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Papernet

30 January, 2009 (15:55) | Essays | By: M Kitchen

Here is a word Warren Ellis told me via Bad Signal:  Papernet. And it intreged me.  What is a “papernet”? As Warren described it; ” … my interest in this revolves around making printers spit out sheets of paper with interesting things to look at and read on them.” Before that Warren typed; ” Way, [...]

Ripped From the Cerebus Yahoo! Boards

10 May, 2007 (10:18) | Essays, Ramblings | By: M Kitchen

The following conversation has been ripped from the Cerebus Yahoo! Message Board. Re: Dave Sim’s blogandmail #225 (April 24th, 2007) — In cerebus@yahoogroups.com, “Stanley Lieber” wrote: I think the advent of higher and higher quality print-on-demand is going to alleviate a lot of the pressures on small publishers. The profit margin is slashed (print-on-demand is [...]

PEANUTS and ANDY CAPP – Archeology Project pt.3

29 March, 2007 (09:28) | Essays, Inspiration, Nostalgia | By: M Kitchen

In 1966 my grandfather bought a piece of land up north on Lake Simcoe and built a cottage. It is the place where my father and two uncles would spend the better part of their summers. Over the years, on the wooden shelf across from the original bathroom, a collection of books accumulated. There were [...]

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK – Archeology Project pt.2

20 December, 2006 (16:38) | Essays, Inspiration, Nostalgia | By: M Kitchen

The second part of the Star Wars double header was it’s sequel: The Empire Strikes Back. The film premiered on May 21, 1980. Lucas financed the film himself through loans and the earnings he had made from the box-office success of Star Wars. Lucas offered the role of director to Irvin Kershner, who had been [...]

STAR WARS – Archeology Project pt.1

8 December, 2006 (17:53) | Essays, Inspiration, Nostalgia | By: M Kitchen

On May 25, 1977 20th Century Fox released a film by director George Lucas called Star Wars. At 2 and a half years of age I wasn’t old enough to remember this event. It was 3 years later when I watched the film in the theater during a double header. Star Wars is one of [...]

Creator’s Rights – Discussion Continued

14 October, 2006 (11:25) | Announcements, Essays, Weblinks | By: M Kitchen

For the original Creator’s Rights journal post: click here My latest response to Dave Sim: click here Also, there are some interesting developments regarding both a Dave Sim Cartoon Network Project as well as a CEREBUS (semi-authorized?) 3D Animated Film. Feel free to comment.