The first time I saw a Chris Ware comic strip was in the early 90s, in a comic book anthology called JAB (Adhesive Press). It was a series of strips about a little guy who looked like a potato. To this day, if I drag the comic book out, those strips still hold up. They’re […]
Archives for November 2012
Email Newsletters the John Picacio Way
A confession: I’m terrible about building my email newsletter mailing list. The small handful of people who have signed up are loyal and cherished, but I have always felt strange about hitting people up to see if they’d like my occasional messages and information. It tends to be a seasonal thing instead of monthly, as […]
Are You Afraid to Write
I’m no stranger to being afraid. As a kid, Scooby Doo scared the crap out of me and my overactive imagination. Until I saw the mask pulled off the creepy guy running the ski lodge or whatever, it was like Schrödinger’s cat: anything could have been beneath that mask! Walking home at night in the […]
The Chain Smoker
It’s been a little while since I last updated. I meant for this entry to come along a day or two after the Better Writing Through Birdemic entry. The crew behind the RiffTraxx Live showing of Birdemic are some of the same people who were behind Mystery Science Theater 3000. Which brings us to The […]