I just discovered the art of Jeremy Hush, though I feel like I’ve seen his art before…
This is a classy version of the fantasy crap you see up at a Rennaissance Faire. I loves it. Wish I could go to the gallery show he’s doing in San Francisco soon. Wish he had a book out…
I found myself in the strange position of explaining the Cthulhu phenomenon to my dad over the weekend.
STOP COMPLAINING AND EAT IT
It started with this hilarious-looking game, Miskatonic School for Girls, where members of the H. P. Lovecraft universe make up the staff. The point of the game is to help your house’s students retain their sanity longer than your opponent. The card that pushed me over the edge? Cthulhu as the lunch lady.
First I explained what Kickstarter is; an online service that allows people to raise funds for independent projects for which there are too few/zero financial sponsors. Then I told him about the game. Then I tried to explain how Cthulhu has become an internet meme for some reason, but I’m not sure how, so I found myself saying stuff like, “He’s an underwater god from the Lovcraftian universe, but people online make fun of him by making him out to be emo or adorable.” Which makes no sense of course, but it’s an internet meme, so all it has to do is entertain in the void to be a success.
how do I even begin to explain Cthulhu Spock...?
Cthulhu really is the perfect internet meme, now that I think about it. He’s an obscure reference to a piece of literature at the root of sci-fi/fantasy nerd country that few people have actually read, but somehow everyone knows and loves enough to poke fun of and ironically turn into plushies. He devours souls, people. And now he’s a knitted baby toy.
YOU WIN, INTERNET.
I made this
above: MAGIC
I just finished The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Aside from being totally epic, I was surprised that the writing was so palatable. From what I was told, I thought it would be pages and pages of detailed elf lineage, and chapters full of unnecessary descriptions of the beauty of ladies in tall cities and the grand histories of long-dead kings. What I found was a thoroughly engulfing universe I found my self longing to be a part of. The writing is, frankly, poetic at times. It’s easy to understand why people read these tomes over and over. There’s so much to experience.
Of course, reading the trilogy got me all nostalgic for The Hobbit, which I read a couple of times growing up. It has a shape-shifting druid in it! And a dragon and trolls and treasure! I was hooked. I’d never read anything like it. It took its time and then suddenly thrust you in the middle of something fantastic! I lost the copy I had growing up, but eBay to the rescue! I bought it from a nice lady in Aurora, Illinois for $4. It just arrived at Office Job. So excited 🙂
I hear there’s a movie or some such coming out… later. If it’s done similarly to the LoTR, it should be good, but I really don’t give two shits about a movie when I can have the original experience of my childhood. BOOKS, people. BOOKS.
Be Random, Be Clear 