Archive for May, 2009

“Up,” “Up” and Away!

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Audrey and I saw Up tonight; it may be my new favorite movie.  Okay, one of many favorites.  Why have just one?  In other visual mediums, it’s easy to confuse physical or surface beauty with inner goodness, but in animation and the cartoon arts, even the ugly can be beautiful.  For an example, just look at the star of Up.

“I Am an Amanuensis” 60: The (Real) Tuesday Weld 2

Friday, May 29th, 2009

“Love’s the greatest gift of the ugly to the beautiful.”

“The Ugly and the Beautiful” by The (Real) Tuesday Weld, from their album I, Lucifer, inspired by the novel of the same name by Glen Duncan.

Amanuensis –noun.  A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

The Scratch Papers, Page 73: “Cheese Bath”

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

Thanks John Massé’s Dad!  2009.

“I Am an Amanuensis” 59: John Massé

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

“My Dad always said, ‘Son, if you can draw beautiful women, you’ll never starve.’  Thanks Dad!”

Illustrator John Massé in the March / April 2009 issue of Layers Magazine, page 32.

Amanuensis –noun.  A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.