Category: Miscellaneous

The (Semi) Early Years: Jim Used To Be Bendy

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From the “I Can’t Do That Anymore” Department:

If only my plots were this twisty.

Things You Probably Won’t Be Able To Pay For By Selling Short Stories

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The Early Years: Accident-Prone Much?

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From the “Doesn’t This Happen To Everyone?” Department:

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15 in 15

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This is something I got tagged for on Facebook. Since I’m feeling lazy, I figured I would just port it over here for today’s post. I’m not tagging anybody here but feel free to leave a comment about any particular album or song that sticks with you.

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The Early Years: The Ultimate Reality Show Contestant Lineup?

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The Early Years: The What Is On The Shelf?

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I’m going to file this one under “sentences that you are unlikely to see on contemporary elementary school writing assignments”. I’m sure you can guess which sentence I mean.

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The Early Years: What Is That Thing?

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Today we have another example of “Why Jim didn’t draw his own comic book panels”, in the form of what appears to be a home-made folder cover from the early or mid 1970s:

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The Early Years: Space Battle; Or, Why I Didn’t Do My Own Comic Book Artwork

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My drawing ability never did get much better than this:

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The “Honest Scrap” Award

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Last week, A Blog in the Rough tagged Dennis and me for the “Honest Scrap” meme, in which you have to list ten honest things about yourself, along with the exhortation “and make it interesting”.  Gosh, ten honest interesting things about me?  I’m not sure I can manage that, but let’s find out.  I’m pretty sure that by the time you’re done reading this list, you’ll consider me an even bigger geek than you do already.

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Six More Facts About Jimmy

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One of the readers of Dennis’s Diary of Destruction, Anna of Anna’s Bee World, tagged both Dennis and me for a Six Facts meme.  Dennis already has posted his, which means it’s time for me to post mine.  But first, the rules:

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