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By Ayo on August 12th, 2011
Posted In: Blog
By Darryl Ayo
For those of you just joining us (in Western Civilization), there has been a past of some level of acrimony between white European-descended people and black African-descended people. Rumor has it that this hostility continues to this very day. The above panel is from a well-regarded comic called The Adventures of Tintin in [...]
By Ayo on September 16th, 2010
Posted In: Blog
I’m a blacksmith.
Something that Liz Baillie told me about the type of dude who sees you drawing in your sketchbook in public and asks if you’re an artist. She said she wanted to tell those dudes “No, I’m a fucking BLACKSMITH!”
King City versus Kick-Ass.
In the pages above, both the King City and the Kick-Ass scenes [...]
By Ayo on September 14th, 2010
Posted In: Blog
Hi readers,
I’m on vacation from work, recuperating from Small Press Expo which was this past weekend. Lots of travel, lots of talking, lots of eating (lots of buffets) lots of talk about the future.
I caught up with Katie Skelly’s Nurse Nurse, met Frank Santoro, got some of Steve Engleheart’s COYOTE from him, bought Galen Longstreth [...]
By Ayo on August 2nd, 2010
Posted In: Blog
I wrote this up on my LiveJournal but I realized that I had more to say. I’ll try to be more comprehensive in my Part Two. But for now, please enjoy:
From X-MEN LEGACY # 238
It’s bizarre to think that X-MEN LEGACY is the same sequence of comics that began with Chris Claremont + Jim Lee’s [...]
By Ayo on July 29th, 2010
Posted In: Blog
So we are going to be having a big ole ZINE FEST right here in North Brooklyn this Saturday! The event will be at:
PETE’S CANDY STORE
709 Lorimer Street, between Frost and Richardson.
Take the L train to Lorimer or the G train to Metropolitan. They are, in fact, the same subway station. SHOCK!
3PM TO 7PM!
There’s only [...]
By Ayo on July 23rd, 2010
Posted In: Blog
It’s time to look at some comic books.
The best discussion about comic books these days is happening at the following locations:
Aaron Diaz’ Dresden Codak blog
David Brothers and friends’ 4th Letter blog
Brandon Graham’s Royalboiler blog
Comics Comics
Scans_Daily 3.0
I am very pleased with the level of analysis and detailed focus on the comics medium, coming from these persons [...]
By Ayo on July 21st, 2010
Posted In: Blog
This page is in a folder marked “better than X-Men.”
I grew up on the X-Men. I started with Jim Lee’s 1991 X-Men #1 and kept reading after he left the book. Maybe a year later, I picked up on X-Force through back issues that my godbrother had. I wasn’t a fan of the X-Force art, [...]
By Ayo on July 17th, 2010
Posted In: Blog
New York Mining Disaster 1941 – The Bee Gees
I haven’t posted in a while. Those photo comics are fun but they are more work than I thought. I hung it up for a bit in order to focus on writing. Those of you following my Twitter may have picked up that I’ve been spending the [...]