Ah, Elektra: Assassin… not remembered as well as Watchmen or Dark Knight but Sienkiewicz was as vital as Moore or Miller, as electrifying in that late 80s moment of the comics medium’s revolution, but never produced anything of such sustained genius again. His Moby Dick is brilliant but short, Stray Toasters is fantastic but deeply weird, Big Numbers with Moore never made it out of the small numbers. He’s produced many exquisite images since but nothing that’s truly worth his talent. Sounds condescending, but it’s a shame.
Funny anecdote in your Persuasion piece about 3D printing. I remember going to the first few Maker Faire events held at the NY Hall of Science during that same period. 3D printing was all over the Faire, with both hobbyists and commercial groups displaying their printers and printed objects. There was definitely a vibe that we were on the cusp of a revolution, as if they had invented Star Trek replicators. At the time, they were basically printing small 3d toys in hard, monochrome plastic. I work in a laboratory science and there was also a prediction that we would be 3d printing a lot of our own lab equipment. Much of it was related to the "open source" and "open access" movements that were gaining steam. The latter movements have largely been coopted by for-profit academic publishers and the like.
Ah, Elektra: Assassin… not remembered as well as Watchmen or Dark Knight but Sienkiewicz was as vital as Moore or Miller, as electrifying in that late 80s moment of the comics medium’s revolution, but never produced anything of such sustained genius again. His Moby Dick is brilliant but short, Stray Toasters is fantastic but deeply weird, Big Numbers with Moore never made it out of the small numbers. He’s produced many exquisite images since but nothing that’s truly worth his talent. Sounds condescending, but it’s a shame.
Funny anecdote in your Persuasion piece about 3D printing. I remember going to the first few Maker Faire events held at the NY Hall of Science during that same period. 3D printing was all over the Faire, with both hobbyists and commercial groups displaying their printers and printed objects. There was definitely a vibe that we were on the cusp of a revolution, as if they had invented Star Trek replicators. At the time, they were basically printing small 3d toys in hard, monochrome plastic. I work in a laboratory science and there was also a prediction that we would be 3d printing a lot of our own lab equipment. Much of it was related to the "open source" and "open access" movements that were gaining steam. The latter movements have largely been coopted by for-profit academic publishers and the like.
The Las Vegas was really poetic. I didn't learn anything but I was moved by your words which I think was the point.