Your showcase of showcases

Your showcase of showcases

by paul bond

| Syndicated
September 22, 2015

We’ve had a few Weekly Showcases come in and I like the creativity and personality in them. One was a collaboration between Repsag, Mama Tavia and the Death Whisperer. It was good to see people working together. It makes the … Continue reading →
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Tales from ds106 tweet-along, round one: Crawling hands and gripping snakes

by paul bond

| Syndicated
September 21, 2015

For our first ds106radio listen-along, we heard a couple of ancient episodes of The Witch’s Tale: “Four Fingers and a Thumb” and “The Boa Goddess.” Both of these come from 1937, when people were a bit more primitive. Is the … Continue reading →
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Thoughts on thoughts on cinematography

by paul bond

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September 18, 2015

I enjoyed reading people’s analyses of cinematography. A few people picked The Shining. The director, Stanley Kubrick, was a master photographer, so that movie bears repeated watching for the camerawork alone. The thing that jumped out at me the first … Continue reading →
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Tales from ds106: Last Respects discussion

by paul bond

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September 9, 2015

Here Jim and I have fun talking about Last Respects by Al Feldstein and Graham Ingels as we delve into issues of class, changing times and mores, and survival skills. Hats off to Cherish for examining the mathematical side of … Continue reading →
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Doll talk

by paul bond

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September 5, 2015

In this video, we discuss the Twilight Zone episode “Living Doll” and the Trilogy of Terror segment “Amelia.” The green screen function wasn’t being cooperative today, so I’m posting the raw recording, with network connectivity issues and all. Despite the … Continue reading →
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Spooky suggestions

by paul bond

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September 4, 2015

Here are the examples of horror suggested by our ds106ers, along with what they had to say about each of them: Film The Ring This was the first rated R horror movie I ever watched and it still chills me … Continue reading →
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Beyond the Wall(s) of Sleep

by paul bond

| Syndicated
September 4, 2015

Below I’m taking a look at how one story went through several iterations across media. The text of Lovecraft’s story is in the public domain and available online. Here is an audio version: Translating stories across media is risky business. The … Continue reading →
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Talk of the Hook

by paul bond

| Syndicated
August 30, 2015

Here Jim and I discuss “Tales of the Hook,” from Stephen King’s Danse Macabre, and the movie Creepshow. As you can see, I got tired of editing about 40 seconds into the discussion, so the green screen goes to black. … Continue reading →
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Of tweets and tentacles

by paul bond

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August 29, 2015

I saw this tweet from ds106 master Bill Genereux: Ok, today’s #dailycreate is a lot of fun. If you’re in #ds106 you might want to do this one. http://t.co/mHaU1eYylb — Bill Genereux (@billgx) August 29, 2015 and this image on … Continue reading →
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What is scary?

by paul bond

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August 26, 2015

I remember my father told me that the scariest movie he ever saw was The Wrong Man, an old Alfred Hitchcock movie in which Henry Fonda is arrested and tried for a crime he didn’t commit. What my father found … Continue reading →
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Shadow of Death discussion

by paul bond

| Syndicated
August 26, 2015

In this video, Jim and I discuss the Tales from the Crypt tale “Shadow of Death” illustrated by Graham Ingles and written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. We talk about horror and humor, visual storytelling, the 50s and EC … Continue reading →
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“How I Did It” – Tales from ds106

by paul bond

| Syndicated
August 22, 2015

Mariana Funes (@mdvfunes) the ds106 shrink requested a “How I Did It” post on the Tales from ds106 week one video. The key to doing something like this is the green screen, which I found online for $17.99. I recorded … Continue reading →
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The things you see when you’re tumblring around

by paul bond

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August 21, 2015

Sarkos on Tumblr always posts interesting things, and today was no exception. I suppose the idea of remixing Goosebumps is kinda obvious, unless you’re like me and never read R.L. Stine. I tracked the source of the images back to … Continue reading →
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A Host of Horror Hosts

by paul bond

| Syndicated
August 10, 2015

The Crypt Keeper, The Vault Keeper, The Old Witch – these were hallmarks of the old EC horror comics. They’re part of a tradition of horror hosts that had a long-time presence on television. Elvira may be the most famous … Continue reading →
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Shuttered village

by paul bond

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May 22, 2015

I found my copy of The Prisoner: Shattered Visage graphic novel and read through the first chapter. It was originally published as four comics in 1988-89, about twenty years after the TV show aired, and the story takes place in … Continue reading →
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Trapped in a world he never made…

by paul bond

| Syndicated
May 21, 2015

Now that Jim mentioned it, I vaguely remember hearing about Jack Kirby adapting The Prisoner back in the day. The project never saw the light of day, but Kirby apparently finished drawing the first issue. There’s an interesting translation issue … Continue reading →
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dsnumber6

by paul bond

| Syndicated
May 19, 2015

@Prisoner106 has proposed a Prisoner themed summer ds106 experience. I’m trying to think of how it might go. There are so many potential angles… The basic story, as I recall, is about a secret agent who resigns, angrily, and is … Continue reading →
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Noir-view mirror

by paul bond

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May 15, 2015

I’m not sure where the knight fits into D’Angelo’s worldview, but that’s the part I’m going to play as I attempt to sidestep my recent lack of blogging and jump forward a couple steps. ds106 is always an adventure, and … Continue reading →
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Caution: Crawford

by paul bond

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April 16, 2015

The Black Widow Agency has identified a connection between NoirCat and noir icon Joan Crawford. Caution is advised. No wonder NoirCat is in hiding.
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The Night Driving Killers

by paul bond

| Syndicated
April 14, 2015

When I saw a screen shot of Night Driver it immediately made me think of the driving scene in The Killers that Jim giffed a while back. I started thinking about how to combine the two. You could use the … Continue reading →
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Commie?

by paul bond

| Syndicated
April 9, 2015

I think some left-coast reporter has been casting aspersions on my character: #StirrupJack @phb256 Has a commie hoodie. Can’t even trust his briefing on Jack. #noir106 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/4uj4fE9Bvd — Stirrup Trouble (@StirrupTrouble) April 7, 2015 I suspect this is a … Continue reading →
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In memory of…

by paul bond

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April 5, 2015

I have no idea what this all means… Help me figure it out.
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Report from the field

by paul bond

| Syndicated
April 2, 2015

As you know, I was away on a mission over the past week. My investigations took me to Portland, a town crawling with dirty hippies, people sleeping in the streets, and beggars with pit bulls. I could totally see myself … Continue reading →
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Haves vs Wants

by paul bond

| Syndicated
March 12, 2015

One of our ds106 Noirsters regrets missing last night’s broadcast: Gah, apparently I chose the wrong night to skip on the radio shows. Sorry, creators #ds106radio — Spencer Scott (@spencer_cscott) March 12, 2015 and it was a night not to … Continue reading →
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Home of Elvis and the Ancient Greeks

by paul bond

| Syndicated
March 8, 2015

University of Memphis writing professor Sonja Livingston sent me this clip the other day, asking for my thoughts. She was actually interested in the singer, Valaida Snow, while I was curious about the movie, Pieges, also known as Personal Column, which … Continue reading →
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The mark of Cain

by paul bond

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March 2, 2015

Inspired by Jim’s post from the other week, I picked up the EC Archives Crime SuspenStories Vol. 1. This volume contains the first six issues of the series, four of which feature stories indebted to James M. Cain. Road to … Continue reading →
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Guardian of the galaxy

by paul bond

| Syndicated
February 27, 2015

Groom wrote about his favorite Groom art, which included Sharla’s revisioning of I Am Legend. But since I just saw Guardians of the Galaxy last weekend, I had to interpret it differently. At first I was going to use the … Continue reading →
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Tales from DS106

by paul bond

| Syndicated
February 23, 2015

Jim wrote a bit about sharing comic books with his kids and talked about making an animated GIF out of one of the covers I want to have the dude who is buried alive slamming on the coffin, need to talk … Continue reading →
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Call me Jack

by paul bond

| Syndicated
February 20, 2015

We had another great ds106radio listen and tweet session last night, this time with The Adventures of Philip Marlowe – Red Wind and a Mystery Playhouse tale of Jack the Ripper. I didn’t really preview either of these before I … Continue reading →
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Big Mama

by paul bond

| Syndicated
February 19, 2015

For our third listen-along session this week, we heard the Lux Radio Theater production of Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious. This was a little different from our earlier shows. Except for Moon Grafitti, all the others originated in written literature, although The … Continue reading →
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