Updates and Fluff
I am such a scatter-brain. During alla my hyping yesterday, I forgot to mention that the main site, www.torcpress.com, has been updated. The Cast section now has full color images of BoJangles, Kanabub Abul, and Lab Bunny. The Cast section of the website is neat in my opinion for two reasons, 1) it's the only place you can see my characters in color, cause I can't afford a color cover on the book, and even if I could I can't fit every character on every cover, 2) sometimes I put important bits of information in the bios. Of course, some characters need to remain mysterious, so they get shorter, more oblique bios.
Anyway, enough hype, I promised pointless inanities today, so here's my:
Top Ten Coolest People of All Time Who Don't Live in Clay City, IL or St. Paul, MN, and are not Jesus
10. George Washington Carver- Invented, like, a thousand uses for peanuts. And then invented a bunch of uses for potatoes. Man, if one dude could come up with that many uses for such common things, then why don't we have a usable alternative to fossil fuel? Anyone?
9. Glen Danzig- My favorite metal performer. I can't explain why, but Danzig's goth metal just kicks my ass.
8. Samuel L. Jackson- I hate celebrities. I really hate actors. But we'll make an exception for Mr. Sammy Jackson. Why? He was absolutely awesome as Jules Winslow in "Pulp Fiction", and he's was the most bad ass Jedi EVER as Mace Windoo. You know which Light Saber is his? It's the one that says Bad Ass Mother Fucker on it.
7. Hunter S. Thompson- Drug addled gonzo journalist who attacked life (and Richard Nixon) like a rabid pit bull. After his death, his ashes were shot out of a cannon. Makes me think about what I wanna do for my funeral.
6. Frank Miller- Wrote and/or drew some of my all time favorite comics, including his stellar runs on Daredevil and Batman, as well as Sin City and 300. Wrote the scripts for Robocop 2 &3, which admittedly, were not as good as the original, but were still pretty damn good. Plus, he co-directed Sin City, which is still, easily the best film of the year.
5. Jim Henson- Gave us the Muppets, Seasame Street, Fraggle Rock, the Dark Crystal, Labrynth, and the Jim Henson Monster Shop, which has responcible for some of the best costumes and movie effects in cinema history. Shaped the limitless boundaries of my childhood, and I'm still a fan of the Muppets as a mature adult. Died too young. We can forgive him for the travesty that is Elmo.
4. David Cronenberg- On the outside he looks like a college professor. On the inside he created and directed some of the most screwed up films ever, like the Fly, Naked Lunch, eXistenZ, Videodrome, and ect.
3. David Lynch- Lynch is crazy as hell. He's got a flock of seagulls haircut, a nasally voice, and he's proud to be an Eagle Scout. He also directed such ass stomping films as Wild at Heart, Lost Highway, Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, and ect. Also responcible for creating the greatest TV series EVER, Twin Peaks.
2. Jack "The King" Kirby- The most powerful creative mind in history. Created or co-created Captain America, the Fantastic Four, Dr. Doom, Galactus, Iron Man, the Hulk, the Inhumans, the Eternals, Etrigan the Demon, the early Avengers, the early X-Men, Magneto, the New Gods, Darkseid, Mr. Miracle, and more others than I can think of. Designed Spider-Man. Mostly importantly, created the character that got me into comics in the first place, the Silver Surfer.
1. Hugh Hefner- C'mon. You can't be that surprised. He's 400 years old and is being held together by a combination of Viagra, duct tape, and voodoo magic. Despite this, he lives in the world's most beatiful mansion and is surrounded by beautiful 18 to 25 year old women all the time, most of which are his girlfriends. Yeah. Every dude wants to be Hugh. Any dude who doesn't is lying.
Anyway, enough hype, I promised pointless inanities today, so here's my:
Top Ten Coolest People of All Time Who Don't Live in Clay City, IL or St. Paul, MN, and are not Jesus
10. George Washington Carver- Invented, like, a thousand uses for peanuts. And then invented a bunch of uses for potatoes. Man, if one dude could come up with that many uses for such common things, then why don't we have a usable alternative to fossil fuel? Anyone?
9. Glen Danzig- My favorite metal performer. I can't explain why, but Danzig's goth metal just kicks my ass.
8. Samuel L. Jackson- I hate celebrities. I really hate actors. But we'll make an exception for Mr. Sammy Jackson. Why? He was absolutely awesome as Jules Winslow in "Pulp Fiction", and he's was the most bad ass Jedi EVER as Mace Windoo. You know which Light Saber is his? It's the one that says Bad Ass Mother Fucker on it.
7. Hunter S. Thompson- Drug addled gonzo journalist who attacked life (and Richard Nixon) like a rabid pit bull. After his death, his ashes were shot out of a cannon. Makes me think about what I wanna do for my funeral.
6. Frank Miller- Wrote and/or drew some of my all time favorite comics, including his stellar runs on Daredevil and Batman, as well as Sin City and 300. Wrote the scripts for Robocop 2 &3, which admittedly, were not as good as the original, but were still pretty damn good. Plus, he co-directed Sin City, which is still, easily the best film of the year.
5. Jim Henson- Gave us the Muppets, Seasame Street, Fraggle Rock, the Dark Crystal, Labrynth, and the Jim Henson Monster Shop, which has responcible for some of the best costumes and movie effects in cinema history. Shaped the limitless boundaries of my childhood, and I'm still a fan of the Muppets as a mature adult. Died too young. We can forgive him for the travesty that is Elmo.
4. David Cronenberg- On the outside he looks like a college professor. On the inside he created and directed some of the most screwed up films ever, like the Fly, Naked Lunch, eXistenZ, Videodrome, and ect.
3. David Lynch- Lynch is crazy as hell. He's got a flock of seagulls haircut, a nasally voice, and he's proud to be an Eagle Scout. He also directed such ass stomping films as Wild at Heart, Lost Highway, Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, and ect. Also responcible for creating the greatest TV series EVER, Twin Peaks.
2. Jack "The King" Kirby- The most powerful creative mind in history. Created or co-created Captain America, the Fantastic Four, Dr. Doom, Galactus, Iron Man, the Hulk, the Inhumans, the Eternals, Etrigan the Demon, the early Avengers, the early X-Men, Magneto, the New Gods, Darkseid, Mr. Miracle, and more others than I can think of. Designed Spider-Man. Mostly importantly, created the character that got me into comics in the first place, the Silver Surfer.
1. Hugh Hefner- C'mon. You can't be that surprised. He's 400 years old and is being held together by a combination of Viagra, duct tape, and voodoo magic. Despite this, he lives in the world's most beatiful mansion and is surrounded by beautiful 18 to 25 year old women all the time, most of which are his girlfriends. Yeah. Every dude wants to be Hugh. Any dude who doesn't is lying.
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Hey Man. Nick lives in St. Paul. I live in Roseville, MN. You just send my mail to St. Paul so the U.S. Government doesn't have to spend our tax dollars and stamp money on a seperate facility. Despite this, Roseville is a town unto itself, with its own police force, fire department, school system, elected body and library. It's a little smaller than Olney.
Saying Roseville is St. Paul is like saying Watson is Effingham. :)
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