The days have been really packed the last month or so with my daily professional posting elsewhere and other fun things like my MacBook Air review for MTV Multiplayer and the shot-by-shot “Green Lantern” trailer breakdown I did for MTV News. Here’s what’s had my attention during the last week though: • My old colleague … Read moreLink Sausage: 12/1/2010
• I ended up out at the Twins/White Sox game on Saturday instead of traveling out to Manhattan to the MoCCA Art Fest, but luckily Gary Tyrrell, Rick Marshall and Sean T. Collins blogged about most of the things I would have wanted to see anyway. At the top of that list, of course, is … Read moreLink Sausage: 4/13/2010
• Well, first off, if you doubted why I’ve been neglecting the blog over the past few weeks, it’s because I’ve been busy with day-job work. If you need links for proof, I’ve been writing about Adrien Brody and Predators, Edward Norton and The Avengers, the 2010 Academy Awards, Olivia Wilde and Tron: Legacy, Marc … Read moreLink Sausage: 3/16/2010
• Well, first off, if you doubted why I’ve been neglecting the blog over the past few weeks, it’s because I’ve been busy with day-job work. If you need links for proof, I’ve been writing about Adrien Brody and Predators, Edward Norton and The Avengers, the 2010 Academy Awards, Olivia Wilde and Tron: Legacy, Marc … Read moreLink Sausage: 3/16/2010
• So here’s a decent photo study on Chicago’s “Rockabilly subculture,” which I didn’t know much about prior finding this link on Digg. I was disappointed that these “lifers” don’t include girls in Viking helmets jumping rope as a part of their definition of Rockabilly aesthetic. • You don’t need to speak Swedish to be … Read moreLink Sausage: 2/8/2010
• If you don’t read the The Oatmeal yet, the “10 Things You Need to Stop Tweeting About” page is a great place to start. After you do that, I recommend viewing the TwitPic page that accidentally shares a URL with one of the panels you’ve just seen. • Surely if you read webcomics at … Read moreLink Sausage: 2/1/2010
• Bluewater Productions is headlining a new round of controversy that they’ve since responded to with many words regarding how their talent is and isn’t paid. Comics Worth Reading has responded with a pledge to no longer cover their books, and my friend Chris Ward entered the conversation in the comment thread there. (His Obama … Read moreLink Sausage: 1/26/2010
• Sad news this week as the Poe Toaster failed to show up at Edgar Allan Poe’s grave in Baltimore, breaking a 60-year tradition. • I must have missed this when it was popular, but someone spliced together scenes from A Goofy Movie to make it look like David Lynch was the director. • Firearms … Read moreLink Sausage: 1/19/2010
• Complex took a swing at naming the 50 best comic book covers of 2009. There are some absolutely spectacular choices on there, but I was especially happy to see Juan Doe’s Nova #22 nab the top slot. • We the writers of MTV’s Splash Page blog have named our own top picks of 2009. … Read moreLink Sausage: 12/15/2009
• T.J. Dietsch has one of the greatest Christmas decorations I have ever seen. • The @MarkMillarIdeas Twitter account has evolved into a sentient entity that could keep Marvel and DC powered for decades to come. (via Robot6) • I knew Alan Moore could sing. But who knew he could move with this kind of … Read moreLink Sausage: 12/07/2009