I've reacquainted myself with my twitter feeds and blog reading. I have the belief that, sometimes, its best to unplug for a couple of months and not know what's going on in the world minute to minute. In fact, a friend of mine became a single mom of triplets more than a decade ago. I asked her how she handled it. She said, "I didn't watch the news or anything the first 4 years. And you know what? It didn't really matter."
So, now that I've reattached myself to the information umbilical cord, I've found at least some interesting blog feeds/twitterers:
1. http://themarvelageofcomics.tumblr.com/
Cool pages(mainly from the Silver Age of comics). Some with annotations and some never-before-seen. My current favorite is a letter sent by inker Vince Colletta to Marvel after editor Jim Shooter had been fired in 1987. Boy, is it both funny and vicious.
2. http://www.abominable.cc/
The Abominable Charles Christopher. One of the cutest, yet interesting web comics out there.
3. www.foundshit.com
I like photo blogs because I'm such a poor reader. This is one of the better ones.
4. A bunch of comic artists/writers on twitter:
@brubaker(Ed Brubaker), @BRIANMBENDIS(Brian Bendis), @mrmarkmillar(Mark Millar), @mattfraction(Matt Fraction) just to name a few. Mark Millar's tweets are great because I think they are exactly what Stan Lee would be doing today, if he were a young Brit.
5. Local twitterers(tweeters..whatever)
@Indypodcaster(my friend Darrin at his new job for Cha Cha), @JennCristy(help her raise some money for her new CD)
@317lindquist(local/national concert/entertainment reporter)
6. Denis Leary's tweets:
He actually published a book of his tweets last year. They're good. Not THAT good. But, definitely worth a follow.
There's more, but I'm still exploring. I'm still not sure I like the frequent tweets of some accounts( sometimes they come every 15 minutes). But, we'll see how well I can cope being reacquainted with the information onslaught.
Comments