tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:53:58 +0000cryptids, ufos, paranormal, comics, movies, trivia...life. todd can't shut up.http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/index.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)Blogger379125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-7180185669971692578Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:46:00 +00002008-08-28T07:53:58.284-07:00okay... everything for a reason, i always say... i had to go down to marvel yesterday and was up early, running around, getting everything together, and was thrilled that wendy had told me a story a few days before of her trip last week and was kind enough to write it up, giving me the day off and making it easier for me to get things done at marvel. she was having some problems with her http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/08/wendys-trip.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-3638593489650480877Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:00:00 +00002008-08-25T06:22:48.283-07:00okay... well, we just got word--and thought it would be good to pass it on to you--that PERHAPANAUTS 4 will be in stores september 24!! it is stuffed full of lots of perhapanaut-y goodness and features all the thrills and surprises to lead you right into issue 5, the mind-shattering conclusion to our first story arc, TRIANGLE! we thank everybody for your patience and your loyalty to us and the http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/08/blame-spider-man.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-5676712432000126104Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:30:00 +00002008-08-22T05:56:32.353-07:00okay... so, no secret, i love trivia. i will find myself going through phases of trying to watch a lot of trivia-based game shows, mostly fast-paced ones, rapid-fire questions. jeopardy, win be stein's money, etc. last winter sharon and i found ourselves preparing and eating dinner with the discovery channel's cash cab on at 6 and then over to the game show network at seven for reruns of the annhttp://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/08/cash-cab.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-6852266434263790026Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:03:00 +00002008-08-20T06:32:46.750-07:00okay... i know that i've been preaching to everyone who'll listen that we've got to make summer last, got to make sure we pack this (fleeting) summer with as much summery fun as we can because--around here anyway--winter is long and cold and dark... (actually, i love the cold and dark part--it's the "long" that gets to be too much...) i got angry at nic (portal comics) a week or so back when hehttp://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/08/in-houseof-secrets.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-2501625229174080757Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:55:00 +00002008-08-18T05:56:38.088-07:00okay... so the bigfoot in the freezer turned out to be not bigfoot (dna said human and...possum?!), the montauk monster is still viable, but there are a lot of things about that that sound hinky, and the dewitt county chupacabra is SOMETHING--some kind of devil dog...the dewitt devil dog?...but it's no chupacabra by the definition i go by. is it a summer of hoaxes? i hope not. hoaxes don't help http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/08/okay.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-8698352389239998292Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:10:00 +00002008-08-14T21:11:09.858-07:00okay... here's a mish-mash of random stuff; items that i've been saving on my desktop to share and never finding any common theme or reason to slap them up here. call this a series of "random pictures of the week". oh, and there's a "five for friday" at the bottom... the other day, matt sent out an e-mail with a bunch of funny --twisted--motivational posters. they were all hilarious, and a http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/08/any-random-friday.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-3339057449914097739Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:55:00 +00002008-08-13T06:56:07.830-07:00okay... the chupacabra hubbub down in texas so last summer, that woman found a weird dog or something down in texas and dubbed it the chupacabra without, i'm guessing, actually doing a little research first to see what a chupacabra is all about. okay, these things happen--sometimes, i'm told, history is MADE. so now this deputy down there captures this footage on his dash cam http://http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/08/dewitt-chupacabra-and-snapper.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-424937392598357960Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:47:00 +00002008-08-12T15:50:33.870-07:00just wanted to post a quick post to thank everyone who wrote or posted or called to let me/us know that we were in their thoughts today. thank you very much-- toddhttp://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/08/thank-you.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-8376379337109267042Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:20:00 +00002008-08-11T05:23:37.572-07:00okay... so, okay...i've admitted here that there are times when i become somewhat pre-occupied by certain books, tv shows, movies, music--i think we all do this to some extent and i think it indicates the things we're passionate about. i'm passionate about story and so those tend to be the things that, for a given amount of time, absorb me completely. i mentioned last week that sharon and i arehttp://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/08/guard-duty.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-109463506117224003Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:32:00 +00002008-08-08T10:20:08.715-07:00okay... over at comicrelated.com our pal, russ burlingame has instituted a monthly column called "what perhappenin'?" in a meager attempt to try to trick me into telling him what we've got planned for the perhapanauts. it isn't working. i'll never crack. but i do give some hints as to what might be happening and i do answer some of the questions that i CAN answer without spoiling any of it for http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/08/whats-perhappenin-and-five-for-friday_08.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-7860451264576299236Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:12:00 +00002008-08-06T09:07:13.989-07:00okay... so, aside from trying to get all my writing and lettering done this week, an old friend of mine is in town for a few days and i'm trying to carve time out to spend with her. back in the eighties, we were near inseparable; we worked together, played together, sang together, and she was dating my girlfriend's roommate, so, at times, we practically lived together. haven't seen her in yearshttp://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/08/snuck-up-on-me-wednesday.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-2826160155696038278Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:01:00 +00002008-08-04T09:01:51.792-07:00okay... i don't think that's it's any secret that i am a frustrated artist. as a kid i was drawing all the time and dreamed of one day being as good as my heroes; neal adams, jim aparo, and, yes, nick cardy! i began college in a graphics art program but was soon swayed over to (my deeper, secret, desire) theater and acting. i've tried to study and work at drawing on the side, but over the past http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/08/in-hour_04.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-7890048103174557758Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:28:00 +00002008-07-31T06:42:51.825-07:00okay... several people 'e'd me this photo yesterday morning and the rumors were flying; true, hoax, ad campaign... you know me--i WANT it to be true... later on, wendy sent me this piece from new york magazine online. http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/07/the_monster_of_montauk.html DAILY INTEL Intel 7/30/08 6:40 pm Investigating the Montauk Monster: The Story Deepens! Photo: Courtesy of http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/07/extra-montauk-monster.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-1345563097270820555Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:33:00 +00002008-08-01T07:41:35.348-07:00okay... so, we'll see how that whole monatauk monster thing develops. did an old guy with a shopping cart just come along and wheel that thing away? here's the thing; though both my parents grew up in my hometown of rhinebeck ny, i spent the first 8 or 9 years as a kid in the town of hicksville, long island, while my dad was a cop in the city and my mom was an elementary school teacher--well, http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/07/monsters-and-zombies.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-864884440983809713Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:23:00 +00002008-07-30T05:24:07.650-07:00okay... a few months back, realizing that my schedule was getting a bit overbooked and hoping to keep this three-times-a-week blog on such a schedule, i put out the call to anyone within the sound of my voice offering a shot at being a guest blogger (and thereby giving me a chance to get some actual perhapanauts work done...!). while the response wasn't what i'd call overwhelming, i was http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/07/interview-thoughts-from-roger-ash.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-8806825088532950005Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:09:00 +00002008-07-29T05:10:16.348-07:00okay... one of the things i had planned to post yesterday was a link (or, since i seem to suck at creating links, at least a 'cut and paste'...) to the interview i did last week with comics reporter/web journalist/perhapanauts supporter tim o'shea. and i forgot... i had the post all put together and i even had a note to myself here on my desk about putting the link up there, but i also had a http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/07/perhapa-blog-extra-talking-with-tim_8947.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-5569040677776006918Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:18:00 +00002008-07-28T05:55:07.216-07:00okay... so with all of our thanking of all the great artists who helped us out with perhapanauts 3 last week, we didn't really get a chance to throw out the noise that the MONSTER PILE-UP arrived in stores last week! originally conceived to be a sorta IMAGE COMICS SAMPLER of some of images spookier books, PROOF writer alex grecian and i thought it would be cool if we put it out for halloween. http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/07/monster-pile-up.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-99953696980619446Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:48:00 +00002008-07-25T07:11:29.794-07:00okay... SPOILER ALERT! just wanted you to know that, in my quest to heap tons of praise on all four of our colorists from issue 3, i've posted a double page spread from that issue waaaaaay down at the bottom of this page by rico that just transcends description. it is glorious! so, if you haven't seen it yet (and what's up with that? get out there and get one!) and don't want to, stop at the http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/07/rico-blake-dean-and-jason.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-3357112137830472992Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:00:00 +00002008-07-23T08:35:33.241-07:00okay... what can i say about tad stones that you can't read on wikipedia...? well, okay, how about what a really nice guy he is, how much fun it is to chat with him--and educational!, what a giving collaborator he is, and how very exciting it is to see his pages spring to life before your eyes! as a seasoned animator, having been in the business for the past 20 years or so, he is a master http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/07/tad-stones.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-4923996535553194996Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:30:00 +00002008-07-21T08:34:09.148-07:00 okay... with perhapanauts 3 finally out on the stands (and this time i'm told it's everywhere...!) and everybody's had a chance to read it, it's time to sing the praises of our fine guest artists and colorists! first on the hit list is our old pal, kelly yates! now i refer to a lot of people as "my pal" and "our pal" and yadda yadda, but the truth is, people are just so darn friendly in this http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/07/our-pal-kelly.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-7914696253266892798Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:28:00 +00002008-07-18T09:17:36.530-07:00okay... well, it seems like there is an awful lot going on this week, the least of which is not the release of PERHAPANAUTS 3! hope you got it, hope you liked it--there are no spoilers here. i said on the letters page that i would thank and give a little background on our guest artists and friends here on the blog, and i will on monday. but today i thought i'd let everyone catch up and give you http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/07/ma-you-live-in-interesting-times.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-6562524807169440072Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:48:00 +00002008-07-16T06:49:04.856-07:00okay... SPOILER! SPOILER! SPOILER! SPOILER! SPOILER! just wanted to let you know up here that i've posted the first three pages of the 6-page back-up story "Choopie and the Gremlins" --with art by the incomparable TAD STONES!--below as a teaser for issue 3 (out today, if you hadn't heard...) if you'd rather not see them, don't go all the way to the bottom. the rest of this is cool. ~~~~~~~~~~http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/07/perhapanauts-3-today-today-today_16.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-6365715140484193915Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:11:00 +00002008-07-14T06:21:42.698-07:00okay... finally, after a few extra weeks of waiting--and we thank you so very much for your concern and patience--THIS is the week that the all-new, all-different PERHAPANAUTS #3 will finally hit the stands! now we know that many of you loyal perhapa-fans are already lined up and camping outside your local comic book shops--we've seen the human interest pieces on the news. and thanks! that's http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/07/perhapanauts-3-dont-miss-it.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-7541845110014407604Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:42:00 +00002008-07-11T07:18:46.114-07:00okay... somewhere between the new york show and the seattle show and the charlotte show, somewhere between working on getting the lettering done for issue 3 and lettering jason armstrong's beautiful back-up story in issue 4, somewhere while we were squeezing in the five page tale that graces the pages of the monster pile-up, somewhere between hell and high water and a rock and a hard place... .http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/07/ryan-lord-some-other-stuff.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-3980734909132897882Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:18:00 +00002008-07-09T05:18:57.881-07:00okay... though he's best known, of course, for his work on teen titans, aquaman, bat lash, and brave and the bold, my pal, nick cardy, drew tons of covers for dc comics back in the late 60's and early 70's. recently we were talking about some of his absolute favorites and this is one of them. not only is it simply a beautifully designed and illustrated cover, it also embodies everything summer http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/07/summer-lovin.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)