Dwayne Johnson Fan: The Rock is absolutely the first wrestler to become a real movie star! Roddy Piper Fan: Hey, Junior, lemme school you. Santo Fan: You’re both a couple of whippersnappers. Tor Johnson Fan: Sellouts, all of them. (Sob.)
Bloodworms by the boatload!
I ran out of the small spice jars I had been using for the Siberian bloodworms, but I found these on Ebay for about a buck each in a case of twenty-four, including postage. Also, O what a difference natural light makes!
And now, a specimen of a different kind.
Varying a bit from my fantastic grotesqueries in jars, here’s a historical grotesquery in a box: If you can’t read the label, it says, “Witch finger’ amulet to ward off evil.” I’m almost as proud of the box as of the finger: When I started, it was a plain balsa wood box from a yard…
Assemblages Assemble!
Writing about art is famously like dancing about architecture, but I’m gonna attempt it anyway. The first part, not the second. Though you should see my Frank Lloyd Wright jitterbug retrospective. Waaay back, I got an Art Minor with my Lit degree, but I never felt invigorated by the possibilities of my own work. Despite…
A veritable infestation of creatures!
On the left, a septic parasite; on the right, more Siberian bloodworms, as the label clearly states. These will also be for sale at CONduit on Memorial Day weekend. (I’m planning to have an oodle of bloodworms; everything else will be one of a kind.)
More creatures!
Using Photoshop to help correct the flaws of my poor photography… By the way, all the creatures I’ve posted, and ones yet to come, will be for sale at CONduit at the end of May.
Creeeeee-tures!
Justifying the “I make things” part of my subtitle, here are a couple of things in jars that I made recently: Yes, I know, I am a terrible photographer. They look much cooler in person.
E-karma.
Hostivia, the crappy webhost which let all of my data crash and burn without a backup, apologized by offering three months of free hosting. Obviously, I would rather get something for something than nothing for nothing, so I signed up with another provider. Didn’t bother cancelling my Hostivia account, though. Got the quarterly email today…
Whither Pulp of the Day?
So. I’ve got this domain working (obviously), CheapCaffeine.net is spewing out marginally humorous cartoons on a daily basis, Lousy Book Covers is all current (I’m still working on the archives, currently back to the summer of 2012), Cold Fusion Media has a placeholder page, Fifth Planet Design is at least aimed at the right host,…
Book cover design — the home surgery edition!
i just posted a little guide to designing your own book cover over at Lousy Book Covers. It’s really good, he said modestly.