Author: Alex Irvine
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Maine Comics Arts Festival
Go here or here for information about this brand-new creator-driven one-day (and multiply hyphenated) comics get-together, which takes place on May 17. The picture you see is of Portland’s new Ocean Gateway ferry terminal; since the ferries aren’t using it yet, Rick Lowell of Casablanca Comics decided to put the space to good use. Latest…
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Your Latest Footballing Prodigy…
…seen in this video, is six-year-old Madin Mohammed, courtesy of Fandome (via Deadspin): http://www.fandome.com/flashplayer/sportsbox.swf
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Want More Trains…
Once I rode Amtrak from Denver to Seattle and did nothing but play poker for Skittles the whole time, for what I assumed were imaginary denominations (purple ones were worth a buck). I won like crazy, and would you believe it? At the end of the trip, the other three players paid up. I sure…
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Morgan on Tolkien
Richard K. Morgan, thinking of these matters perhaps because of his new fantasy The Steel Remains, recently wrote a short essay for Suvudu called “The Real Fantastic Stuff.” I believe my favorite paragraph is the first. If you find it interesting, the rest will be well worth your while. I’m not much of a Tolkien…
Crooked House Fictions 