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Who is the Bilderberg Group?

The Bilderberg Group, which convened for the first time in 1954 in Holland, is considered the most powerful decision-making organization in the world. The Bilderberg Group is a genuine “shadow government” of the West that, some critics say, decides the fate of the world to suit the interests of the restricted oligarchy it represents.

For more information check out Jim Tucker’s Bilderberg Diary, The True Story of the Bilderberg Group by Daniel Estulin and ENDGAME: Blueprint for Global Enslavement by Alex Jones.

Or you can simply Google “Bilderberg”.

This years Bilderberg Group meeting is happening RIGHT NOW at the Westfields Marriott at 14750 Conference Center Dr, Chantilly, Virginia. Click here for satellite map.

Reports have steadily been coming in, including the complete attendee list.

For more breaking news as it develops over the weekend, check out:

Infowars

American Free Press

We Are Change

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Click below to watch the newest documentary film by Alex Jones.

You can support the film by ordering your own copy via the links below:

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The following press release has been wired to Ultraist Studios newsroom via Aardvark-Vanaheim:

Happy Boxing Day!
The title of Dave Sim’s new project is “glamourpuss.”
What is it about, you ask? Well, go to…
www.glamourpusscomic.com
And enter…

Editor’s note: You must watch the animated trailer.

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Visitors may have noticed the banner change above here at the Ultraist Studios Blog Journal. The complete pic can be seen below. Click on it to see all the stuff on the drawing board labelled.

I’ve always been curious about the workspace of other artists.

I think it was on TheEngine forum where I first found this Deskset of Flickr images.

Then, there is a feature over at the Comic Book Resources called Studio Tours, which gives you a glimps into the studios of some of todays top artists. This link will take you to Stuart Immonen, and then you can follow the additional links at the bottom of the article for everyone else.

Finally, a few weeks ago on Newsarama I discovered this book coming out from Image called Studiospace. It seems to be more a discussion on the work process more than the studio itself, but it’s interesting none the less. Check out the following excerpts:
Excerpt 1 - Tim Sale
Excerpt 2 - Mike Mignola
Excerpt 3 - Frank Miller

Also, check out Dave Sim’s studio space in the Off White House at Aardvark-Vanaheim.

Fun stuff.

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I followed a Stanley Lieber twitter link over to Comicon.com where I just had to reply to Erik Larsen and add my two cents.

Click here to read.

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If it’s good enough for Stewart Immonen, then perhaps it’s worth investigating…

Click here for his tutorial.

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I have been craving more Curb Your Enthusiasm ever since I finished watching the previous 5 seasons on DVD. Add to that the recent divorce (which I thought would make perfect Curb fodder) and I was practically bursting at the seams. It doesn’t get any more George Costanza than that. And, now HBO tells me that Season 6 begins next week! Best news I’ve heard all day!

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Looks like the Recording Industry of America is at it again.
Click here for the complete story.

In honour of the RIAA’s latest attempt to strike terror into the hearts of college kids, I decided to dust off this comic strip from SPY GUY: Minis as a counter-strike.

UPDATE:

Special Thanks to Ultraist Reader Matt Campbell for the following related articles:

LA Times, May 21, 2007 - Artists and labels seek royalties from radio
The Onion, October 2, 2002 - RIAA Sues Radio Stations For Giving Away Free Music
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I recently asked Warren Ellis these questions, and below is his response.

Q. What is the best bit of advice you’ve received, (comic book and/or prose related) which has stuck in your mind throughout your career? And who gave it to you?

Warren. Huh. Probably something Paul Gravett said to me back when I was a kid: the hardest thing in the world is to tell a story so clearly that everyone can understand it.

Q. What is the single greatest trick to writing dialogue “in character”?

Warren. What does the character love? What does the character hate?

Johnny California posted this over at MillarWorld yesterday.
I’ve copy and pasted it here for posterity.

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In GOODFELLAS, here’s what Henry Hill says at the end:

The hardest thing was to leave the life.
I love the life. We were treated like movie stars with muscle.
We had it all. Our wives, mothers, kids, everybody rode along.
I had bags filled with jewelry stashed in the kitchen.
I had a bowl of coke next to the bed.
Anything I wanted was a phone call away.
Free cars. Keys to a dozen hideouts all over the city.
I’d bet ten grand over a weekend then blow the winnings in a week
or go to sharks to pay the bookies.
Didn’t matter. It didn’t mean anything.
When I was broke I would go rob some more.
We ran everything. We paid off cops. We paid off lawyers. We paid off judges.
Everybody had their hands out. Everything was for the taking.
And now it’s all over.

That’s the hardest part. Today everything is different.
There’s no action. I have to wait around like everyone else.
Can’t even get decent food. After I got here I ordered
spaghetti with marinara sauce…
…and I got egg noodles with ketchup.

I’m an average nobody.

I get to live the rest of
my life like a schnook.

In TRAINSPOTTING, here are Renton’s last words before the credits:

“So why did I do it? I could offer a million answers, all false. The truth is that I’m a bad person, but that’s going to change, I’m going to change. This is the last of this sort of thing. I’m cleaning up and I’m moving on, going straight and choosing life. I’m looking forward to it already. I’m going to be just like you: the job, the family, the fucking big television, the washing machine, the car, the compact disc and electrical tin opener, good health, low cholesterol, dental insurance, mortgage, starter home, leisurewear, luggage, three-piece suite, DIY, game shows, junk food, children, walks in the park, nine to five, good at golf, washing the car, choice of sweaters, family Christmas, indexed pension, tax exemption, clearing the gutters, getting by, looking ahead, to the day you die.”

In the middle of FIGHT CLUB, Tyler’s speech:

“I see in fight club the strongest and
smartest men who have ever lived –
an entire generation pumping gas and
waiting tables; or they’re slaves
with white collars.
Advertisements have them chasing cars
and clothes, working jobs they hate
so they can buy shit they don’t need.
We are the middle children of
history, with no purpose or place.
We have no great war, or great
depression. The great war is a
spiritual war. The great depression
is our lives. We were raised by
television to believe that we’d be
millionaires and movie gods and rock
stars — but we won’t. And we’re
learning that fact. And we’re very,
very pissed-off.
We are the quiet young men who listen
until it’s time to decide.”