Posts Tagged ‘yesteryear’

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Music, Art, Love

by DGC on May 9, 2012 at 12:00 am
Yesteryear, this really happen during the last weeks of school there was an annual talent show. a couple of my neighbors from down the street preform that Beastie Boy's classic (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!) what an amazing way to start the summer. thank you.

In between regular postings of This EMPIRE are “yesteryear” strips.  These segments will hopefully provide some interesting vignettes into Niall and Jamal’s past.

Please note: For more information click on an image or text highlighted in Navy Blue.

Related Strips:  Yesteryear 

I would like to take a moment to offer my condolences to families, friends of Adam Yauch “MCA” of The Beastie Boys, and Maurice Sendak, author/illustrator of children’s literature.

 

Adam Yauch, musician, rapper, activist, and film director. He was best known as a founding member of hip hop trio the Beastie Boys, which was formed in 1979 in New York City. He was frequently known by his stage name, MCA, and sometimes worked under the pseudonym Nathanial Hörnblowér.

Yauch founded Oscilloscope Laboratories, an independent film production and distribution company based in New York City. A Buddhist, he was involved in the Tibetan independence movement and organized the Tibetan Freedom Concert.

Fresh Air Remembers Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch

Excerpt - With his raspy voice, Yauch started making music with Michael Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) when they were all teenagers in New York City in the early 1980s. The Beastie Boys started out as a punk band, but in 1987, the group released Licensed to Ill, the first hop-hop album to reach No. 1 on the pop charts.

 

 

Maurice Sendak, American writer and illustrator of children’s literature. He was best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, first published in 1963.

Dubbed by one critic “the Picasso of children’s literature” and once addressed by former President Bill Clinton as “the King of Dreams.”

Fresh Air Remembers Author Maurice Sendak

Thank you for your many wonderful sounds of music and works of art.

DGC

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Yesterday + Year

by DGC on April 20, 2012 at 12:00 am
Origin of YESTERYEAR; Yesterday + Year

In between regular postings of This EMPIRE are “yesteryear” strips.  These segments will hopefully provide some interesting vignettes into Niall and Jamal’s past.

Please note: For more information click on an image or text highlighted in Navy Blue.

Related Strips:  Yesteryear 

Late posting, I was on the fence of  just doing the preview and schedule this comic for next week.  Then I reconsider, and I am glad I did.  This piece is riffing off one of many works of British street artist Banksy.  Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter (Source: Wikipedia).  This piece is features Bentley and Niall collaborating on a little art appreciation somewhere.

More good stuff on the way… I just have to keep working on manipulating time and space. Or…

Scott Kurtz, PVP Mark Waid is fearless

Thinking of starting a webcomic? Now more than ever the most important thing to focus on is the quality of your work. Worry not about tee shirts, advertising networks, website design, posters or convention appearances. Only the best will be noticed. Words and pictures, my friends. You better figure out how to combine those things in very interesting ways. You better have compelling ideas to share. Because the people who are really, really good at such things are starting to notice us over here. They’re coming.

Words and pictures, readers, friends.  I need to continue to work on how to combine those things in very interesting ways.

If your local, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is holding a 24 hour grand opening.

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Friday, April 20, 5pm—Saturday, April 21, 5pm

“OUR UNIVERSE IS EXPANDING”

…of the Nature Research Center, the new wing of the NC Museum of Natural Sciences.  Open for 24 hours, yes 24 hours.

Goodness gracious, yes the building is supposed to look like the rendering to the left once completed.  The building design, implementation was a collaboration between international architecture firm Fentress Architects and local architecture firm O’Brien Atkins.

 

RECORD STORE DAY 2012

April 21st – Worldwide

Now what you can do locally in your area is on April 21st Record Store day.  This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music.

 The day brings together fans, artists, and the over 700 independently owned record stores in the United States, along with hundreds of independent record stores across the world.

Be sure to tell me what you purchase and why. I always on the lookout to hear new music.

 

Thank you for reading, back to making comics.

Regards,

DGC

 

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Another yesterday(year)

by DGC on March 7, 2012 at 11:30 pm
At what age is it legal for children to ride mopeds, motorcycles, scooters. Still researching at the publication of this post. Pardon any errors.

In between regular postings of This EMPIRE are “yesteryear” strips.  These segments will hopefully provide some interesting vignettes into Niall and Jamal’s past.

Related Strips:  Yesteryear 

Late post, jeez louise, the latest comic for This EMPIRE is still in development.  I am not satisfied with the work, I did received some good comments from the weekly Raleigh  Sketch Jam on what to do.  So in it’s place another vignette of days gone by.  This one featuring Jamal and Bentley which was heavily influence by the original video animation series FLCL “Furi Kuri” (pronounced in English as Fooly Cooly).  I recently had the opportunity to re-watch the series it in it’s entirely.  Damn you Hulu “mushy mush” goes my gray matter :)

“Great Googley Moogley” Diesel Sweeties eBook-Stravaganza 3000 had exceeded it’s pledged goal of $3,000 with about 37+/- hours left in the fundraising.  [click here]

His latest updates / goals includes an “incredible webcomics all-stars” to submit comics for the collected edition.  Oh my this list looks so good. [click here]

Thank you for reading, back to making comics.

Regards,

DGC

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