Friday, February 29, 2008
Death of a Partnership
So this blog is pretty much officially dead. I know it didn't last for long but the partnership it was based on failed to function properly and had to be destroyed. However, a new site has formed http://goingtrain.com, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, and will be the new home of Haupt, The Grove and all the other ex-ClockworkLondoners. Griffith remains on Clockwork London, so go to see what he's doing but all the content from this blog is now officially in the domain of the Going Train. We hope you enjoy the new site!
Monday, February 18, 2008
Comics...Only Better
Haupt
Remember the last time you watched a sci-fi movie or read a sci-fi book that blew your mind while at the same time chilling you to your core because it was such a poignant and intelligent look at our society and where we might be headed, not just as a culture but as a species?
...
Yeah, me neither. Then I read The Surrogates by Robert Venditti & Brett Weldele.
Click here to read the full review...
Remember the last time you watched a sci-fi movie or read a sci-fi book that blew your mind while at the same time chilling you to your core because it was such a poignant and intelligent look at our society and where we might be headed, not just as a culture but as a species?
...
Yeah, me neither. Then I read The Surrogates by Robert Venditti & Brett Weldele.
Click here to read the full review...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Format Change!
We've decided not to provide full content on the blog. The blog will still provide everything we post on the site with the same teaser links used on the main page. Just like over at http://goingtrain.com you'll have to click-through to read the full story. We're hoping this gives everything here a more streamlined feel and encourages more traffic on the main site. Thanks!
Prohibitively Good Brews...
Prohibition Ale
From: Speakeasy Ales & Lagers in San Francisco, California.Style: American Amber Ale
Alcohol: 6.10% ABV
The lastest of tasty brews consumed by me with opinions regurgitated to you. Enjoy! I won't spoil the review but here's a hint of my feelings... 
Read the full review...
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Bejinni Photogram of the Week!
(Yes, it’s a weekly feature, so come back!)
This is the first of a number of features being developed here at the clockworks. Our friend, the Benjinni is a master photographer and in an effort to showcase his beauty through art we’re gonna post some of his photos up on the site until he tells us we’re not allowed anymore (could be any day now, so enjoy them while they last). This one is titled “Small Chains”.
Click here to view the post on the original site!
This is the first of a number of features being developed here at the clockworks. Our friend, the Benjinni is a master photographer and in an effort to showcase his beauty through art we’re gonna post some of his photos up on the site until he tells us we’re not allowed anymore (could be any day now, so enjoy them while they last). This one is titled “Small Chains”.
Click here to view the post on the original site!
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Kicking ass in direct violation of Presidential orders...
A few years ago I took a Historical Astronomy class. Most of the class was spent talking about how the Babylonians thought of the stars or what kind of telescope Kepler was using. It was all I could do to keep my eyes open. However, during the final few classes the topic shifted to the modern era of space exploration. This was where the fun was. Up until that point the most dramatic thing to happen in astronomy was a guy getting threatened by a church but now...Holy shit. People were blowing up, rockets were flying, and dogs and chimps were orbiting the earth. Clearly things had been turned up a notch.
I’ve always enjoyed things centered around this period of American history. I’ve read October Sky, been to Space Camp and my Dad and I will endlessly quote The Right Stuff at each other ("A jimp?...What's a jimp?"). Now I have a comic to add to my list of approved Space Age literature, Astronauts in Trouble - Space: 1959.
This is one of a series that I picked up on the recommendation of the author, Larry Young, when he said that of this entire series of stories this was the one that turned out just the way he wanted it. Almost a graphic novella in format, 72 pages for 8 bucks and worth every penny. It’s an alternate history, or just undiscovered history, of the true first man on the moon. The story centers around a group of reporters who stumble across a military base that houses a program to ensure America space superiority even at the expense of disobeying the president. A great read for folks who like the literary license of a “behind the scenes” look at the Space Race showing what patriots on both sides of the Iron Curtain would do for their nations.
Charlie Adlard, of The Walking Dead fame, handled pencils for the title and displayed his usual level of talent that its almost easy to take for granted. In such a short story though, this talent is of critical importance. Without his emotive faces and strong story telling it would have been easy to get lost in the shuffle. When characters see someone they recognize from earlier, I recognized them too. He was also able to capture the granduer of the early style of 1950's rocketry much like Darwyn Cooke did in The New Frontier. And when the tale moves into space Adlard sprinkles in some Kirby crackle for that old school cosmic comic feel.
It’s easy to dismiss the modern astronaut when stories about diaper clad, gun toting, cross country manhunts are the only stories that make the news unless someone dies. But it’s good to know that Young and Adlard successfully capture an earlier spirit of those first pioneers of space when the stakes were impossibly high and America had the men for the job.
-Haupt
I’ve always enjoyed things centered around this period of American history. I’ve read October Sky, been to Space Camp and my Dad and I will endlessly quote The Right Stuff at each other ("A jimp?...What's a jimp?"). Now I have a comic to add to my list of approved Space Age literature, Astronauts in Trouble - Space: 1959.
This is one of a series that I picked up on the recommendation of the author, Larry Young, when he said that of this entire series of stories this was the one that turned out just the way he wanted it. Almost a graphic novella in format, 72 pages for 8 bucks and worth every penny. It’s an alternate history, or just undiscovered history, of the true first man on the moon. The story centers around a group of reporters who stumble across a military base that houses a program to ensure America space superiority even at the expense of disobeying the president. A great read for folks who like the literary license of a “behind the scenes” look at the Space Race showing what patriots on both sides of the Iron Curtain would do for their nations.
Charlie Adlard, of The Walking Dead fame, handled pencils for the title and displayed his usual level of talent that its almost easy to take for granted. In such a short story though, this talent is of critical importance. Without his emotive faces and strong story telling it would have been easy to get lost in the shuffle. When characters see someone they recognize from earlier, I recognized them too. He was also able to capture the granduer of the early style of 1950's rocketry much like Darwyn Cooke did in The New Frontier. And when the tale moves into space Adlard sprinkles in some Kirby crackle for that old school cosmic comic feel.
It’s easy to dismiss the modern astronaut when stories about diaper clad, gun toting, cross country manhunts are the only stories that make the news unless someone dies. But it’s good to know that Young and Adlard successfully capture an earlier spirit of those first pioneers of space when the stakes were impossibly high and America had the men for the job.
-Haupt
Sunday, November 11, 2007
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