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Hellboy VS Rhinosferatu

As you read this, I am in Portland at the HPL Film Festival, where Mike Mignola is a guest. I really like Mignola’s art, and have since Cosmic Odyssey and Rocket Raccoon. I liked cool before it was cool to like cool. I set aside an evening to ignore my girlfriend and draw this picture, which I am going to give to Mike. Secretly I hope that he will draw a picture of Rhinosferatu for me, but I’ll be jazzed if he accepts the drawing regardless.

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My Blog Gets Me In Trouble (Again).

After I chided Kolja about being passive-aggressive, Kolja pointed out that doing so on a blog is also passive-aggressive, and he’s absolutely right. Everything else aside, please consider this an open apology for that impropriety. There’s something about the internet (the anonymity perhaps?) that manages to squeeze the graciousness out of an otherwise good argument. I also fault myself for setting an unkind tone with the post in the first place. I do think it’s an argument that needs to continue, but maybe not here and maybe not now.

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Do You Believe in Facts?

So there’s been a very passionate argument lately in my post about the moon landing.

It seems to me that we are given a plethora (yes, I said plethora) of information in this crazy life – way too much for us to process, much less check up on. The question is what information are we willing to accept as factual and what do we reject as bullshit? I personally have never been to Africa. I have seen a lion. I’ve seen a map and a globe. But I’ve never said to myself “I’m going to do more research until I’m 100% sure that this so-called ‘Africa’ exists” and then book passage on a boat and try to stay awake the whole trip and monitor all the instruments (which may or may not be rigged).

If Africa doesn’t exist, a lot of people have been trying to mislead me (or us). The reason I choose to believe what I’m told about Africa, and in many other instances, comes down to this question…

(…and it is the question of the skeptic:)

“Why?”

How could it be that all sources of information about Africa are inaccurate? It just doesn’t make sense. Oh sure, some of the information will be bad, that’s reasonable to assume. One can, and should, parse and critique both data and its source.

But, as Joe says, there is such a thing as being so open-minded that you do yourself a disservice (I’m paraphrasing now). If you refuse to accept the testimony of experts, if you refuse to trust in common knowledge, if you refuse to rely on sheer reason, well…you aren’t going to have any African friends.

On a not-really related, but hilarious topic:

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Rhinosferatu – Rolston Style!

I wasn’t helping Deanna pack, move or clean for almost 5 hours this weekend. During those 5 hours I was as Word Under the Street at the Cloudscape Collective table showing off my art. Right across from my table was Steve Rolston’s. Steve has done work for TMNT, Queen & Country, The Escapists, and a host of other stuff. He taught me everything I know about comics (that I didn’t already read in books) in his Introduction to Comic Book Production course at VanArts. I recommend it!

Steve was kind enough to contribute to my Rhinosferatu sketchbook. Click to make big:

You can visit steverolston.com and read his livejournal where he often posts sketches and whatnots at http://steverolston.livejournal.com/

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And I Like their Feta-Kalamata Olive-Tomato Pizza Too!

For those who like seafood on their pizza (I don’t) and are concerned about our favourite planet, it might interest you to know that:

Panago is Ocean Wise

Consumers can now make sustainable seafood choices when ordering pizza. Panago is the first takeout and delivery chain to partner with the Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise seafood conservation program. Panago has transitioned all seafood menu items, at over 160 locations, to ensure they are Ocean Wise. “As well as offering our customers high quality ingredients, we are pleased about being able to offer our customers a more environmentally responsible choice when seafood is ordered,” says Panago’s CEO Sean De Gregorio. “The partnership is a small step toward minimizing environmental impact on our oceans,” he adds.

“Overfishing is THE number one problem facing the world’s oceans,” says Dr. John Nightingale, President of the Vancouver Aquarium. “With over 90% of ocean animals longer than 6 feet now gone, and with most ocean fisheries on the brink of collapse within the next 25 years, it is a major problem that we must respond to. Panago has done just that by committing to provide sustainable seafood alternatives in partnership with the Ocean Wise program. As one of the largest pizza providers in Western Canada, and expansion eastward, they are proving that change is possible and they are most certainly a leader among quick service restaurants.”

For more information, please visit:
http://www.vanaqua.org/oceanwise
http://www.panago.com