Muskrat Ramblings

Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to my good friend and colleague, J. P. Trostle. Or “Jape,” as he’s better known. Jape is the brilliant mind behind the Alternate Universe Dork Tower, Dork Mirror, that’s up at DorkTower.com. In case you missed any episodes (they’ve been running every weekday since April Fool’s day — […]

The news is, by now, all over the place that Girl Genius is becoming a web comic, and abandoning its individual print issues. There is more than a little celebrating, amongst those who love web comics. I, on the other hand, am a bit sad, as Girl Genius may be one of the most beautiful […]

Great. Just great. Anyone who knows Rich and the gang at Jester’s Playhouse knows what great folks they are, and what a great store they run. They sure don’t need this kind of stuff happening. Let’s send ’em all our support. STORY ONE: NJ Man to Face Triple-Murder Charges in Montco A few selected quotes […]

I was never hugely into Split Enz, at the start of my Music Life. To be sure, the only song I ever heard over the BBC of theirs was “I Got You.” And the first couple of Crowded House singles didn’t do too much for me – I was more into The Replacements and Husker […]

Long day, yesterday. Throat hurts. Feet sore. Good times. Lots of meetings, and lots of cool stuff in the works. Met lots of cool distributors, and heard groovy things back about Dork Storm releases. The Riviera’s convention floor is pretty amazing, and the wireless access is great (though it still costs ten bucks a day […]

Vegas, baby…the BIG ROOM! Yes, I have a VERY big room here. Unfortunately, it’s at the Riviera, a VERY 1970’s hotel. I’m also bored out of my skull. And thus getting a LOT of work done. Geeze, don’t you think most guys would LOVE to be in Vegas, solo? The thought of doing any of […]

My sister, the doctor, is visiting from London. Which means, right now, I’ve got XFM radio hooked up through my laptop, and playing over the stereo. So I’m in a very London mood all of a sudden. I may have to get back real soon. XFM is a soft “alternative” station, which makes for comforting […]

Last Sunday, I drove down to Little Wars historical gaming con, just North of Chicago. Translation: I went to a convention just for the fun of it. Shock! Horror! It was a great trip, and although I didn’t actually get to play anything (I was mostly there to meet up with my friends Tommy and […]

We’ve been getting reports from around the world (yes, world) that some people are being told by their friendly neighborhood stores that there are no more Dr. Blink #1s available. This is not the case. As previously mentioned, we pulled 1,000 promo copies to get back into the distribution chain, as all distributors apparently sold […]

If memory serves me (which it often doesn’t), our pal Wil Wheaton will be on CSI tomorrow night (Thursday the 10th). In honor of the many, MANY parties I know everyone everywhere will be having to commemorate this, I proudly present…The Revised Wil-Centric CSI Drinking Game (Revised (and stolen) from THIS CSI drinking game) The […]