Godzilla and his personal life as shown through film.
Then there was this: Why don’t the Godzilla movies ever focus on his home life? His art? His charity work with underprivileged children? — Paul Tobin (@PaulTobin) May 14, 2013 To which I answer:...
Amelia Cole and the 99-cent Sale!
In case you somehow missed it I co-write a comic about a woman named Amelia Cole. The first arc, AMELIA COLE AND THE UNKNOWN WORLD has ended and the second arc, AMELIA COLE AND THE HIDDEN WAR begins tomorrow. In...
The highs and lows of writing
This should not be a shock, but I am not the best writer I know. The truth is I am often not the best writer I know who sits at my desk. And I’m the only person who uses my desk. That’s just the way of...
Journalism takes time.
I know the news is frustrating you right now. I get it. You want to know what’s going on and you want to know it right this second. But you have caused the very problem you complain about. By demanding news...
Bible readin’
Mentioned this to D.J. Kirkbride earlier but I tend to, every few years, spend a few days reading the Bible. Now there are a few things to keep in mind here: 1 – I went to a Catholic school from grades 1-8. 2...
The new face of war…
The times are changing. G.I. Joe and Cobra have both sufgfered huge losses in funding and recruitment. And now they have… new plans…...
SEO needs to die.
You know what doesn’t work? SEO. It’s bullshit. Flat out. Sorry, guys. But the entire idea that you will sell more/get more customers/readers/etc. by upping your ranking on a damn search engine is...
Easter 2013
Time again, as it has been every year since 2004, to post the annual Easter comic! And here you go!
Peas in a pod
Talking to Laura and just made a peas in pod joke (about moving PODs, but anyway) and it made me flash to something I had to stop and write about. When I was a kid, I got these stuffed peas. And I remember once,...
Digital isn’t the only answer.
When you have a ton of deadlines that cross each other you learn to adapt. That adaptation can take funny forms. I use Google Calendar for all my schedules. I have Google calendars I make to schedule every project...
A First Time For Everything: Animal Man
The very first time I heard of Animal Man was in Crisis of Infinite Earths. He was in something on the order of 4 pages, crammed into panels and just being this dude named Animal Man. That was it. Oddly it was...
A First Time For Everything: Dick Grayson
The first time I really met Dick Grayson? Well that wasn’t a Batman comic. Look, I had read Batman comics. And there was Robin, and I guess he was Dick Grayson but it didn’t really stick. It was Batman,...
A First Time For Everything: Cannonball
Marvel Graphic Novel #4. 1982. New Mutants. It was the first time any of us saw Cannonball, and I was included in that group. Man, I remember reading that book when it came out and being so amazed. See I grew up...
A First Time For Everything
So here’s the thing. I’ve been reading comics my entire life. In an odd order too. MY dad had me reading his old Lee/Kirby Marvel stuff and random Dc things for years before I got to the...