Jaq Greenspon's Blog, page 53
October 3, 2015
24 Images Describing Life So Accurately It Hurts
Sometimes life is really hard Source: 24 Images Describing Life So Accurately It Hurts
October 2, 2015
DAVID • Think: “Holy Bagels, Batman!”
Discovering Superman’s Jewish DNA Source: DAVID • Think: “Holy Bagels, Batman! This month, in David Magazine, I explore the secret origin of comic books themselves!
September 14, 2015
These words… they don’t mean what you think they mean.
Steven Pinker is a brilliant linguist with an ear for the common tongue and a brain to understand how it fits into the new millennium. Still… there are words which he says we (the collective, English-speaking we, not you in particular) get wrong with alarming regularity. He also has a word or two (or ten, […]
September 12, 2015
Phantasmagoria…
Sometimes you just gotta let the brain go where it wants…
‘The Fantastic Made Visible’ Suffers From Some Blind Spots | PopMatters
“The essays within display a fantastic array of quality.” Here's a new review I did for PopMatters. 14 essays about adaptation from book to film. Click and give 'em some love. 'The Fantastic Made Visible' Suffers From Some Blind Spots | PopMatters 
September 11, 2015
The Craven/Chapin connection
Had no idea the connection between Harry Chapin and Wes Craven. Amazing how lives intersect. Source: Wes Craven: The Man and his Nightmares – John Wooley – Google Books 
August 31, 2015
DAVID • Think: Sky High Holy Days
Astronaut Bloom’s Amazing New Year in Space Source: DAVID • Think: Sky High Holy Days Is this eligible for a Hugo? Either way, here’s my new fictional offering from the pages of David Magazine. And check out the art from the amazing (and available) Warren Wucinich!
August 30, 2015
August 22, 2015
Brainstorming
Just because someone else has done something similar, doesn’t mean you can’t do it your way, with your vision, in your voice.
August 18, 2015
Silesian Holidays – A weekend in Poland 14-16 August
Once again, I’m at Coffee Inn with Monika and she’s studying for a tour to the Silesian Lowlands of Poland. This is a tour she’s created and done a few times in the past, and it’s happening a week or so before school starts so I figure it’s safe to ask if I can go along. […]
