Jacques Tardi: Déjà Vu

Quartier Latin. Paris. 14 Octobre 2005. 21:33 Heures. I am willingly, and hopelessly, LOST!! Its my preferred way to travel.…

Jacques Tardi

In my recent conquest to find illustrators who tackled subjects that interest me, I discovered Jacques Tardi. I have…

Selected works by artists I liked last night.

I was at the SF Galleries tonight. Some of the work was uninspiring, but I found a treasure trove of…

So goes the title of the YouTube video of the title sequence for the Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate…

I love his views on censorship and parenting – no matter what, you cannot shield kids from nudity or sex.…

Here’s a poem by former US poet laureate, Ted Kooser, who sent out 2,700 Valentine’s Day cards in 2007. He…

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.” – Marcel Proust

During a rice planting festival in Japan, the women of Chiyoda stoop and plant in unison while drummers and bamboo-clacking…

I grew up in the tropics – warm sun, monsoons, and tantalizing aromas of fruits and flowers. I walked and…

Allauddin Khilji built a gigantic tank for the residents of Delhi in 1269 AD. A century later the reservoir was…

It was not the best day. She had been stripped of her womanhood. Shrivelled up inside this unfamiliar androgyny, she…