Monday, September 5, 2011

Letters from 1991

In 1991, I was in art school, and one of the things that interested me was making comics for a living.  That summer I wrote letters to three folks in the comics industry whose work I admired - Dave Sim, creator of Cerebus; David Mazzucchelli, who'd illustrated Batman: Year One (among other things); and Chris Oliveros, who published a comics anthology called Drawn and Quarterly.  In my letters I asked for advice on self-publishing.  Much to my delight, all three responded.  I've scanned their replies on the off-chance that they're of historical interest to anyone.  (Some addresses have been grayed out.)



Sunday, September 4, 2011

RageQuit Scale

Working toward a computer game RageQuit Scale:

1. Main Menu->Exit
2. Alt+F4
3. Ctrl-alt-del->Task Manager->Kill Process Tree
4. Ctrl-alt-del->Task Manager->Shutdown Windows
5. Throw mouse/keyboard/controller across the room, stomp off.
6. Rip power cord from the back of the computer.
7. Throw computer out of window.
8. Stomp to circuit breaker, cut power to house.
9. Scramble up pole outside house, manually cut power cables to neighborhood.
10. ?