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Yes, Bad Machinery is awesome, but come on, Shelley Winters returns next week in a new story. I believe this is what is called an early Christmas gift.
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I don’t think we have to be beholden to gadget manufacturers on books. I don’t think we need to enter the dismal Kindle’s annual upgrade curve. Books aren’t a delivery medium, they’re an art form. We forget that at our peril.
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I’ll be able to read it in 39 days if the waiting doesn’t kill me first.
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Office in a Small City by Edward Hopper, 1953
I’m currently reading The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton. One of his many excellent “guides” is Edward Hopper, whose work I had seen before, but had never really seen, if you know what I mean. I’m still trying to understand why, only now, I find his paintings so fascinating.
(Source: metmuseum.org)
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What Bad Machinery would look like if Dresden Codak drew it…
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The Liberation of Cherbourg (1) (by Andrew Becraft)
I have a soft spot for historical LEGO vignettes.
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I read omnivorously, I always have, my entire life. I would rather be dead than not read. So, there’s always time for that. I read while I eat, and our whole family did. We all had very bad manners at the table. All of our books are stained with spaghetti sauce, and that sort of thing.
— Edna Annie Proulx, author of The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain, on one of my favorite bad habits. -
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Winters of My Life (by Jonathan Burhop)
A tiny three-minute glimpse into the life of Howard Weamer, who has spent more than 35 winters at the Ostrander Lake ski hut in Yosemite.
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