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Win a Copy of Word on the Street! In Out of the Box’s newest game, Word on the Street, players brainstorm words to fit the category shown on the category card. Then, players pull each letter of that word one lane closer to their side of the street. The first team to capture eight letters […]
Dear Business Development Manager for the Large, Impressive, Geeky Web Company I Have Actually Heard Of, Thank you for your enquiry regarding our cooperation and mutual growth. I might be more inclined to agree, had your email actually included any of the words “John,” “Kovalic,” “Dork,” or “Tower” therein. John
Here are some of the panels I’ll be on at MisCon. Unfortunately, I won’t be at the con on Monday, but Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be chock-full of Muskratty goodness: Blending and Shading Proper blending and shading is essential part of making your art look realistic. Panelists will discuss various media. Cartooning as Art […]
Grinning like an idiot, here. I’ve been listed amongst Wired’s “100 Geeks You Should Be Following On Twitter.” Goes to show where Drunk Twittering will get you, in life. “Twitter has of late been inundated by, shall we say, “normals.” What was once our little playground has become rather more populated. But that doesn’t make […]
Thirten years and five weeks ago, today, I quit the last “real” job that I ever held. This date is familiar to me mostly because thirteen years ago, today, I married the Lovely and Talented Judith. Honestly, it’s not been often in my life that I’ve made two utterly brilliant moves in a five-week space. […]
Apparently, there is a very cool studio close by that can turn my kids paintings into high quality silkscreens. Which solves the problem of me not being comfortable selling originals. I’ll let folks know what the prices might be as soon as I can find out. In the meantime: two new pieces I’m working on. […]
If you hit my Facebook pages, you’ll prolly be quite bored with this. But I don’t think I’ve posted them here, yet. At least not in this form. Anyway, this coming Friday, Madison is having a Gallery Night. Which has always been a well cool event to begin with. But now that I have a […]
The new MC Lars video? “Guitar Hero Hero (Beating Guitar Hero Doesn’t Make You Slash)”? VERY funny “Apples to Apples” mention at 1:51 into the song… John
I’m actually getting to really enjoy this latest mix tape (read: iTunes Playlist): Turpentine – Elvis Costello & The Imposters Swords of a Thousand Men – Tenpole Tudor My Love – The Bird and the Bee That’s Not My Name – The Ting Tings The Laws Have Changed – The New Pornographers Sold! To the […]
Once again: Reality, 1 – John 0 Apparently, the NFL has used “Sunday, Bloody Sunday” in its ads. Ridiculous, of course. But really: any more so than using a song whose lyrics run Hide on the promenade Etch a postcard : How I dearly wish I was not here In the seaside town …that they […]
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