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After Tiller Review (Film, 2013)

After Tiller is a documentary focused on the handful of late term abortion providers left in the US after the murder of Dr. George Tiller. If you're not familiar with the story, Dr. George Tiller was targeted for years by anti-abortion activists until he was murdered during Sunday

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Wes Craven (1939-2015)

Last night, Wes Craven's family announced that the acclaimed horror writer and director passed away at the age of 76. I'm a big Wes Craven fan. Even at his worst (Cursed, naturally), I found his ideas very interesting. He also never phoned in a direction job,

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Horror Thursday: Unfriended

I can't tell you how long I wanted to see Unfriended. I was hooked on the concept alone the first time I saw a trailer. Then I got so bogged down with work that it was in and out of theater before I got a chance to see

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Ant-Man Review (Film, 2015)

Hank Pym, 26 years after literally smacking someone upside the face for trying to turn his molecular distance shrinking technology into a commercial weapon enterprise, is forced to train a replacement on how to be Ant-Man because of his former protege's greedy ambitions. He forces his daughter to

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Antman Review is Coming

I'll be seeing Antman tonight, so I'll update later with a review. I have no expectations. I don't dislike the character and I don't feel strongly one way or the other about the trailer. The poster marketing (Antman on other Marvel heroes

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Watch: M.I.A.'s "Broader than a Border"

New M.I.A. music is always worth celebrating. She's an amazing artist with a unique perspective on feminism, violence, and globalization. She refuses to shy away from the influence of her Sri Lankan Tamil heritage, instead using cultural influences to open her music up to a wider

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6 Thoughts on Suicide Squad

The big talk out of San Diego Comic Con (you know, the other little convention going on while I was attending ConnectiCon) was about the Suicide Squad film. Suicide Squad is one of DC's weirder comic franchises. Amanda Waller runs various secret superhero/supervillain projects for the government.

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The Great American Comic Book Musical

Wondering why I was so nostalgic and passionate about teaching the young people yesterday? Simple explanation. I debuted a panel called The Great American Comic Book Musical at ConnectiCon last Sunday and many young people came to see it. The panel was at 9AM and the crowd was far larger

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Children, The Arts, and The Real Value of Educational Theater

I mention it every so often around here. In my other life, I work in educational theater year round. I love it. I love being able to give young people the experience of interacting with the arts outside of the traditional classroom. What I haven't mentioned here is

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Updates and Sundry

Radio silence is ending soon. Last week, I was auditioning for a concert production of Parade. I got cast. I have rehearsals 2-3 nights a week until the show goes off in August. I'm excited. This week, I've been auditioning children for camp productions of Beauty

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Horror Thursday: Fear(s) of the Dark

I reviewed Fear(s) of the Dark for my Horror Thursday Column at Man, I Love Films. It was the first of many, many animated horror films I'll be watching over the next month to prep for my Animated Horror from Around the World panel at ConnectiCon. So,

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The Great American Comic Book Musical @ ConnectiCon

2 of my panel pitches were selected for ConnectiCon 2015 in Hartford, CT from July 9-12. I already discussed the animated horror panel, so let's discuss the exact opposite. The Great American Comic Book Musical is an all ages panel about the comics adapted into musicals and musicals

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Welp! The Dragon?

Okay, so I let the process guide me a bit too much this time around. I made a very pretty pastel pink background in watercolor and then started doodling in pastel pencils. I wanted to make a cloud monster, but the white pastel pencil didn't show. Then I

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Animated Horror from Around the World @ ConnectiCon

I am very excited to announce that my brand new panel, Animated Horror from Around the World, will be debuting at ConnectiCon next month. This is an idea I've been developing for years and it's finally going to happen. Here's the full description: While

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Death Metal

Death Metal is one of the boss fights in Crypt of the NecroDancer, the rougelike rhythm/turn-based strategy game I'm obsessed with. He fights to the fastest song in the game, spawning enemies to battle for him every few steps once his bat shield flies off. His scythe

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365 Sketch 2015: Meditation

Gave my new Faber Castell water-soluble graphite pencils a try. I like how easily they blend with water, but need to experiment with them on actual watercolor paper. I'm wondering how much of the line-art I can get to stay  or if I need to couple them with

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365 Sketch 2015: The All Seeing Eye

It's Eye-ception. It's a floating eye within an eye with an eye within an eye. No, I don't understand where I come up with this stuff. Kind of cute though, right? 365 Sketch 2015: The All Seeing Eye watercolor pencil, watercolor, and marker

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365 Sketch 2015: Invasion

I wanted to draw a robot today. Mission accomplished? I did intend to use more color, but then I sketched in detail with a really vibrant blue and didn't want to wreck it. 365 Sketch 2015: Invasion watercolor pencil

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365 Sketch 2015: Red Chest Mimic

More Crypt of the Necrodancer art. Today, we're exploring the wonderful world of mimics. The chest mimics look like regular treasure chests in the game, only they're bouncing along to the beat. If you move next to them they start gnashing their teeth and chasing you

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365 Sketch 2015: 3 Heads Are Better Than 1

Another day, another monster. This 3-headed cutie popped into my head after a long day of subbing and I can't explain why. All I was doing was working on a treatment for a play that has nothing to do with tentacled monstrosities. Watercolor pencil and nightmare fuel.

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365 Sketch 2015: Happy Blue Zombie

I felt like doing a watercolor sketch of a happy zombie. It's kind of cute? In a deranged, oozing, broke-neck way, of course. Watercolor pencil.

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365 Sketch 2015: Oldboy

Now that's more like it. I rewatched Oldboy for the first time in probably 10 years last night. Still amazing. I knew I had to put my spin on the octopus scene. watercolor pencil.

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Fourth Annual Cinefessions Summer Screams Challenge – Sketchy Details' List

FINAL LISTIt's that time of the year again. Our friends over at Cinefessions are hosting their Fourth Annual Cinefessions Summer Screams Challenge. This is now a summer institution at Sketchy Details, as I've competed every year this contest has existed. You can join me, too, by

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365 Sketch 2015: Arrietty

I'm really going to push to get this site up and running again this week. I've been drawing a lot, but not stuff I can share here. Proposal sketches for sets, props, costumes, and marketing stuff for theater groups. You can see the stuff I can

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Updates and Such

Sorry for the absence again. I'm busy. My schedule never slowed down like it usually does after months of work on a musical and now I'm at the school just as much test proctoring as I was for ADing and Music Directing. I also have a