Wayne Santos | Toronto-based writer and game journalist
Another Day At Home
Not much except a run to Bloor, some… uh… vaguely middle-eastern-ish lunch in the form a thing called a Shawarma, that reminds me a lot of the old Donairs I would have in university at “Kathy’s Greek Delites” except about 10 times better, and a trip to the used book store which [...]
More Comics
We were kind of on the fence about whether to descend to the Toronto Comic Art Festival site again, but in the end we decided it was worth it after all and made a second visit. This time we made a much more appreciable dent in the wallet.
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Of Comics & Cowboys
Today ended up being a long but pleasant day.
The afternoon was spent cruising down over to the University of Toronto campus where one of the old and currently under renovation halls was taken over by the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. While we did not achieve everything that we set out to [...]
Reunion
The submission package is probably on the plane to New York by now, so there’s not much else to do with regards to DC.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, there’s a review I need to write for a recently released game. This involves meeting up with a special little lady to relive the old days. [...]
Wednesday Is DC Day
Today, aside from the continuing heat that can officially be considered Days of Summer, it was really about one thing; writing up the submission materials for DC. We’re going to be sending the submission by FedEx tomorrow to the DC office on Broadway, New York. Man, never thought I’d be [...]
Slow Hot Tuesday
Today was one of those hot days that–in an apartment with no air conditioning–made it kind of an effort to even sit at the computer and write. Still, work got done and the 12th script for the kid’s comic is done. Guitar Hero II completion continues to elude me (although I [...]
Back To Normal
And now things settle down once more.
The In Laws came over one last time in the morning to say goodbye before hopping in the car and driving back to Maine. It’s been a pretty interesting last few days. I get the distinct impression that they are a little homesick for urban [...]
Scott McCloud
So today was the day.
We tromped on down early in the evening to the OISE building (just across the street from the Royal Ontario Museum) and settled down to listen to Scott McCloud talk about comics.
First however came an impressive presentation from his daughter, Sky, in the eighth grade. She was frighteningly articulate [...]
Script #2
The only things of note that occurred today were that the second script for the other anthology has been started. It’s definitely a nastier piece, but then you can’t be all sunshine and optimism all the time, and since it’s a commentary on artists, I think they get venerated enough that it’s time [...]
It’s All About Image
In this case, that means Image Comics. Now we’ve got news that the cities themed anthology has sparked some interest from the masters of variant/collectors/limited covers. I have to admit, when Image first started up, I too was sucked in. The thought of all those incredible Marvel artists allowed [...]