When it comes to horror in films, there is one true master. You’re probably thinking of names like Alfred Hitchcock, John Carpenter or David Cronenberg. Some might even throw in the name of Italian director Dario Argento, whose beautiful on-screen depictions of blood-and-guts slayings have been compared to fine art paintings. But the real master of …
Sheldon, a rookie agent from the S.I.S. (Sheep Infiltration Squad), realized he was on a suicide mission.
Nothing. Not a single flake of snow. It was only a little overcast, but probably because it was nearing 4:30 and it was just getting dark. But, there was absolutely no sign of the potentially-devastating monster storm that we saw reported on The Weather Channel and on local Orlando news broadcasts. When I’m stuck in …
This week’s Illustration Friday word is “wheel”. “The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius.” Sid Caesar
This week, the Illustration Friday word is “wings”. Jimmy McCulloch looked like he was headed in the direction of super-stardom. At fifteen, he was recruited by Who guitarist Pete Townshend to be a part of a group that would record songs he wrote but would not be released by The Who. Jimmy, along with “Speedy” Keen and …
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “myth”. Walt Disney. Artist. Animator. Innovator. Visionary. In 1928, Walt produced Steamboat Willie, the first synchronized sound cartoon. The cartoon introduced the world to a little character named Mickey Mouse. Walt would go on to create the first full-length animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Feature-length cartoons were unheard of at the time. Walt was …
The Illustration Friday word this week is “ocean”. Forty-one years before George and Brad and their friends, there was Frank, Dean, Sammy, Joey, Peter and their pack.
Do you even know what this is? Well? Do you? There was a time when this was cutting edge technology. Once it appeared in offices, it was unimaginable that we ever did with out it. And if your office didn’t have one, well… you might as well have closed up shop, moved back to the cave …
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “new”. New Years Eve 1986 was the most memorable New Year’s Eve for me — and nothing spectacular even happened. It was better than the New Year’s Eve when I got stupid drunk and discovered true meaning in Side Two of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here. It was better than …
“We are all worms, but I do believe that I am a glow worm.” — Winston Churchill When Sir Winston Churchill passed away in 1965, his funeral was the largest state funeral in world history, with representatives from 112 nations. Only China did not send an emissary.
