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RIP Aaron Allston

| February 28, 2014

I found out this morning that Aaron Allston passed away due to a massive heart attack. He was attending VisionCon this weekend. I first “met” Aaron while I was Shelly Shapiro’s assistant at Del Rey Books. He was a voice on the phone and e-mail for a while. We finally met at some convention and […]

Conventional Wisdom: Sometimes Fandom scares me

| February 27, 2014

I have been in various forms of fandom for more years than I care count. Ok I could count them but I don’t want to. One thing that always seems to come into play is drama of one form or another. This happened before the Internet allowed it to be more a part of fandom […]

The Internet is for…

| February 26, 2014

Many things besides the obvious lyric from Avenue Q. Yesterday ours vanished on us at a rather inopportune time since Peter had finished up a syllabus for a course he is teaching on Comic Experience. (For more information on that click here. It should be a very informative course.) We went through the usual phone […]

Crafty Tuesday: Why I do what I do

| February 25, 2014

I was asked at a convention not so recently, “Puppets? Why Puppets?” in terms of my entry in the art show. The obvious is that I like puppets. I like that it is a practical piece of art that can be used to make more art. I like the looks on peoples faces both adults […]

Caroline’s First Published Art!

| February 24, 2014

Caroline loves Monster High and she has been getting the Monster High Magazine. The newest issue came out this past week. She flipped through it and then flipped because on the art page by fans was her drawing that she sent in last year. (For the VI this is a page of art from the […]