Scratching the surface of the Arizona State Museum

This week, I spent time behind the scenes at the Arizona State Museum to see how the people at the archeology repository do their work. My thanks to Patrick Lyons, Arthur Vokes, and Katie MacFarland for taking the time out of their busy schedules to speak with me, and thanks to my editor Justyn Dillingham and the Wildcat's copy desk for help with the editing.

Tags: writing, journalism, science, archeology, people, profiles

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Asterios Polyp - best graphic novel of the year?

Here's my argument for it.

Tags: writing, comics, art, design, books

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Look What I Received in the Mail Today

A copy of Shivering Sands by Warren Ellis, one of my favorite writers:

Tags: writing, books, comics, culture

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Daily Wildcat theft - the end?

I wrote an opinions column about the entire Daily Wildcat theft case, which is kind of a companion piece to Shain Bergan's column earlier this week.

Tags: writing, news, journalism, fraternity, crime, police

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Second annual Tucson Comic-Con

The second annual Tucson Comic-Con was great. I was able to get some wonderful interviews with many of the creators and vendors at the event. You can find the Wildcat's event coverage here. There are photos by the enthusiastic Gordon Bates and a video of my interviews that are edited by the wonderful Kelli Horan, who was able to read my mind and put together exactly the type of story I wanted to tell. Thank you guys!




Tags: journalism, video, audio, comics, photo

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Comic-entricity

I write a preview for the upcoming Tucson Comic-Con.

And I expound on the second graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award for a Comics Corner column.

Tags: comics, news, journalism, writing

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The Halloween articles

Apropos of the upcoming holiday, I discover that there is a Tales from the Crypt graphic novel series.

For this week's Wildlife, I contribute my list of the scariest movies to the staff inventory. My intro as to how I chose my list was taken out. (They're based on my childhood fears.)

The new, American-made "Astro Boy" movie was good overall.

Built to Spill plays tonight! What's surprising is that the band is playing at a small nonprofit after watching a documentary about the group.

Tags: comics, movies, Halloween, music, anime, concerts, reviews, writing, journalism

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Recipes for entertaining this fall

Here are two recipes for your Halloween and fall parties.

Tags: writing, food, recipes

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Grinding strangers in the Southwest

Busy week at the Wildcat:

I review the latest A Place to Bury Strangers album. Shoegaze-y goodness.

I visit the Tucson Museum of Art to take in its exhibition, "Ansel Adams: A Legacy,"which represents the photographer well.

I'm in a grindhouse trailer for The Loft's Grindhouse Movie Trailer Massacre competition.

Tags: music, art, photography, movies, reviews, writing, journalism, life

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Fighting Oil With Biodiesel

I review the documentary "Fuel" and find it to be dense primer on the fight for alternative energies in the U.S.

Photo courtesy of thefuelfilm.com

Tags: journalism, movie, reviews, environment

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