06 Wednesday Apr 2022
Posted in Pop Culture
With the economy being what it is, lots of folks are looking for creative employment opportunities. We at Tempest in a Teardrop have done extensive research in order to introduce you to some odd jobs that are easily overlooked.
If we do inspire a career change, please let us know in the comments!
11 Friday Mar 2022
Posted in Behind the Frames, Pop Culture
No comic today – my fault. We have to get the entire library packed up and the bookshelves removed by Sunday. I hate leaving your Friday morning empty with nothing, so I shopped special this week.
Omphgh.Oomphg. Oompgh.
This story originates in Denver. “Box of Human Heads Stolen from Truck in Denver.” Hmm. It seems a little sparse on the details, so I put on my ‘sleuthing hat’ and made a few conjectures to fill in the details. Continue reading
05 Saturday Mar 2022
Posted in Behind the Frames, Pop Culture
This week has been… [terrible]? [challenging]? [a slog]? [backbreaking]?
Pick one. Congrats, you’re a winner. Continue reading
28 Monday Feb 2022
Posted in Pop Culture
We decided to watch Zulu (1964) on Friday night. I thought it was in honor of Black History Month, but it turns out Glyph discovered Sabaton had a song about the events the movie was based on.
11 Tuesday Jan 2022
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I read the novella, All Men Dream of Earthwomen, when it was first released as a freebie. Again, as part of a bookbinding project, and now a third time as it’s released as part of this book (Huzzah!).
It has not palled. If you like science fiction with real science in it, and the sensawunda dialed up to eleventy… AMDoEW is your book. The romantic story – romantic in the Prisoner of Zenda sense – of a clever heavy-worlder-Quasimodo and his weird alien love (alien, because human, like us), is full of swash and buckle and turns of wry humor. The ending is perfect. Continue reading
31 Friday Dec 2021
08 Wednesday Dec 2021
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Ladles, gentlespoons, and esteemed sporks, Codex here. I’m happy reveal the Super Sekrit project I’ve been working on: Fantastic Schools #4: Middle Schools!
Yes, I own a copy (I need to post a review) and I’ve read most of the stories in it. They’re great fun for any older kid who loved Harry Potter or the Littlest Witch, or any of the magical or skiffy school stories. You get a LOT of fun reading bang for your e-book dollar with this one.
And yes, the character on the front IS in one of the stories (one of my favorites) though I may have taken a wee few artistic liberties. Giant squid eyes are just too much fun to draw.
Set aside some extra cashy goodness though, because a hardcover version will be coming soon. God willing & the creeks don’t rise, in time for Christmas giving. I’ll have MOAR Christmas book-giving suggestions this Saturday. I’m not only recommending these because these are my fellow superversives, but because I’ll be giving them as gifts to my own dear friends and relations.
28 Sunday Nov 2021
Posted in Pop Culture, The Churchians
Daucus Brandonensis v. Seattlidian
24 Friday Sep 2021
Posted in Behind the Frames, Pop Culture
Who is this furry creature?
Why does he sport handsome mulluscan* features?
How is he* trailing… ectoplasm?
WHAT has Codex done with our comic?
Codex here. The main super-sekrit reason I needed a break (which got broken by missing computers and busted glasses) wasn’t just to build the south side of Ione’s study or endless crockery assets, complete with artistic cracks. Nope. there was another project involving this delightful creature, a library, and a really good book, so do save some Christmas budget for your tween- and teen-age readers.
Further I sayeth not, but All Will Be Revealed in time.
See you Monday.
*Second coolest phylum after Ascomycota.
**Possibly. After all, in English as in life, properly speaking, the male embraces the female. Assuming it applies in the first place of course. The Dungeon Dimensions get… Odd.
02 Thursday Sep 2021
Posted in Politics, Pop Culture
Welcome to part IV of Hysterical History, where we take a deep-dive into the shenanigans of Prohibition. Part I focused on how Carries changed the US. Part II discussed the law and the loopholes. Part III talked about enforcement issues. And it just continues to get more ridiculous: We really aren’t living in the first Clown World.
When the Justice System is indisposed or unavailable, DIY justice will be utilized.
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