The Last Mechanical Monster
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Panels from Brian Fies' The Last Mechanical Monster.(img: Brian Fies)
The purpose of the public domain is to hold the intellectual property that belongs to the public. From gods and myths to the forgotten and the intentionally created, the public domain serves as a vital fount, a gateway from the past to the future, and without it, some works would not exist. We have the public domain to thank for countless Disney films. We have the public domain to thank for all the recent Sherlock Holmes adaptations. We have the public to thank for certain versions of characters (Popeye, for example), even as other versions o the character remains in ownership of its creator.
It goes without saying that it's responsible for webcomic creator Brian Fies' outstanding Eisner-nominated work The Last Mechanical Monster, a work so acclaimed that it has grown from its original release on Blogspot to an expanded edition published by Andrews McMeel Universal.
Add a commentBiting the Biter
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Remember when this used to stand for something? Apparently Youtube doesn't
There comes a point in every company's life where they forget where they came from. In that moment, they forget who they are an they become irrelevant.
The graveyard of failed corporations, from SCO to the original Atari, from Osborne to Dumont, are all companies that forgot where they started, lost the faith of those who had been there from the start, and turned towards what they thought were greener pastures but instead were toxic cesspools that spelled the companies' doom. And it's happening again.
And this time, it's happening to a company we all thought we loved.
Add a commentWhose Arm Hath Bound the Restless Wave
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Hearing about the USS Fitsgerald incident brought up a lot of memories for me. Not only because I was in the Navy, not only because I was stationed in Yokosuka like the Sailors at the Fitzgerald, but the fact that the ship I was on at the time was in a collision. I'm not here to talk about the one I was in, however; the Blue Ridge was in the equivalent of a fender bender and no one was hurt, as far as I know (though as I recall, the captain's gig got torn up.
But that's nothing compared to the hell that the USS Fitzgerald and its crew just went through.
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Back to Basics: Font Creator 11 First Impressions
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“Hello UI, my old friend....
Around here at Megami, we actually make fonts (or typefaces, if you want to call them that). Really! And how we make the sausage here? A little program called Font Creator, by a small company called High Logic. I've been a loyal (you could say fantatical) user of FC for a long time, and so when I got my hands on the newest version, I immediately decided it needed to be reviewed. After all, I have worked with other fontmakers before, from the simple to the complex (read: Adobe) and there's a reason why I've stuck with these guys, right?
Even still, FC 11 is a change to the formula and spices things up. There are some immediate changes that I can see from previous versions, and that could change my opinion. But does it?
Read past the bump to find out.
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