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On these days, while I’m waiting for my copy of RASL to arrive, I find myself reading a lot about Jeff Smith. I’ve started reading Bone around issue… 18, I think? but I’ve never managed to get past issue 34. I owe to myself to end that series… Jeff Smith’s work has been a great influence to me in those years. (still is)

Here’s a two-part inteview (one and two) conducted by Vaneta Rogers. Some excerpts:

“Yeah. And that just wasn’t going to happen in a syndicated strip. Around that time, I saw something in a Sunday supplement about Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. And that got me to go into a comic book store. ‘Cause I didn’t even know comic book stores existed. When I read comics when I was a kid, we had them at the drug store. So I didn’t know about the advent of comic book stores. So I went and I bought the Dark Knight Returns, and when I was in the comic book store, it was the first time I saw Love and Rockets. And I saw Cerebus. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. There were things happening – the end of the underground movement, really. These stories that I didn’t even know existed.”

“I said, “The story’s done. It’s been out in 15 languages for all these years. And I don’t think we should change it. I think it’s a slippery slope. You’re going to have me changing everything.” I mean, they wanted to call beer by the name “butterbeer,” or whatever they call it in Harry Potter. And I thought, aw that’s cute, but on the next page they’re gambling and fixing a cow race. I was like… look, we just can’t.”

@rstevens You can’t imagine how true those words are.

I’m literally having a Jeff Smith overdose this week. Another week until my copy of Rasl arrives here. I hate the mail.

@kellysue I’ve taken my nephew to one about two months ago. Believe me when I say he’s gonna go mental :)

I really can’t believe how tired I’m feeling today.

I’d like to take a short nap, but the table is calling for me, so I’d better obey it.

I’ll be back in a couple of hours, and then I’ll try to post something. In the meantime, here’s Miles Davis and John Coltrane:

@BeaucoupKevin When Robert Smith tell us it’s friday, it’s because it is friday. (The Goddamn Robert?)

Best spam subject EVER: "Be the master of the universe, with a huge broadsword in your pants?". GENIUS.

Quick Movie Review #5: Ratatouille. Fucking awesome.

Quick Movie Review #4: Justice League the New Frontier. Buy the book.