Monthly Archives: June 2007

Best band/artist name

Posted on June 8, 2007 by dff

As lonely as Dave Bowman, playing on DroneZone right now.

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“Neo-pulp”

Posted on June 8, 2007 by dff

I kind of dig this guy‘s artwork. (he’s in desperate need of a real domain name, though)

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The email I didn’t get

Posted on June 7, 2007 by dff

Interesting times for Dreamhost: From: DreamHost Security Team Subject: URGENT: FTP Account Security Concerns… Hello – This email is regarding a potential security concern related to your ‘XXXX’ FTP account. We have detected what appears to be the exploit of … Continue reading →

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He’s got a little list

Posted on June 6, 2007 by dff

If you’ve ever spent any time looking at artists’ websites (maybe because you occasionally follow links from Drawn! or something), these observations will be familiar: In the thirteen years I’ve been on the web, twelve of which I’ve spent doing … Continue reading →

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Comics from Mars, and the completist in me stymied

Posted on June 6, 2007 by dff

Paul Pope is doing a limited edition exclusive THB story, to be published by AdHouse Press (who will also be publishing his PulpHope, the Art of Paul Pope in July), that will only be given away at the San Diego … Continue reading →

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Hmmm… those must be “the Pirates”

Posted on June 6, 2007 by dff

Reading the introduction to a compilation volume of Modesty Blaise strips a couple of weeks ago, I learned that back in the day, syndicated cartoonists were basically rock stars: big bucks, a bunch of young hopefuls to do half their … Continue reading →

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Send Lawyers, guns and… fuck it, just send guns and money

Posted on June 4, 2007 by dff

Our legislators are idiots who couldn’t lawyer their way out of a paper bag*: Omar Ahmed Khadr, a Canadian national, faced murder charges for killing an American soldier in Afghanistan with a hand grenade when he was 15-years-old. In a … Continue reading →

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Kids these days

Posted on June 4, 2007 by dff

Instapundit notes: CHEW THE FAT WITH CHEWBACCA: Adventurecon is in Knoxville. Also here, and perhaps more interesting to InstaPundit readers, Ron Glass (Shepherd Book from “Firefly”). OK, so Instapundit is older than me, but come on. Ron Glass isn’t “Shepherd … Continue reading →

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Interesting Factoid

Posted on June 3, 2007 by jmd

Nicolas Sarkozy was Jean Reno’s best man. (per IMDB) Watched Empire of the Wolves last night- OK, Weird in that “French Movie” way, but the end was kind of like the Matrix where you wished they were more creative with … Continue reading →

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A plea to the Economist

Posted on June 3, 2007 by dff

Too late, of course. (maybe not what the artist was thinking about when he created it, but it fits)

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Start choppin’

Posted on June 3, 2007 by dff

Chuck caught Dinosaur Jr in Minneapolis and wrote a nice review, which reminds me I haven’t got their new album yet. I also note that on June 11 (which I think may be the same night SciFi is airing the … Continue reading →

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Fifty fires I wouldn’t put out…

Posted on June 3, 2007 by dff

…no matter how full my bladder was.

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