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Sun, 28 Mar 2004
moth sketch from Steve Rude
It was too big to scan, so I took a picture with a semi-dodgy camera phone. Great stuff!
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Sat, 27 Mar 2004
another object-oriented comic
Peter Conrad is at it again.
First it was ANK #9 (currently displayed in our featured GN section) in
the shape of a pack of smokes, now he's upped the ante and added
interactivity.
Don't you just love stuff like this? I know I do. It sort of reminds me of Hello World by Jason Shiga, but looks more fun to play with. Peter is also a programmer with a couple of really cool Palm OS tools you can download for free from his site.
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Thu, 25 Mar 2004
the dude abides
Steve Rude has come and gone from Hijinx Downtown, leaving only good
memories and happy fans behind. He was a great guest, and the day was
one of our most successful promotions ever. Steve took lots of time to
talk with old fans but also plenty of time talking to young kids who may
not have heard of him before but left full of enthusiasm for comics.
Here's one nice picture of Steve at work, but watch this space in the
next few days as I post scans of some of the great sketches he did.
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Sun, 21 Mar 2004
Mirrormask by Gaiman and McKean
I hadn't even heard of Mirrormask until I just read about it on a
private message board. Apparently it's a collaborative effort between
Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean and the Jim Henson company. This is pretty
exciting stuff, folks! From the website:
MirrorMask centers on Helena, a 15 year old girl in a family of circus entertainers, who often wishes she could run off and join real life. After a fight with her parents about her future plans, her mother falls quite ill and Helena is convinced that it is all her fault. On the eve of her mother's major surgery, she dreams that she is in a strange world with two opposing queens, bizarre creatures, and masked inhabitants. All is not well in this new world - the white queen has fallen ill and can only be restored by the MirrorMask, and it's up to Helena to find it. But as her adventures continue, she begins to wonder whether she's in a dream, or something far more sinister.
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Thu, 18 Mar 2004
without further ado...
I give you Gorillarama. A comic lover's guide to all things simian. Enjoy. Thanks go to Grotesque Anatomy
on this one.
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Sat, 06 Mar 2004
now you're cooking with google
Check out this cool google hack that lets you put in the ingredients in your
fridge, and it will spit out a recipe. Try it here:
JK appreciation day is Wednesday, March 10
I'm officially declaring Wednesday, March 10 to be JK appreciation day the day where we can all give thanks to JK McGill the unsung hero of Hijinx Comics Willow Glen. For those that don't know, JK sold the store to me
almost 2 years ago and I still can't get him to leave! He hasn't
missed a new comics day at the shop for over 17 years and shows no
signs of missing one soon.
I worked for JK for many years of my misspent youth and have him to thank for my lifelong love of comics. We have very different tastes in comics, but there's nobody whose opinion I value more when it comes to running Hijinx. I've never met anybody with a bad thing to say about him as a person, and I know from watching that he's a great husband and devoted dad to his two kids.
So come in Wednesday and say thanks to JK for his years of service keeping one of the last remaining comic shops in San Jose in business. Without his tireless efforts, there wouldn't be a Hijinx today.
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Tue, 02 Mar 2004
what is best in life?
We have a winner of the Conan contest! Lance writes:
JUST FOUND YOUR WEBSITE TODAY WHILE DOING A SEARCH FOR STEVE RUDE. GLAD TO SEE THAT HE WILL BE VISITING YOUR STORE ON HIS MOTH TOUR, HOPE TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND AND MEET HIM AS HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTIST. WHEN I CAME ACROSS THE CONAN CONTEST ON YOUR WEBSITE, I DID A SEARCH OF MY NEAR COMPLETE MARVEL CONAN COLLECTION AND FOUND THE GIL KANE PINUP ON THE INSIDE FRONT COVER OF "SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN" ISSUE#29. I HOPE THAT THIS QUESTION HAS NOT YET BEEN ANSWERED AND THAT I AM THE FIRST TO DO SO. HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.
Lance has won a $20 gift certificate from Hijinx Willow Glen. See, isn't the internet wonderful?
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