Archive for October, 2006

Katie + Kin Saturday, October 28th, 2006

I just wanted to have a slightly self-indulgent chat about Katie + Kin. I have quite a lot of things on the go: films, books, web sites, none of which have yet been presented to any but a few select people, and it really makes me happy to think that I’ve got this regular comic strip on the internet, and - I think - it’s consistently not bad at all. It’s strange to think that there are only presently 17 strips online; it feels like I’ve been drawing it for years. I don’t know whether the reason Katie + Kin only have 13 LiveJournal friends (two of which are Rew) is because people aren’t interested in it, or people haven’t yet found it, or people are reading it on kinderskinley.com instead of LiveJournal. I’d really like to find out that it’s more popular than that, or to see more people friending it, because I think Katie + Kin is really, really nice.

I guess I just wanted to say - perhaps because I don’t too often get a chance to - that I’m proud of me.

Posted in Comics, Katie + Kin • 5 comments

Practicality and idealism Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

Life and the decisions we make should be a constant fight between practicality and idealism. The ideal must never give in to its most reasonable alternative, nor should realism or pragmatism ever be neglected in placation of the unobtainable dream of absolute perfection.

This is what makes life beautiful. Standing on the lighter side of the scales, we see the despair on the heavier side, but when everything is balanced, we can glide from side to side. The challenge is not to make the ideal real, for that is impossible - the challenge, and the wonder of the conclusion when we achieve it, is to make reality into the ideal.

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Honda Thursday, October 12th, 2006

The British advertisers for Honda are brilliant.

Whatif?
Is your car a bus?
Hate is a good thing
Yume no Chikara (The Power of Dreams)
This is what a Honda feels like (you’ll need headphones or decent speakers for this one)
and, finally, the unsurpassable Cog (I think it enhances the experience knowing that this is entirely real)

If anybody can find the “Everybody hates tractors” ad (I believe it’s called “Pecking order”), I’d be delighted.

I just wanted to put those out there, because they’re better than most films. I barely watch television any more, but I love good advertising.

Posted in Films • 3 comments

Why would you want this on your wall? Monday, October 2nd, 2006

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