08/24/09 12:20 - 69ºF - ID#49618

Artvoice, Hero Design, and Design Theft

Hero Design may just be my favorite company in this burg. Their posters are consistently awesome and the boutique on Allen has a great collection of Kid Robot etc. I mean, when was the last time you were featured in Spin Magazine? That's what I thought.

Their design work is so good in fact, that Artvoice has apparently stolen some. The post to which I link is a must read -- and the images tell the story.

Now, that just takes raw guts. Stealing art from a company just around the corner? Isn't the internet big enough to find something else to plagiarize?

Perhaps there is some kind of misunderstanding here. I have yet to hear AV's take on this story, and I look forward to it. From the Hero side, though, the whole thing reeks of laziness and hubris. That's right: not just regular old pride -- tragic-plot-starting hubris.

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05/01/09 10:05 - 55ºF - ID#48552

Like Independent, not Jones

looks like today is Buy Indie Day. So get down to yer local bookstore and buy something!

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04/27/09 05:52 - 76ºF - ID#48519

Zine?

Th'other day someone said to me "I like your zine". I certainly appreciated the compliment, but "zine"? I've always associated that term with collages of old magazine photos with anti-establishment text scrawled over them. I mean, I'm all for that and everything, but dang.

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03/18/09 08:03 - 40ºF - ID#48115

Fair's Fair

GF will be at this week's Buffalo Small Press Book Fair. Come on down and say "Hi".

This fair was sort of the catalyst for Greenfern. When I attended last year, I looked around and said "huh. so it is possible". I'm looking forward to being on the other side of the tables this year.

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03/12/09 10:10 - 22ºF - ID#48025

Gutenberg FTW

Here's another geeky webcomic railing against e-books. Should it strike me as odd that the hardcore nerds are anti? I'll bet it strikes Amazon that way.