Comments for ComicsPundit

Comment on Steve Jobs, Pixar, and a Comic Biography by Smitty

Smitty — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:51:08 +0000

Jobs DID NOT CREATE Pixar. It is well known that he PURCHASED Pixar from Lucasfilms in 1986. Pixar had produced many good short animations before then, and was indeed known as Pixar. I don’t intend to diminish what Pixar accomplished after that. But let’s not distort history.

Comment on A sign that it may be time to start blogging again: by Mary Stack

Mary Stack — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:34:51 +0000

“Please don’t get offended on my behalf. Expletive laced snark is Angry Drunk’s style. As one of the Angry Mac Bastards, it’s a style I enjoy listening to.” I have to confess being kicked off a blog is my secret goal. It rather reminds me of eating dinner in a big family and watching the fireworks of sibling rivalry. I need to get back to my own work but the temptation of ‘shit disturbing’ is an entertaining distraction.

Comment on A sign that it may be time to start blogging again: by Shawn Levasseur

Shawn Levasseur — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:26:21 +0000

There may be trace elements of some template. But I've modified so much in the MT templates and the CSS that you may as well consider it a homemade template.
Largely I used HTML5 tags to make it easier to work with. The specific contextual tags are far better to work with than the "div soup" with a bazillion different classes.

Comment on A sign that it may be time to start blogging again: by Shawn Levasseur

Shawn Levasseur — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:26:00 +0000

Comment on A sign that it may be time to start blogging again: by tabletki na tr?dzik

tabletki na tr?dzik — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:20:15 +0000

What is the name of template you used in your www ?

Comment on A sign that it may be time to start blogging again: by tabletki na tr?dzik

tabletki na tr?dzik — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:20:00 +0000

What is the name of template you used in your www ?

Comment on Ann Althouse and the Maine Lobster Festival by Billy Rhythm

Billy Rhythm — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:59:28 +0000

Not only was serendipity on a roll, but so was lobster! (Ba-doom, crash!) Thank you, thank you, be sure to tip your waitress.

Comment on Timothy, What are you really trying to say? by Shawn Levasseur

Shawn Levasseur — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:01:00 +0000

And double thanks for correcting me using a comic book reference. Very cool.:)

Comment on Timothy, What are you really trying to say? by Shawn Levasseur

Shawn Levasseur — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:59:00 +0000

We amateur bloggers depend on peer editing. Thanks for the correction.

Comment on Timothy, What are you really trying to say? by Jonathan Smith

Jonathan Smith — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:29:00 +0000

Ironically, seeing as this post is (at least partly) about professional writers vs non-professional writers, I can’t help pointing out, in the context above, the correct spelling of ‘gall’ as in ‘gall bladder’.Any fan of ‘Asterix the Gaul’ will tell you ‘Gaul’ (with a capital ‘G’) is actually an archaic name for what is now France.

Comment on That’s much more than “Only a bill”!!! by Batton Lash

Batton Lash — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:26:00 +0000

Many thanks for the props and the plug, Shawn!

Comment on Bill Watterson was way ahead of the times… by Billy Rhythm

Billy Rhythm — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:08:00 +0000

Beautiful!

Comment on Timothy, What are you really trying to say? by Citizen A

Citizen A — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:31:00 +0000

Thanks for posting over at Screen Door Republic.I'll certainly bookmark you.BTW, today I'll be picking up The Odyssey 4, Man With No Name 6, and Wonderfuld Wizard of Oz 1 today.

Comment on Judenhass, a comic book essay on the Holocaust. by bobmitchellinthe21stcentury

bobmitchellinthe21stcentury — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:40:00 +0000

Hi Shawn, thaks for dropping by the blog man, and for taking the time to read it.It’s cool with me that you disagree with what I’m saying. I’m surprised at how many hits I’ve had on this, and most people who have went on to comment about it elsewhere have disagreed with me. Only one person has agreed. I’ll stand by what I’m saying though. I don’t see how a collection of anti-Jew quotes from throughout history proves that the Holocaust was inevitable. I could go and find a collection of anti-Jew quotes from the last 50 years, I could go and find some from the last year, but that doesn’t mean another Holocaust is inevitable. I could go find hundreds of anti-Islam or anti-Christian quotes from the last 50 years, but that doesn’t mean a Holocaust against those groups is inevitable. I could probably distill the reasons for the Holocaust down to one man, Hitler.You’re right of course to say “the hatred of the Jews permeated world culture” but it doesn’t follow from that the Holocaust was inevitable. And I would disagree that there was a precedent of genocidal slaughter against the Jews. Violence, persecution, undoubtedly, but not the systematic murder of six million people in around five years.And hatred towards Jews didn’t shut off escape routes from Nazi Germany. Tens of thousands of Jews made it out of Germany, Poland and Austria and were accepted in other countries. The Nazis, and the circumstances of war shut off the escape routes. Not just for Jews, but for everyone.I’m with Sim when it comes to never forgetting about the Holocaust, about learning lessons form the past to ensure it never happens again. I’m just saying his argument that Holocaust was inevitable is flawed.I think you proved my point for me, unwittingly so. You mention the South Korean artist’s anti-Jew comments, saying: “The significance is that such hatred still exists today.”Your argument is that the hatred which existed throughout all those centuries, the hatred which Sim exposes in his book, that hatred is still around today.So following that logic, if the same hatred is still around, that means another Holocaust is inevitable. And Sim’s work cetainly is not a historical essay and the quotes in it are most definitely out of context. I don’t see how you can argue differently. If he cuts parts of quotes out of a larger text and presents them on their own without any discussion or comment, that’s presenting them out of context.Having a bibliography does not bestow the quotes he uses any context (and it’s not even an actual bibliography). The context would have to come in the body of the work. He just presents the quotes. It’s not even a proper annotated bibliography, like one you would get in a historical essay. I’ve got a degree in history, go with me on this. That he tossed out two quotes by Washington and Franklin doesn’t grant any context onto the quotes he did use either.And I looked at the section of the website you mentioned. Regardless of the fact that if I’m reading a book I shouldn’t need to look up the internet to get the whole story, what he’s put on the website is not a comprehensive list of his sources, it’s pretty slap-dash. It’s nothing remotely like a bibliography. A proper bibliography tells you exactly where each reference is from.Anyway, I’m glad you enjoyed Judenhaas, it’s good that you took something out of it. I was pretty disappointed, but each to their own.