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Teenage Beast: The Home Stretch
This morning I finished the main body of the first draft of my horror novel, Teenage Beast.
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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
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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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Up on the Circle
The following frames are among my favorite shots from this Photo Elective series. They are photos of a defunct greasy spoon known as the Murphy House that sat before a swampy marsh up in the area where Westville ended.
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Tagged 1980s, 1982, 35mm, analog, diner, eatery, Food, greasy spoon, Murphy House, New Jersey, Pan-X, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Psycho, rust belt, USA, vintage, Westville, Willceau
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The Lone Boxcar
Here’s a series of my photo elective shots I took while wandering the “wilds” of Westville, New Jersey trying to find a subject or composition that would please my photography teacher and get me a passing grade. It seems that … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 1982, 35mm, abandoned, analog, black and white, boxcar, debris, deserted, Joe Williams, New Jersey, photography, rust belt, sad, train, USA, vintage, Westville
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