Bar Camp Dallas

I’m very much looking forward to Bar Camp Dallas. I’ve been playing around with ideas for a presentation.

Go read Ex Machina if you haven’t. Well read the first page, if that doesn’t grab you then the rest probably won’t.

I had lost interest in Grant Morrison’s recent work and finally jumped into Brian K. Vaughan’s Y the Last Man. While I enjoy Y I’ve really gotten into Ex Machina. Basically the series revolves around the mayor of New York who has the power to talk to machines. There is a potent story arc that involves him stopping one of the planes on 9/11 and saving the second tower. It also has a Vaughan trademark, little tidbits of historical details sprinkled throughout. These give the series a certain heft because it anchors it in the real world.

The artwork is nice. It’s done like those animated Richard Linklater movies, where he shoots live footage and animates on top of it. They do the same thing with the panels. They position people in a scene and then take a picture and use that for the illustration.

Here’s a little secret about me. Ever since I was a kid I’ve wished I could draw.