Here are some old Superpeople from Donald Soffritti.
Chuck Palahniuk has a new book coming out called Snuff. Here is the fake trailer that they made for it.
If I didn't know better I could have sworn that it was directed by Robert Rodriguez.
This is copied from the DRAWN site.
By now many of you are already informed about the proposed Orphan Works Act being introduced to the U.S. house and senate. For those unaware, this legistlation, if enacted, can effectively undermine and dismantle your existing copyright protection.Currently, copyright is granted the moment a work is created. This new Orphan Works legislation proposes a change in U.S. copyright that would require artists, illustrators, photographers, and any creative individual to actively maintain and defend their copyright by registering each and every work with privatized registrars. Failure to do so would leave everything you’ve ever created as an artist up for grabs by anyone who wanted to copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, or flat out steal your work since the act defines an “orphan work” as any work where the author is unidentifiable or unlocatable, and applies to both published and unpublished works, U.S. and foreign, regardless of age.
This is completely contradictory with international copyright standards and is ethically, logistically, and financially bonkers.
The two bills are S.2913, the Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008 and H.R.5889, theOrphan Works Act of 2008. Markup of the Bentley bill is this Thursday, May 15, and it’s not too late to voice your concerns.
Taking action to prevent this from happening is not only vital, but incredibly easy. U.S. citizens, simply fill out one of these templates provided by the Illustrators Partnership and your opposition will automatically be e-mailed to your members of Congress.
Non-U.S. citizens can simply FAX these letters to the various U.S. agencies’ numbers provided.
This affects all of us, so I encourage you to educate yourself with the facts. For more information, I’d recommend listening to this eye-opening interview (MP3) with Illustrator Brad Holland, who describes in detail the effect this legislation will have on artists.
The Illustrators’ Partnership of America has plenty more information on the Oprhan Works Act, how it affects you, and what you can do to fight it.
Not many people know this, but I have a secret thing for Mandy Moore. This is a recent thing. It's about two years now, I've had a secret crush on Mandy Moore. I think it was about the time she said that her music wasn't that good. And then joked about it. That my friend's a girl that you can tell a dirty joke to and not worry about being slapped.
Then I found out she went to a comic shop with Ryan Adams. I don't know if she purchased anything, but she was there. With a guy who looks like Rick Moranis's mutant love child.
Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams at his LCS.
I've been busy lately. Not on the verge of creating anything worthwhile, just busy. It's not a good excuse, but I don't have one either as to why I haven't been posting here on the Lint Trap.
I do, on the other hand, have gifts.
I have the gift of instant gratification, in the ways of Sketch. Sketch is a flash based page that allows you to swap between two people. You and someone else. It's completely random. It's also unregulated. So what you get, might be pretty naughty.
I just got this in my inbox this morning.
ATTENTION KUBERT FANS IN THE NEW YORK AREA:
not one, but TWO Kuberts
will be at one of New York City's best comic shops
this week!
Joe and Adam will be signing at Jim Hanley's Universe in New York City on Wednesday, May 14 from 6-8 p.m. Joe will be there to promote TOR #1 and Adam will be there to promote ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #11!
Jim Hanley's is located at:
4 West 33rd St.
New York, NY 10001
(off 5th Ave. - opposite the Empire State Building)
212-268-7088
Hope to see you there!