The Weaponized Pencil
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| Gender | Male |
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| Location | McDonough, Georgia, United States |
| Introduction | Born in the city of Atlanta, Georgia many, MANY moons ago and raised mostly between Decatur and Lithonia, I'm just a guy trying to do a thing and this blog is intended to serve as an honest account of my effort. |
| Interests | Cars, illustration, animation, movies, well told stories, visual storytelling and sequential art, motor sports, music and women... but not necessarily in that order. |
| Favorite Movies | ALIEN TETRALOGY, BRAZIL, BLADERUNNER, NATURAL CITY, The HOST, GLADIATOR, JOY LUCK CLUB, FIVE STAR STORIES, BATMAN BEGINS, SIGNS, AUDITION, LADY IN THE WATER, UNBREAKABLE, CLOVERFIELD, NOBODY KNOWS, FAST & FURIOUS TETRALOGY, ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU CHOU, RETURNER, GHOST IN THE SHELL, INNOCENCE, APPLESEED, APPLESEED SAGA, MATRIX TRILOGY, JIN ROH, HOSHI NO KOE, TOTORRO, GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES, SUNSHINE, SOLARIS, REIGN OF FIRE, EQUILIBRIUM, LEGEND, DARK CRYSTAL, @ PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD, NEW WORLD, ELEMENT OF CRIME, DISTRICT 9, TRANSFORMERS, SPRING SUMMER FALL WINTER & SPRING, 3 IRON, 3 EXTREMES 1&2, EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN, CURSE OF GOLDEN FLOWER, MOTH MAN CHRONICLES, RIDDICK TRILOGY, MESSAGE FROM SPACE, ZATOICHI, SONATINE, LUST CAUTION, CHUNGKING EXPRESS, 2046, FISHER KING, TOYS, TOY STORY, IRON GIANT, INCREDIBLES, NINJA SCROLL, MACROSS MOVIE, IRON MAN, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, JURASSIC PARK TRILOGY, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS..., MINORITY REPORT, I ROBOT, ROBOCOP, TERMINATOR, THE THING, ABYSS, INITIAL D, 3 NEEDLES, CRASH, COMPANY OF WOLVES, FINAL FANTASY 1, WATCHMEN, ANGEL HEART, LOST IN TRANSLATION, WANTED, DRAGONSLAYER, AMERICAN BEAUTY, SIDEWAYS, MAD MAX FILMS, SILK, LAST SAMURAI, DR. STRANGELOVE, 12 MONKEYS, SNATCH, FIFTH ELEMENT, MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL, FRIDAY, PULP FICTION, DEAD PRESIDENTS, JACOB'S LADDER, SIN CITY, 300, LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN, FAST FOOD NATION, DARK CITY, DONNIE DARKO, PRIMER, BOYS DON'T CRY, RUSH HOUR, CODE 46, RELIC, DANCING @ THE BLUE IGUANA, SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, WAR OF THE WORLDS, MILLION DOLLAR BABY, SMOKIN ACES, SE7EN, FIGHT CLUB, BLACK RAIN, CROW, PAN'S LABYRINTH |
| Favorite Music | ALL OF IT! FROM EVERYWHERE!!! Though I'm not particularly fond of anything that IS heavily BEAT-centric but IS NOT particularly melodic. Make no mistake; I don't mean that I dislike music that is heavily "RHYTHMIC". RHYTHMIC music is some of my favorite stuff. In fact, one of my favorite songs EVER is called POLYRHYTHM and is exactly that - poly rhythmic. It's just that I get bored when it's ALL about "percussive" details. I've been listening mostly to Asian pop and R&B music for the past few years, especially that from China and Japan. I'm interested in music from anywhere and everywhere. I LOVE a good emotionally charged MELODY, a stirring ARRANGMENT/COMPOSITION and I'm particularly fond of HIGH production value. My field of listening interests has little if any limit, it just depends on what I'm exposed to, so if you think there's something that I should be listening to, PLEASE TELL ME. I'm ALWAYS open to suggestions on new musical avenues, no matter how obscure or strange or whatever. Some examples of artists whose work and/or efforts that I hold in high regard and who reoccur in my playlist are: Yoko Kanno, Crystal Kay, MINK, Rascal Flatts, Sandy Lam (Lam Yi-Lian), Utada Hikaru, George Straitt, Destiny's Child, JOE, Imogen Heap, Fishbone, (to be continued...) I have to say, though, that if I were, for some reason, going to be sequestered away from the rest of the world's human populace and I could only have the catalogue (complete works and recordings, published and unpublished) of only ONE artist to listen to for the rest of my life... It would be Yoko Kanno. No question. I don't even have to think about it. |
| Favorite Books | STORY by Robert McKee, The Insider's Guide to creating COMICS and GRAPHIC NOVELS by Andy Schmidt, Writing for Comics with Peter David, The Integral Trees by Larry Niven, just about anything penned by William Gibson |
Never mind the turtle. Don't you think you're sure to win?
Um... Sir, I AM the turtle...