I meant to post this a couple of weeks ago–Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield’s new, online SF steampunky comic FreakAngels is now live! It’s a great read so far, and I believe that it has a lot of potential.
Read Episode 0001 here.
Read Episode 0002 here.
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Posted by Jason Ellis
Warren Ellis’ (no relation) Crooked Little Vein is the BEST novel I’ve read in a long while. It sinks its teeth into the heart of American sexual fetishism and perversion in a weird tale that’s part alternate history, SF, and the New Weird. I read the first half of the novel sitting at Starbucks a couple of days ago, and I got stares from the people sitting around me upstairs. Why? Because I was laughing my ass off! There’s a lot to be said about this novel, but all I’m saying right now it go out and read this book so we can talk about MHP (macroherpetophile), saline injections, and roulette parties. Stay tuned for more!
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Posted by Jason Ellis
Boing Boing Kisses and Makes Up
July 19, 2008Xeni Jardin wrote a post today on Boing Boing titled, “Lessons Learned.” I’ve commented on the Boing Boing explosion from a couple of weeks ago here, here, and here. It’s part apology, and part “here’s what we learned today.” As far as the Boing Boing community goes, I think it’s good that Xeni posted this. Also, it’s interesting how positive the majority of comments are to this post than to the original post that served as lightning rod to this mess. I wonder if folks had time to cool off, or if those anti-happy mutants jetisoned their escape pod to points of interest in the Internet Cloud that they found more amenable to their sensibilities. Anyways, I think Warren Ellis’ post, The Patchwork Years, is a good read and perspective antidote to comment wars and the general philocentric ennui on the net.