Surprisingly deep sleep last night yet it is now days since I had my last hayfever tablet. I guess it was an exhaustion sleep. I’d had a pretty long day and topped it off by watching Bombshell into the early hours. Looking at the IMDB this morning, I can’t help but feel it’s a grossly […]
Continue ReadingAs is my nature, I can rarely do things in moderation. I’m currently in a bit of a rut with my work. I don’t know what to do, so at night I’m going through some heavy-duty TV/movie watching. It started a few weeks ago with Piccard but has intensified in recent days. Last night I […]
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My Friday wasn’t great. It was one of those days when the world rejected my efforts, so by the time 10PM rolled around, I was done. No late-night drawing session watching one of the American news networks. I’d had enough of Trump, having written that long piece in the morning. The rioting was also getting […]
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It feels like the wrong thing to emphasise about a film that’s essentially a two header, heavy with dialogue, theology, and character motivation, but what stood out for me about The Two Popes were the special effects. Crazy, isn’t it? I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a film where the special effects were so integral […]
Continue ReadingWhy Dunciad.com?
It’s a cool domain name and it was available. Yes, I know. Available. Crazy, isn’t it?
Really?
Yes. It also helps that it’s also my favourite satire written by Alexander Pope, one of the most metrically pure English poets who also knew his way around a crude insult or two. If you’ve not read it, you should give it a try.
So this is satire, right?
Can’t deny it. There will be some. But it’s also an experiment in writing and drawing, giving work away for free in order to see how many people are willing to support a writer doing his thing. It’s the weird stuff that I wouldn’t get published elsewhere in this word of diminishing demands and cookie-cutter tastes.
