Jason's Blog, page 169

Athos cover

Here's the coverdrawing for Athos in America...



... and the sketch.

H. J. Ward

Got my copy of H.J. Ward, a collection of his pulp art from The Illustrated Press. It's just as brilliant as the Norman Saunders book.

Poster for sale

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Romeo Is Bleeding

Gary Oldman is a corrupt cop asked by mafia boss Roy Scheider to kill Russian hitwoman Lena Olin. Also starring Juliette Lewis and Michael Wincott, directed by Peter Medak.



It's a neo-noir that tries a bit too hard to be stylish. The characters never seem like real, three-dimensional people, and the voiceover used in the film gets pretty annoying. The first hour of the film is a bit boring, actually, and then it gets really bugfuck crazy the last half hour. A very intense performance from Oldman as the cop, and Olin as the ultimate femme fatale is also very good.

Steven Wright

I went into a place to eat, it said "breakfast anytime." So I ordered French toast during the Renaissance.

Lorrie Moore

"She was trying to tease him, but it came out wrong, like a lizard with a little hat on."

The Limits of Control

A man, Isaach De Bankolé, is sent on a cryptic mission somewhere in Spain. Also starring John Hurt, Tilda Swinton and Bill Murray, written and directed by Jim Jarmusch.



You don't speak Spanish, right? The film is almost hypnotic in it's slowness - visually it's amazing, but is it mysterious or is it arty, is it deep or is it pretentious? I ended up actually enjoying the film, more so than Jarmusch's previous film, Broken Flowers. It's right on the edge of being boring, but there is also some humour. When the nude girl shows up it's almost like a parody of a French art film. There's a referances to Godard's Contempt and also to other movies, like Kaurismäki's La Vie de Bohème. I have no idea what it's really about, but that's okay. I liked the journey. And Spain shore looks purty on film.

Barbara Bouchet

No particular reason...

Charles Bukowski

Sway With Me by Charles Bukowski sway with me, everything sad --

madmen in stone houses

without doors,

lepers steaming love and song

frogs trying to figure

the sky;

sway with me, sad things --

fingers split on a forge

old age like breakfast shell

used books, used people

used flowers, used love

I need you

I need you

I need you:

it has run away

like a horse or a dog,

dead or lost

or unforgiving.

Velvet Glove

My German publisher, Reprodukt, is celebrating their 20 years by having an exhibition in Berlin. They have asked their artists to draw a page from one of the books that have been published. I chose to do a page from Daniel Clowes' Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron.