on the S.P.A.C.E. website. Our own Tom Williams won this award in its inaugural year back in 2002, and now he’s been nominated again, along with friend-of-the-ferret Chad Lambert, for their story in the Potlatch anthology:
Potlatch #5 “Too Much Matheson”
Angry Dog Press
Chad Lambert-writer
Tom Williams-artist
2982 Calusa Dr.
Hamilton OH 45011
Possuatlarge.com
$6.95
Alas, our own anthology, PANEL, which also features the work of Mr. Williams, has never made the cut in the past 4 years. However, that’s not to take anything away from the books that did get the nod this year. Good luck to all, even though we’re pulling for our fellow PANELista!
Well, with all the snow and ice, it’s finally starting to look like winter here at Ferret Manor. But up until a few weeks ago, it was definitely Global Warming weather around here. Anyway, on a completely unrelated topic, here’s a little Superman page for you kids to try your hand at today.
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(previous weeks: 9/12/2005, 9/19/2005, 9/26/2005, 10/3/2005, 10/10/2005, 10/17/2005, 10/24/2005, 10/31/2005, 11/1/2005, 11/2/2005, 11/3/2005, 11/4/2005, 11/5/2005, 11/6/2005, 11/7/2005, 11/14/2005, 11/21/2005, 11/28/2005, 12/5/2005, 12/12/2005, 12/19/2005, 12/26/2005, 1/2/2006, 1/9/2006, 1/16/2006, 1/23/2006, 1/30/2006, 2/06/2006, 2/13/2006, 2/20/2006, 2/27/2006, 3/6/2006, 3/13/2006, 3/20/2006, 3/27/2006, 4/3/2006, 4/4/2006, 4/5/2006, 4/6/2006, 4/7/2006, 4/8/2006, 4/9/2006, 4/10/2006, 4/17/2006, 4/23/2006, 5/1/2006, 5/8/2006, 5/15/2006, 5/22/2006, 5/29/2006, 6/5/2006, 6/12/2006, 6/19/2006, 6/26/2006, 7/3/2006, 7/10/2006, 7/17/2006, 7/24/2006, 7/31/2006, 8/7/2006, 8/13/2006, 8/21/2006, 8/28/2006, 9/4/2006, 9/11/2006, 9/18/2006, 9/25/2006, 10/2/2006, 10/9/2006, 10/16/2006, 10/23/2006, 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006, 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007, 1/15/2007)
Check out the NYT interview with Ms. Crumb about her new book and life with Robert. Nice slideshow montage of their home & life in France. As a side note, Carol Tyler (who’s pictured with Crumb in the slideshow) will be at S.P.A.C.E. this year.
Actually, this has nothing to do with comics. I saw it as part of Yahoo’s “This Week in Photos” and thought I’d share. It’s a very striking scene, both in terms of color and composition. Hopefully the driver was ok. From the photo caption:
“Oranges lay scattered on the asphalt after a truck turned over on a freeway in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Monday, January 15.”
Over at The Comics Reporter, you can find our frequent blog visitor and Monday Morning “Guess the Artist” participant Gary Esposito’s pictures from Steve “Diamond Comic Distributor” Geppi’s Entertainment Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.
From the museum’s website:
“Geppi’s Entertainment Museum is an unprecedented journey through American history with a focus on pop culture. Toys and comic characters shaped us as children through a magical blend of entertainment and education. Travel from the late 1700s to the present day as you revisit your favorite characters and celebrities including; Superman, Supergirl, Batman, Howdy Doody, Betty Boop, Little Richard, Elvis and many more as they evolved from the familiar heroes of yesterday to the pop culture icons of today!”
Sorry for the long delay, but I finally posted the pictures from last year’s Ferret Press/PANEL sponsored Unmasked party on the main Ferret Press site. “The Underground” at Barley’s Brewing Company Ale House No. 1 was the venue for this free pre-Mid Ohio Con party, featuring free admission, free appetizers, live music by the Poophouse Jug Band, and interstitial music by our very own DJ Andy. A great time was had by all.
 
 
 
 
 So I was talking to my brother about comics, and whether he was going to be picking up any of the new titles coming out of Marvel and DC. He said he’ll probably check out the new Nova series from Marvel. His quote, which pretty much sums up my feelings towards Marvel as well:
“Looks somewhat promising, but Marvel does have a way of crappifying even the coolest ideas.”
Before I left Columbus, I loaded up some Woody Guthrie on the old iPod. I snapped it on as I walked out of Washington DC’s Union Station.
My plan was to cut across the Capitol grounds on my way to the Cannon House Office building, where all my representatives are housed. No dice. They’ve got temporary barricades around the whole area, and I had to walk all the way around.
There’s something really tragic about listening to “This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land,” when Congress — the People’s House — is completely walled off.
Friend of the ferret, and Columbus journalist, J. Caleb Mozzocco dropped us a line to mention this weird bit of synchronicity: DC will soon be releasing a Captain Marvel limited series by Columbus’ own Jeff Smith, and in the recently released Showcase Presents: Shazam!, the big red cheese himself visits Columbus!
Drop by Caleb’s blog for a detailed review, as well as more scans.
Artist Dulce Pinzón is exhibiting a series of his photographs called The Real Story of the Superheroes. His subjects are Mexican immigrant workers in New York City, whom he dressed as superheroes. From his artist statement: “The principal objective of this series is to pay homage to these brave and determined men and women that somehow manage, without the help of any supernatural power, to withstand extreme conditions of labor in order to help their families and communities survive and prosper.”
(via boingboing)