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April 16, 2010

Some Thoughts on Downloading

Some interesting discussions of internet piracy have recently come up.

Over at Whitechapel, Warren Ellis' message board, there is a discussion on the benefits of piracy.

F. Paul Wilson has an essay arguing the opposite over at his blog.

I spend a lot of time thinking about this topic and have come to the conclusion of being pro internet piracy culture.

Wilson makes some good points in his essay on how the work is being taken out of his hands and people are consuming his product without paying...

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Published on April 16, 2010 12:39

Star Trek Break

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Published on April 16, 2010 11:08

April 15, 2010

BizarroCon 2010 Dates Annouced


You can bet I'll be there.



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Published on April 15, 2010 14:57

Kitten Break

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Published on April 15, 2010 14:55

April 14, 2010

Cover Art for new Edward Lee novella collection


This may be a contender for the most badass cover ever!


Some more info on the book:


Containing reprints of three classic Edward Lee novellas of horror, gore, and body fluids. Featuring:

Ever Nat

The Salt-Diviner

The Refrigerator full of Sperm


Blasting through your skull much sooner than you think.

From Deadite Press



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Published on April 14, 2010 16:40

New Review of Super Giant Monster Time!

Ryan Pikes at The Gauntlet, the University of Calgary's undergraduate newsweekly, recently reviewed my new book, Super Giant Monster Time! You may remember Pike interviewed me last year about the creation of Shatnerquake.

"I was a bit daunted when our Entertainment Editor asked me to review Jeff Burk's newest book, Super Giant Monster Time. The name itself makes me want to read it, but I wasn't sure how to handle reviewing a choose-your-own-adventure book, especially one written by such an ...

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Published on April 14, 2010 16:01

South Park's 200th Episode

As many of you can probably guess, I love South Park. The show and its wonderful brand of tasteless humor and social satire has been a major influence on my artistic career. While working on Super Giant Monster Time! I repeatably watched the episode Mecha-Streisand for inspiration.

Tonight South Park reaches a new milestone with the airing of its 200th episode. To celebrate the occasion, Xeni Jardin of Boing Boing sat down with Matt Stone and Trey Parker to talk about this awesome...

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Published on April 14, 2010 15:49

April 13, 2010