Carrie Cuinn
My (Science-loving, Steam-Powered) Heart Beats For Atomic Robo
Sometimes a girl needs a little fun in her life. A moment to enjoy some good old fashioned science-fuled ass kicking. A happy ending would be nice too. So, what’s a girl to do? I got my hands on volume 2 and 3 of the Atomic Robo trade paperbacks. If you haven’t heard of Atomic [...]
More from Folklore: Aesop’s Fables
We’re moving on to The Conference of the Birds (link goes to Wiki) in tomorrow’s class. Before I switch gears, I wanted to share some facts and thoughts on a misunderstood genre of writing: Aesopic fables. The word “fable” comes from the Latin ”fabula” (a “story”), itself derived from “fari” (“to speak”) with the -ula suffix that signifies “little”: [...]
Someone Else’s Life
Imagine that you don’t have anyone else in your life. No one, not a spouse or a child or a roommate. No job either, no school, no pets to feed, no homework to finish, no bills to pay. No one to impress. No responsibilities at all. Just for a week, let’s say, so you don’t [...]
Review: Brian Wood’s DMZ (graphic novels 1-3)
Set in a near future where a second American civil war rages, a lone journalist is stranded in the middle of New York City, now a brutal no-man’s-land. Mirroring current events, DMZ is an unforgiving look at what a ‘war on terror’ can do to a civilian population. I’ve been told that I need [...]
January 2012 Recap
In January I started my final semester at UPenn – I’m taking 5 classes, including one on Great Story Collections, and I’m writing about that class for the blog. So far, I love my classes and my professors, but it’s massively time-consuming. Juggling everything has been a bit tricky but I think I’m getting the hang of [...]
Dear Jackass, The Book Review Edition
Dear Jackass, So you want to get your book sold, do you? And you think that a glowing review of your work will get readers interested? I have to agree with you there. There have been several books that I purchased based on a strong review by someone whose opinion I trusted. Oh, you don’t [...]
Folklore: Great Story Collections
Last week I started back at the University of Pennsylvania, after a year off. I’ll be finishing my last semester this Spring, and graduating with a BA in History of Art in May. In addition to the math and biology lecture class and bio lab I must take to graduate, I also got to pick [...]
More Movies from 2011 (Which I’ve Now Seen, in 2012)
My massive catch-up from the cinematic offerings of 2011 continues (click here for part 1 of my mini-reviews), mainly veering away from Hollywood and into the independents. Thank the Elder Gods for that. I love a good Hollywood action/adventure type flick as much as the next person – and being a comic book geek, it’s [...]
A Look At Book Cover Design
I recently made the decision to expand this blog from simply talking about writing to talking about stories. Stories told in film, in images, and – most often – in words. Though many of you know that I my field of study is art history, what you may not know is that I specifically study [...]
5 Movies I Didn’t See in 2011 (But Saw This Week)
I love movies. I love how a great director and great actors can take a script, which is just the skeleton of a story, and flesh it out with sets and sounds and camera movements and jump cuts to make emotions. Turning it into the warm body of a film, with strength and heart. When [...]
