Corey Blake
Usually I keep my online output more or less apolitical, but sometimes you just have to scream into a room, even if the room is empty.
For the mostly non-political version of me, read CoreyBlake.com, friend me on Facebook, and/or follow me on Twitter (feed below). For comic book and graphic novel stuff, check out The Comics Observer, which is also on Facebook and Twitter.
Yes, I think Tumblr might become my political venting ground. Sorry to those not into that kind of thing. Usually I keep my online output more or less apolitical, but sometimes you just have to scream into a room, even if its empty. Plus I’ve been wanting to find some way to differentiate all of these social media platforms for me, so they’re not all redundantly echoing each others’ posts. So if you want to un-follow, I completely understand.
If you prefer the apolitical me, almost all of my other online activity has that. So for the mostly non-political version of me, read CoreyBlake.com, friend me on Facebook, and/or follow me on Twitter. For comic book and graphic novel stuff, check out The Comics Observer, which is also on Facebook and Twitter.
Now to figure out how to differentiate Google Plus…
A war crime trial modeled after standards set by the Nuremberg Trials have found the following guilty of torture and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo: former US President George W. Bush, former US Vice President Dick Cheney, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and their legal counsels at the time, Alberto Gonzales, David Addington, William Haynes II, Jay Bybee, and John Choon Yoo.
More:
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/05/13/george-w-bush-dick-cheney-convicted-of-war-crimes/
By Lloyd Dangle. Amazing. I basically like Obama but man is this on the nose. via http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/happy_51st_birthday_lloyd_dangle/
Reblog it if ya love it.
Who or what is Adcom?
Adcom is a creative training institute that uses artwork tracing as a method of learning. This is not something new or unheard of.
But Adcom has gone beyond the pale by using traced works in their advertising.
What exactly has happened?
I just supported this Kickstarter campaign. You should too because there are a lot of unseen gems that would be of value to creative people in general and comic book readers/fans.
Lyrics to the song “Kill Rush” by metal band Détente, scanned from the insert from their CD Decline, released 2010. Music by Steve Hochheiser, lyrics by Tony Cortes. Performed by Tiina Teal (vocals), Steve Hochheiser (bass), Dennis Butler (drums), and Caleb Quinn (guitar).
This isn’t usually my genre of music but the vocals are ridiculously amazing (that final scream at the end gets me every time!) and the bass playing is crazy.
Yes, it’s got a provocative and aggressive title and chorus. Hello, it’s metal!
I wanted to post the lyrics because there is some craziness going on about how the song must be an actual call for murder. This quickly disproves that. The song is in fact a critique on the manipulation of the masses by media programs like Rush’s radio show. It’s a musical expression of anger and frustration, not their secret battle plans set to music.
From the outrage coming from Rush’s fans who only see the song title, I can’t help but wonder where they were when Ted Nugent stood on stage holding machine guns and yelling how Obama and Hillary should suck on his guns.
(I don’t usually like to get political on the interwebs, so that’s why I’m giving this bit to my too-neglected Tumblr. Hopefully it will make the rounds on Tumblr for those that support musical expression.)
Does IDW’s digital exclusive comic succeed in bringing in a lapsed Transformers comic reader? Find out here:
http://comicsobserver.com/2012/02/15/a-look-at-digital-comics-exclusive-transformers-autocracy/
The Day Job Revealed
Even when I’m in a company video, I can’t be normal.
So about 50 people are hitting my website in search of Ralph Wiggum’s “I Choo-Choo-Choose You” Valentine’s Day card, which I posted on my website along with other Valentine’s Day-themed comics stuff last year. Sadly it seems to be the only image that is no longer up on the page, for no reason I can discern.
Sorry Internet! I guess you’ll have to go out and buy a real Valentine’s Day card.
