My fellow contributor Seelix shared an article with us this morning called “Stop Giving Your Money to Rich People on Kickstarter” in which the author criticizes a) people who contribute to Kickstarter campaigns like those for the recent Veronica Mars movie and now Zach Braff’s new film, b) people like Zach Braff who are rich and could afford to fund their projects with their own ... »
There has been a lot of talk about the hyper-sexual representation of women in nerd media. We see, again and again, Blogs and tumblr feeds showing us just how utterly ridiculous the state of female representation is. We have already had discussions about how this sort of pandering is problematic and there are those doing good work on more reasonable attire and realistic representations of the ladi... »
I recently got into it with someone over a quirk of the English language while having some of my work edited. It was a wholly pedantic argument and I thought that I would share it and ask you all to join in with your own thoughts. It’s the word “unique” and how it is supposed to be an absolute term, and in that capacity it may not have any linguistic or logical value. »
One of my many problems is finding the time to do the things I want to. Like posting on Mad Art Lab. Or drawing my ever-so-slowly-turning-stale webcomic. It would be flippant, but true, to say it used to be easier. But it was easier because I was doing less and less was expected of me. My job was less demanding, I wasn't volunteering myself so much and my involvement in outside activities was... »
Emoticons are the best shorthand we have for clarifying emotion in texts : ) However they have branched far beyond simple feelings to become a minialist art form unto themselves ^..^ We recently had cause to need an emoticon to represent table flipping anger. We came up with these (∟°-°)∟┬┬ （╯°□°）╯︵┴┴ What are your favorite emoticon? Show us : D »
I attended a party recently that featured a brilliant drinking game. We watched Cosmos while drinking cosmos. We drank every time Carl Sagan said “humanity”, “stars”, or “billions”. What nerdy drinking games have you played? Have you any nerdy drink recipes that you care to share or propose? »
It occurs to me that our audience is probably full of artists, at the very least casual ones. I’m curious what all of you do. Are you painters, dancers, writers, interpretive skateboarding mimes? Are you an artist? Do you create? If so what? If not, make something and then tell us about it. »
It’s a new and exciting year. Sure the world is ending, but there must be something fun happening before that, right? What are you most anticipating in 2012? »
