Not a day without a line
I’ve been thinking about getting the hell off Facebook for awhile, but something always comes up. That’s the thing with Facebook, there’s always another friend to add, or another app to block. Could we all just please poke each other every once in a while and keep it at that?
Tags: facebook, focus, social networks, twitter
I mentioned some time back that I had been laid off from work (as a keyboard chimp and graphics go-to guy at Danish comics publisher Faraos Cigarer).
Although I’ve never been bothered much by reality or rationality, I did realise the arrested cashflow might become a problem… Fortunately, I hooked up for lunch with an old acquaintance from the Copenhagen comics scene.
Thomas Schroeder was one of the people who started the CPH festival Komiks.dk, he’s a longtime writer and editor for the Egmont corporation’s Disney line – and he just so happened to be out of a job at the same time.
We discussed the possibility of starting our own publishing company for a couple of weeks, realised that we could base a steady income on our own output (him writing, me drawing and laying out seemed natural), and maybe run a few con amore-sideshows for fun as well.
And here we are: Forlaget Afart, teaching kids to read Danish. I didn’t see that one coming a year ago! Oh, and when you’re done snickering at the name, ‘afart’ means ‘variant’ in Danish 
Tags: Captain Kentucky, children's books, Don Rosa, easy reader, Pertwillaby Papers, publishing, Thomas Schroeder, venture
I’m assuming that, if you’re new to this site, you have come here on advice from David B. Metcalfe, Eric Orchard, or Derik Badman. These three gentlemen have been more than generous in their recent statements about my work, and I am grateful to them.
Since you have been thusly misled into believing I produce any work of artistic merit, I urge you to take a peek through the categories “Comics” and “Sketch of the day” (the menu to the right of this post. That should set the record straight.
If you’re still not convinced of my hackery after that, surf on to the workblog of my current project, Astoria and judge for yourself.
I am very sorry about the inconvenience!
Tags: david metcalfe, derik badman, eric orchard, twitter
I now work at Malmö’s pittoresque Seriecenter, along with my buddies from C’est Bon Kultur, and will be posting frequently about our new anthology issues!
On a bummer note, I lost my steady paying gig with publisher Faraos Cigarer, but will continue to work with them on a freelance basis.
There will also be a few new comic projects announced here in the near future, so stay tuned!
Tags: update
Mix Tape, and the currently avaliable Astoria singles Black Sabbath (intro) and Resistansen, are reviewed over on Derik A. Badman’s terrific Madinkbeard site!
A keen observer, Derik notes: “Like the songs on a well-crafted mix tape, the images have their own separate identity, yet, by placing in juxtaposition, the reader (listener) attributes some meaning to the choices and ordering.”
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Tags: derik badman, Madinkbeard, Mix Tape
Right, so everything’s as ugly as usual around here (apart from the new header)
A big round of applause to Ulf Reese Næsborg who fixed the stray code that messed things up!
Tags: fixed, ulf reese næsborg
Just my rotten luck. No sooner do I brag about the design changes before the sidebar goes AWOL, down below the footer.
My php and css is rustier than the Titanic, so suggestions are greatly appreciated!
Tags: miserable failure
A few days ago I dug out my Entombed records in search of some good inking music. As always I was blown away by the crude power of their music, and their way of infusing new life into old favorites.
Especially their cover of Kiss’ God of Thunder socked me in the face with the simple riff and deliciously idiotic lyrics. I was never a Kiss fan, and always thought that somehow their music didn’t add up to the band’s image.
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I went and turned off the daily posting of my Tweeting, and deleted the auto-generated posts. Although it serves as a sort of update, it felt like cheating.
Also, it’s sort of demoralizing to have it spelled out on the frontpage how little I actually blog
If anybody was actually following the Rants Daily series, why don’t you go follow me on Twitter instead ya lazy bums?
I’m stuffing new music onto the iPod on a daily basis, changing around allthe time. The music I play the most at the moment is old rediscoveries from the back of shelves, and some new favorites, sorted below by band, then album:
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Tags: 80's metal, 90's metal, Alice in Chains, Anthrax, Battle of Mice, megadeth, Metallica, Pantera