In Defense of Bad Special Effects

From Babylon 5 to rubber kaiju suits to the Scorpion King, some sci-fi and fantasy media has such cheap-looking special effects work that it kind of ruins your immersion…but what if (hear me out) bad effects can actually be good?

Drawings and Cartoons, 2020-2023

Experimenting with ink, color, and style to create some cool stuff!

Traveller: The Art of Ralph Niese

The late German illustrator left behind a wealth of wild, colorful, and just plain cool art that was as personal as it was over-the-top; let’s learn more about the work of a unique talent who turned his childhood obsessions into a day-glo statement about history, adult life, and the value of nostalgia.

Why Watchmen Can’t Be Adapted

And other musings on adaptation in the wake of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune and the recently announced film versions of L’Incal and Hyperion.

Three Decades of Undercinema

This is a spotlight on “undercinema” from the 1970s to the 1990s: these are great, wild, unusual, surprising films that have fallen through the cracks and that deserve a new life in contemporary film culture.

Ink Drawings, 2019-2020

I love working with ink – it’s my favorite medium because of its expressiveness.