Stories of Baba Yaga is my latest fascination, and I loved this bit where we find out the first witch is a mortal who tricked the gods. Listen to the full episode here. Oh, and I think the transcription software
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TPD Special: Influences: Indiana Jones, with Jerzy Drozd & Ben Hatke
I’m starting a series of special discussions with some friends, focusing on art that influenced The Inscrutable Doctor Baer and the Case of the Two-Faced Statue. In this first TPD Special I’m joined by Ben Hatke, author of the upcoming
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FMYL 100 – The Agenda, pts 1-3 Watchalong
Our second WATCHALONG is not from G1 TRANSFORMERS, but from BEAST WARS TRANSFORMERS! It is season two’s three part season ender, the apex of that series. Why not start at the first episode? THERE’S NO TIME FOR THAT! If you
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Robert Moore Lecture: The Golden Well (1993)
Renowned psychologist Robert Moore, Ph.D. offers a guide to digging deep to find the gold in one’s self, through a balance of the four archetypes within: king, warrior, magician and lover. He weaves together early Christian traditions, creation myths, academic
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Hooray for the OAC!
And here’s the final word on my 2023 residency at Tri-Rivers Career Center! This was made possible by a grant from the Ohio Arts Council (OAC). Over nine weeks I worked with the students to make their own minicomics, which
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My Kid Could Do That!
…it doesn’t have to be by a well-known artist. A child can do an archetype, maybe probably does more type of [archetypal] images than artists do. They spontaneously arise. Thomas Singer, Jungian Analyst I was arrested by this bit on
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Word Balloon Design Notes
Some notes from a short classroom lesson I led on word balloon design. Symmetry and negative space are two of my basic concerns when structuring the text in a balloon.Find my upcoming classes here.
Tell The Damn Story
This podcast is a treasure for creative people (that’s all of us, by the way). Even if you don’t think of yourself as a writer, Alex and Chris have something to offer you. Their wisdom and reflections don’t just apply
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A Barbarian Horse in the Snow
A wintery panel from my upcoming book, The Inscrutable Doctor Baer and the Case of the Two-Faced Statue. I thought having a chapter of the book take place in the arctic would make things easier on artist Jerzy and his
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A Button Labeled “Surprise” – Alan Watts
I was charmed by this talk by Alan Watts. First, there’s the intuition that we’d eventually have phones that can bring us anything we want, but then he steers right into a consequence of abundance. Reminded me of the Twilight
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