Behold, Thy Great Arches
First off, a round of business. The main site (www.torcpress.com) has indeed been updated with new Cast bios of Halloween Man, DoomHarvest, and Wugpie. All three of these are veteran characters: Halloween Man appeared in my very first Xerox Comic, "Pulp Horrorshow #1", Doomy appeared in "Pulp Horrorshow #4", and Wugpie debuted several years later in "Super Duper Fun Comix: Killing Machine #1". All are very near and dear to me, and will be appearing in "SDF: Strange Patterns" as soon as it's released.
Now for a little Geography. I live Clay City, IL, pop 950. The nearest metropolitan areas (aka they have a shopping mall and a good theatre) are as follows: Evansville, IN, 1 and a half hour drive, Terre Haute, IN, 2 hour drive, Springfield, IL, a little over 2 hour drive, Carbondale, IL, 2 hours 20 mins, and Fairview Heights, IL, a solid 2 hour drive. As a side note, almighty Chicago, IL, is a whopping SIX HOUR drive North for me. The important part of this rant, is Fairview Heights, which is a suberb of St. Louis, MO. When people from around here say, "I'm goin to St. Louie," what they usually mean is they're going to Fairview, which is actually about 30 mins East of St. Louis proper.
Welp, me and my trained howler monkeys (Bro and Fitch), set a course for St. Louis proper. Hell, yeah, it was time to pass by the Arch and try not to die on a bridge overlooking the Mighty Mississippi (spell?). Our goal: spend our Christmas cash. Bro went to the Guitar Center and spent a buttload of money on recording gear. Me, I went to THREE DIFFERENT COMIC SHOPS in the same day! Yeah, the Christmas cash went by fast. (Side note: Reviews of my weekend acquisitions will be up tommorow)
We ate at a Mexican Grill called Qdoba's. Or at least I think that was the name. The place reminded me of Chipotle's in Chicago (a favorite eatery when we're at Wizard World), except the food wasn't as hot and the decor wasn't as art deco. Still, good stuff, it was obvious that quality ingrediants were used and that the food was prepared fairly fresh. The only heartbreaking part was that there was ANOTHER Mexican restaraunt on the same street called "Tomatillos". Gotta go there the next time I'm in town.
We rounded out the night by watching "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissoo" at the swanky danky Tivoli theatre. Man, that movie was rock on. It's wierd and funny and detailed and strange and silly and dense and intelligent. Bill Murray is so good... it should be illegal how frickin' good Murray is in this movie. Hell, even Owen Wilson does a good job. Highly recommended; watch it, if you don't like it, just blame it on my insanity and strange personal tastes.
Dig them Arches, man.
Now for a little Geography. I live Clay City, IL, pop 950. The nearest metropolitan areas (aka they have a shopping mall and a good theatre) are as follows: Evansville, IN, 1 and a half hour drive, Terre Haute, IN, 2 hour drive, Springfield, IL, a little over 2 hour drive, Carbondale, IL, 2 hours 20 mins, and Fairview Heights, IL, a solid 2 hour drive. As a side note, almighty Chicago, IL, is a whopping SIX HOUR drive North for me. The important part of this rant, is Fairview Heights, which is a suberb of St. Louis, MO. When people from around here say, "I'm goin to St. Louie," what they usually mean is they're going to Fairview, which is actually about 30 mins East of St. Louis proper.
Welp, me and my trained howler monkeys (Bro and Fitch), set a course for St. Louis proper. Hell, yeah, it was time to pass by the Arch and try not to die on a bridge overlooking the Mighty Mississippi (spell?). Our goal: spend our Christmas cash. Bro went to the Guitar Center and spent a buttload of money on recording gear. Me, I went to THREE DIFFERENT COMIC SHOPS in the same day! Yeah, the Christmas cash went by fast. (Side note: Reviews of my weekend acquisitions will be up tommorow)
We ate at a Mexican Grill called Qdoba's. Or at least I think that was the name. The place reminded me of Chipotle's in Chicago (a favorite eatery when we're at Wizard World), except the food wasn't as hot and the decor wasn't as art deco. Still, good stuff, it was obvious that quality ingrediants were used and that the food was prepared fairly fresh. The only heartbreaking part was that there was ANOTHER Mexican restaraunt on the same street called "Tomatillos". Gotta go there the next time I'm in town.
We rounded out the night by watching "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissoo" at the swanky danky Tivoli theatre. Man, that movie was rock on. It's wierd and funny and detailed and strange and silly and dense and intelligent. Bill Murray is so good... it should be illegal how frickin' good Murray is in this movie. Hell, even Owen Wilson does a good job. Highly recommended; watch it, if you don't like it, just blame it on my insanity and strange personal tastes.
Dig them Arches, man.
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