flickr is a wellspring of photographic creativity. For one, I’m exposed to the works of thousands of pros and amateurs who take pictures of every conceivable subject. Then there are flickr groups and challenges, that encourage members to keep my perspective fresh and push me to explore my artistic and creative limits.
There are a [...]

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Post updated 2009-10-25 1:55PM Pacific Time:

My contribution follows this introduction and the participant links.
Thanks again to everyone who participated in the 18-hr comic event, either by contributing or by encouraging us along. CatGirl is the only one who achieved the main goal of 18-pages in 18 hours, and hopefully she will post them so that [...]

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[Final Update: Here is the link to my final creation, which also has links to other participants' works: You Are Here: A Photographic Journey Thru Heaven & Hell ]
I will be updating this throughout the day.
6:16 am: GameBoy wakes me up and reminds me I need to take him to his all day Junior Classical [...]

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Previous 18-hour comic day announcements:
John: You’re Invited to 18-Hour Comic Day.
Galen: Invitation to 18 hr Comic Day!!
Galen: 18 hr comic details…
Just a reminder that tomorrow is 18-hour comic day, which is Galen and my softcore response to the more insane 24-hour comic day. You are all invited to join us, and you do not have [...]

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Because I am a wild man, I like doing crazy things. Next month, I am going to try to crank out a novel.
Fortunately, I will not suffer this madness in isolation. This November, at least 100,000 insane folks from around the world will try to accomplish the same. This sorry lot will suffer unbearable [...]

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Over the past few years, I’ve started to see myself more and more as a creative being. I think the seeds for this were planted when a) I submitted my first short story to a contest and won, and b) I received kudos from graphic designers for the first incarnation of this blog. So I’ve [...]

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On Saturday, October 24th, Galen, CatGirl and I will attempt an 18-hr version of Scott McCloud’s 24-Hour Comic challenge. If you’re unfamiliar with the phenomenon, Wikipedia has a good summary of the rules. Past grads include luminaries like Kevin Eastman and Neil Gaiman.
We’re looking for a few good humans to join us. And [...]

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One of the things I love about MoF is that we’re a pretty small community and don’t attract a lot of trolls. This is not to say we never attract trolls, but when we do, it’s a surprise. There are many sites whose comments I simply don’t read because I don’t want to deal with [...]

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Think of your top five heroes (sorry, your mom’s my hero too but she doesn’t count)–people you admire from afar. Imagine that you wake up one workaday morning, and find that one of these people has invited you to a tea party. (albeit a tea party sans tea and finger sandwiches, in a warehouse [...]

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It’s got it all: atheism, spirituality, god, scifi, and good music!! Hulu’s got the first four eps up right now (and it doesn’t keep them forever), so go catch up. It’s too smart and too well written to stay on the air for long.
It’s the story of Kings David and Saul transposed into a country [...]

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