Ridiculous Opinions #311
Last week, I wrote about being old, but feeling young. Above, you’ll see a picture of me being old. Yes, that’s me. Playing Santa. I’m playing Santa. Santa...
Ridiculous Opinions #310
I have tinnitus. It seems like an old man disease, and I suppose one would describe me as an older gentlemen, but I don’t feel like I’m an older gentlemen....
Ridiculous Opinions #309
Sorry for the late newsletter… This evening, I finished writing the script for my next big project, entitled Booth. I’ve mentioned it before, but in case you...
Ridiculous Opinions #308
I am a weird writer. I exist in the nether regions of the writing world. I am unpopular. I do not sell many books. In fact, I have one book that I’m sure has...
Ridiculous Opinions #307
A working theory of problems in the world. One of the best things that I’ve done recently is try to eliminate algorithmic media from my life. Anything that...
Ridiculous Opinions #306
Every once in a while, I do a linkfest in my newsletter, so here’s what’s open in my tabs at the moment. Enjoy this little window into my world! We’re all...
Ridiculous Opinions #305
Sunday morning and I’m a day late with my newsletter. Whoops! A couple of days ago, I saw in the news that the ridiculous president of the United States was...
Ridiculous Opinions #304
Unused book titles from Raymond Chandler So, lots of things have happened over the last couple of weeks. Maurice the Beaver ended as a comic strip. Four...
Ridiculous Opinions #303
I think that’s the Chrysler Building… This will be a short one. I will post more soon, but let me just say that I am at the very end of the New York Comicon...
Ridiculous Opinions #302
Continuing from last week’s “The Story of Maurice the Beaver”… The rough draft of the first Maurice cartoon. …Those sketches above? They weren’t anything...
Ridiculous Opinions #301
So, I’m definitely at a crossroads right now when it comes to creative work. I have spent the last six years working on Maurice the Beaver comics, pretty...
Ridiculous Opinions #300
So, I promised a few announcements and here they are! First, my graphic novel, alongside the incredible artist, Ingo Adityawanda, and published by Sandstorm...
Ridiculous Opinions #299
Forever shoes… Howdy folks! It’s Saturday and today marks the two-hundred and ninety-ninth posting of my Ridiculous Opinions! For those of you who have stuck...
Ridiculous Opinions #298
The author Odd thoughts on a Sunday morning… There are big changes afoot. Not literally, but metaphorically. I spent the summer working on the end of...
Ridiculous Opinions #297
This guy!! Hey, guess what! I did over 1000 Maurice the Beaver comic strips! Did you know this? Probably not, other than the fact that I told you. And by the...
Ridiculous Opinions #296
In praise of Superman! I just finished watching Superman for a second time tonight. I know people are used to hearing me rant about everything under the sun...
Ridiculous Opinions #295
From The Perry Bible Fellowship! It happens every summer. As teachers, we get summer vacations. It is the source of derision amongst the unenlightened, those...
Ridiculous Opinions #294
Which one are you? I received an email from a former student yesterday (Hi, Riya!) and she began the email with the usual (“You probably don’t remember...
Ridiculous Opinions #293
Subscribe now It is widely acknowledged that I am the loudest sneezer in the family. I resent this implication because it is patently false. Tracey is the...
Ridiculous Opinions #292
In tribute to Harper! As of this moment, my daughter is in the air, flying from Toronto to Hangzhou, China, where she is set to begin a new life in an old...