%$@&*!!! Written on July 2, 2010, by Zack.
My wife and I have recently become obsessed with the British television comedy The Thick of It, after having seen the movie adaptation of the series, In The Loop. It’s superbly written, and all the actors in the series and the film do an amazing job as ineffectual, self-important bureaucrats vying for power in a fictional department in [...]
What’s in store Written on June 29, 2010, by Zack.
And we’re back! Excuse the hiatus – one of the difficulties of being a professional video game artist is that by the end of the work day my creative energies get a bit zapped. This is especially true when what I’m doing at work is especially creatively challenging and/or fulfilling. Though I’ve recently finished a [...]
New Work. And yes, it’s bird-related. Written on April 5, 2010, by Zack.
I’ve been frequenting the children’s book blog Vintage Kids’ Books My Kid Loves for a few months now, and if you visit the site (which you should) it’s easy to see why. Burgin, who runs the blog, posts near-daily scans and summaries of some of the best-loved and sometimes unjustly-forgotten gems from the 50s to 80s — [...]
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, really, it’s a bird. Written on December 15, 2009, by Zack.
Honestly, what kind of city is home to citizens who just stop in the middle of the street and shout excitedly that they see an object in the sky that may be a bird or a plane? I’ll tell you what city: Metropolis, same place wear a guy can have a pair of glasses on [...]
What Are You Like? Written on December 7, 2009, by Zack.
A couple of days ago I stumbled upon a print series called What Are You Like? Each contributing artist was asked to draw eight of their favorite things from a list of of twelve categories: animal, book, clothes, comfort, food, pastime, place, possession, music, shoes, weather and pet aversion. The participants were pretty diverse, from [...]