The Abominable Charles Christopher →
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As an addendum to my little rant about “original work”, I present Karl Kerschl’s amazing creation!
July 2011
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Far-Fiction: Five-minute fiction - 22:59-23:04 →
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The heavy wooden door splintered into kindling as the immense head of the maul slammed through it. The zombie, framed in the now open door way, froze, all his thoughts directed at tracking the arc of the meteoric hammer. It stumbled forward scattering a pile of bones at its feet, the bones, a…
Haha! Great scene from yesterday’s D&Dfest!
The Undiscovered Country
The “undiscovered country” to which Hamlet was referring was death, or more to the point, the afterlife. But it’s also an apt description of the future - unknown, open, waiting for us.
I have a real love/hate relationship with Fan Art. There’s just so much work out there right now that’s derivative of other creators’ worlds and characters. It’s getting out of hand; nearly 4/5 of my “art feeds” are images of Star Wars, Mario mash-ups, or the like (there’s original work in those feeds to; maybe that’s for another post?)
What’s worse is that I am just as guilty! Heck, I just posted that Slytherin drawing last weekend! I mean, I get it; I understand why Fan Work is such an allure.
I guess I just want to get excited about NEW characters, exploring NEW worlds I haven’t visited 100x in my childhood.
“But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover’d country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will” —Hamlet; Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1
The undiscover’d country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will” —Hamlet; Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1
Blood Magic Zine got Seen →
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Kris & Maritsa took the published Game of Thrones zine to the GRRM signing last week. Looks like it was a cool event. Zine looks killer too - lots of great art, and a fantastic cover!
