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Tag Archives: 1978
Teenage Beast: The Home Stretch
This morning I finished the main body of the first draft of my horror novel, Teenage Beast.
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch, Teenage Beast
Tagged 1978, black and white art, comic book art, comic books, creative process, creative writing, drawing, fiction writing, first draft, from the sketchbook, horror comics, horror fiction, horror novel, Illustration, independent author, independent comics, indie author, indie comics, It Came From The Sketchbook, Joe Williams, novel writing, pen and ink, Philadelphia, punk rock, rust belt, self publishing, sketchbook, sketchbook art, Strathmore, Teenage Beast, writing, writing process
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Teenage Beast: Words and Pictures
As I have written before, I have been writing a horror novel — Teenage Beast — since June 7th and frankly, I am surprised by my progress. I thought I would spend several days staring at a flashing cursor, not … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch, Teenage Beast
Tagged 1970s, 1978, black and white art, cartooning, comic book art, comic books, creative process, creative writing, drawing, fiction writing, horror comics, horror fiction, horror novel, illustrated books, Illustration, independent comics, indie comics, It Came From The Sketchbook, Joe Williams, pen and ink, Philadelphia, punk rock, rust belt, self publishing, sketchbook, sketchbook art, Strathmore, Teenage Beast, USA, writing, writing process
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Two Months, Four Days and 38,329 Words Later
I’m still writing. Somehow I have managed to keep to my morning ritual. Sadly, if this were a gym membership, I would have crapped out on it long ago. Writing is a lot less physically taxing, but it is mentally … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook, Teenage Beast
Tagged 1970s, 1978, cartooning, comic book art, comic books, creative process, drawing, horror, horror comics, horror fiction, Illustration, independent comics, indie comics, It Came From The Sketchbook, Joe Williams, LibreOffice, Philadelphia, punk rock, sketchbooks, Teenage Beast, USA, writing
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A Face in the Crowd
I’m about 70 pages into the first draft of my Teenage Beast story. I envision it as a comic, but I am writing it out as a full prose story because that is simply the way it wants to come … Continue reading
Terrible Movie – Great Soundtrack
I am once again returning to the well of awful movies that had great soundtracks. This time it’s Brian DePalma’s The Fury which was released in 1978 and is based on a novel by John Farris who also contributed the … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter
Tagged 1978, Brian DePalma, horror, John William, movie, rcord, The Fury
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Marvel Treasury Editions
80 glorious over-sized pages of Hulk stories by some of the greatest members of Marvel Comics’ legendary bullpen of writers and illustrators. The treasury editions were printed on newsprint like the regular comic books, and they were usually sold at … Continue reading
Posted in Curious Clutter, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1978, Hulk, Marvel, Treasury Edition
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The Nadir
As far as culture and entertainment, it often feels as if we are living through the worst of times. Old cranks like myself constantly opine that entertainment is not entertaining either through the sheer ineptitude or the callous disregard of … Continue reading
Posted in Weird World of the Roku, What's on TV?
Tagged 1978, DistroTV, Real People, rerun, Roku
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Trust Me, I’m a Doctor!
This guy who looks like a cross between 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, child murderer Albert Fish and the frozen remains of a long-lost Antarctic explorer claims he can help you lose nine pounds in two days … Continue reading
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1978, diet, doctor, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, sinister, weight loss
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Past Tense?
Sorry, Parker Stevenson! The joke was too obvious to pass up!
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1970s, 1978, ABC, ad, Battlestar Galactica, boredom, clebrity, Godzilla, Jimmy Carter, malaise, Marvel Comics, Parker Stevenson, space opera, Star Wars, Sunday, teenager, The Hardy Boys, vintage
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