Jason's Blog, page 84

Gone Girl

Another disappointment from Fincher. As with Girl Dragon Tattoo, it is well made, but easily forgettable. Try something else, Finch. You've already made one of the best films about murdering maniacs. Except one scene toward the end, involving a lot of blood, the film lacked the Fincher touch. The Game was a disappointment too, but at least it had some great, creepy scenes. I just didn't buy the story. What works on the page, doesn't necessarily work on screen. And the whole media satire part feels pretty tired. Rosamund Pike is good in her part. Ben Affleck has some of the same qualities as Tom Cruise: he's hard to relate to. You just want to punch him in the face. If it had been Mark Ruffalo or someone like that the film automatically would have been more compelling.

Springsteen by the book

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/books/review/bruce-springsteen-by-the-book.html?ref=books&_r=0

Big bug panel

Marc Maron

... reads from his book, Attempting Normal.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_BGSEH2JfA

2 panels, 1 film deux

http://lewistrondheim.tumblr.com/

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Bruce Springsteen

Top 5 Bruce Springsteen records:1. Nebraska2. Tunnel of Love3. The River4. Born in the USA5. Devils & Dust

Janusz Stanny 2

If You Steal

This anthology of off-kilter, anthropomorphic short comics by Jason feature Frida Kahlo as a contract killer, and much more.
Jason’s latest collection of full color comics indulges in his light and playful side, consisting of eleven wildly off-kilter stories that mix incongruous elements of pop culture and a variety of genres, pastiches and mash-ups in a delightful soupcon of graphic storytelling. Frida Kahlo is a hired killer. Santo, the Mexican wrestling film star, faces his ultimate challenge. The rise and fall of Chet Baker—told in six pages. Night of the Vampire Hunter. The last word on the JFK assassination conspiracies. A non-linear heist story that also somehow includes images by Magritte. A big bug story based on 1950s black-and-white films. And what would Van Morrison’s Moondance album look like if it was a horror comic? All as foretold by Nostradamus, of course. And all told by Jason, whose sly and elusive meanings are hidden beneath a beguilingly deadpan style. Full-color illustrations throughout
http://www.amazon.com/If-You-Steal-Jason/dp/1606998544/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1414180003&sr=8-1&keywords=if+you+steal+jason

Paff!

I'm listening to the latest Inkstuds, and my name is mentioned as having drawn Paul Pope being slapped by a German woman during the Oslo comic book convention in 2013. She's not German, she's a Norwegian journalist living in Berlin and I wasn't a witness to the slap but heard about it later (it was the thing everybody was talking about) and did this quick sketch.