Chapter 5: first preview
I’ve had a bit of a chance this week to return to sketching for the next chapter of The Boy. It’s been hard going getting back into it – I’ve had to swop my musical hat for my drawing hat, … Continued
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Wreckage of Dreams: a Miniopera
So, I haven’t posted anything here in a while. This is for a few good reasons. First, I got married. Second, we moved house. Third, we got married four days after we moved house. Fourth, the house we moved into … Continued
Chapter 5 sketching
I’ve begun making the preparations for Chapter 5 – I’ve been ‘walking’ around the 3D model of the town I prepared last year and taking shots in preparation. Working into one of these images with Photoshop gives me a rough … Continued
Dear Esther
I played Dear Esther around two years ago, I think. Possibly more. It’s one of the best games I’ve ever played and definitely the best mod. The game involves no running, shooting, stabbing, driving, flying, blowing up or indeed down, … Continued
Evolution: The biggest lie ever told!
Earlier today (and, in fact, yesterday too – but ‘today’ gives the whole episode a pleasing unity, so I’ll stick with it), I had an exchange with someone on Twitter about evolution. Their viewpoint could be summed up as, broadly … Continued
A page stage by stage
End of the week, and it’s been a busy one. I’m in a play that’s on in about a week – A Christmas Carol, and I’m playing Marley’s Ghost, which means I essentially get to be as scary as possible … Continued
Chapter 4: planning sketch for the town panorama
I’ve been taking a break from The Boy with Nails for Eyes for a few weeks, and I intend to do nothing more on it for a few weeks more, while I work on a few other, shorter projects. So … Continued
Why does it still have to be said that comics are a medium not a genre?
In today’s Guardian, an article was published entitled ‘Frank Miller and the rise of cryptofascist Hollywood‘. It was written by Rick Moody, whom I presume to be the American novelist and short story writer (the Graun doesn’t provide any details … Continued
Capital punishment is only part of the problem
Writing in yesterday’s Telegraph, Brendan O’Neill highlighted an apparent hypocrisy surrounding the recent, unsuccessful campaign to prevent the execution in Georgia of Troy Davis. The article is short, and makes its point pithily. Here’s what Brendan had to say: Yesterday … Continued
A counterpoint of view: John Gray and religion vs science
John Gray’s latest article for the BBC’s A Point of View – Can religion tell us more than science? – begins with an account of the conversion of novelist Grahame Greene: [Father Trollope, Greene's converter] was a convert who became … Continued