What I'm Watching: "The Discipline of D.E."
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Books I Read: A Guest in the House
E. M. Carroll’s A Guest in the House is a tricky book to review because about 90% of it is terrific. It’s a dark, weird, gloomy story about what happens when you marry a man who seems normal and it turns out he may have murdered the wife before you. One of the most exciting things about the book is how it occasionally explodes out and across the page in moments of colorful surrealism. So, mostly, I really liked this book. But the ending left me baffled. It felt rushed, patchworked together, and I had to search the internet to try and understand it. Your experience may vary. But in general, this is a great work. She didn’t nail the ending.
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Relief
A panel from a series of comics I created some years ago by manipulating photos I took on an adult movie set.
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Books I Read: Caprice
Caprice by Charles Burns is a small thing. It’s not really a comic book, per se. And it’s certainly not a graphic novel. It’s a collection of fictional comic book covers, apparently. The themes are classically Burnsian: girls in trouble, blobular creatures, impossible landscapes. It’s an interesting journey through a curious mind.
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What I'm Listening to: My Morning Jacket's "River Road"
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Apartment: A Short Story
Illustration by Susannah Breslin
Nearly 30 years ago, I had my first short story published in an anthology. The story was “Apartment,” and it appeared in Chick Lit 2. Now, I’ve published the story online for the first time. This work of fiction features boobs, a dog, and a man who may be losing his mind. If you’re upset by adult themes, don’t read it.
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What I'm Listening to: The English Beat's "Mirror in the Bathroom"
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Books I Read: Why Art?
I adore Why Art? by Eleanor Davis. It’s hard to describe what this book is. A comic book? A book of art? A rumination on why art matters and how it shapes us? It also would make for a great gift. Buy a copy!
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What I'm Dreaming (Matt & Ben)
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What I'm Dreaming (Groundhogs)
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The Rise of Creature Cocks
Images courtesy of Creature Cocks
In the latest edition of my newsletter, The Reverse Cowgirl, I interviewed Rebecca Weinberg, the president of XR Brands, which produces Creature Cocks, a line of monstrous sex toys. From tentacle dildos to alien eggs, these adult products are really out there. Why are they so popular? It has to do with romantasy literature.
“If you read to imagine relations with a creature, why not have an actual creature to take your experience to the next level? One can never get bored, as the imagination is limitless.”
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Books I Read: My Most Secret Desire
I’ve read Julie Doucet’s work before and liked it, but My Most Secret Desire didn’t quite work for me. It is very strange, and I like strange, but this book is primarily a series of renderings of freaky dreams. Dreams in which she has a penis or is pregnant with something weird or odd people do frightening things. Is this the female unconscious or just chaos? I felt it leaned heavily into grotesque without any accompanying insight.
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Mickey & Chewie
Mickey and Chewie work the Hollywood Walk of Fame. For more of my photographs, follow me on Instagram.
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Books I Read: The Saga of the Swamp Thing 1
I don’t usually read superhero comics, but I picked up The Saga of the Swamp Thing 2 and then realized I needed to read The Saga of the Swamp Thing 1 first. I chose this series because I was dazzled by the art and also because I’m aware that Alan Moore is considered a comic book god. I liked parts of Book 1—I mean, it’s weird as fuck—but the story feels fragmented, and I think I had a hard time having an emotional connection with a plant, aka The Swamp Thing, which, by his (its?) own admission, is what he is. Anyway, I can never follow these action driven plots with so many characters. A mixed bag experience for me, I guess.
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Definitely / Definately
My favorite dictionary asked what word you’d respell if you could. My pick? Definitely = definately. [BuzzFeed]
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We're All Very Happy to Be Here
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Books I Read: Parasitic City #0.1
Parasitic City #0.1 is a total insane, very extreme comic book by Shintaro Kago. As I wrote in my newsletter: “it’s for anyone with an amputee fetish, a bio-clothing fetish, a bio-furniture fetish, a bio-prosthesis fetish, or a bio-firearm fetish.” There’s a woman, and a war, and copulating chairs. It’s sci-fi meets hentai. It’s weird.
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What I'm Watching (Fruit Bowl)
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Chickens
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The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight
The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight at Sherman Oaks Antique Mall. For more photos, follow me on Instagram.
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