A few weeks ago, I received an email from a young woman who’d just moved to Ypsi from Brooklyn, after a brief layover in Ann Arbor. She was looking for studio space, and thought, I guess, that I might be able to help. I couldn’t. But, one thing led to another, and I ended up [...]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Ann Arbor Derby Dimes, artists, bandanas, bikes, Boston, bowling alley, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bowl, container gardening, Corner brewery, Erika Hess, FEASTMass, gardening, images of Mark, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, pasta salad, portrayals of Mark Maynard in popular culture, Rebecca Solnit, Riverside Park, Rob Hess, roller derby, Sherlock Holmes, Spur Studios, The Warriors, unflattering portraits, University of Michigan, University of Michigan School of Art and Design, Ypsi immigration interview | Every so often, on Facebook, Roger Ebert posts his submissions to The New Yorker’s weekly Cartoon Caption Contest. I’ve never given it a shot, as I don’t think I really have a handle on the editorial voice of The New Yorker, but, as I’m laying in bed sick at the moment, with nothing better to [...]
Local illustrator and writer Dustin “Dusty” Krcatovich will be moving to Portland shortly. Here’s his official exit interview. MARK: Here’s your first question… Were you born in Michigan? And, if not, how old were you when you first moved here, and what were the circumstances surrounding the move? DUSTIN: I was born and raised in [...]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Detroit, Media, Michigan, Other, sex, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged accidental intercourse, Allegan, American Apparel, Ann Arbor loses artists, anonymous sex, Art Alexakis, Austin, baby shower, Bank of Ann Arbor, Brass Tacks Sandwiches, Capitalism, comparing Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Concentrate Media, Concentrate speaker series, consumerism, culture jamming, Dave Thomas, Dov Charney, Dustin Krcatovich, Encore Records, Everclear, exit interviews, feet for hands, FM Dust, Forever Stoked, gigolo, growing up, gynecologic imagery, Ian Fulcher, illustration, Jen Munford, Jeremy Wheeler, masturbation, Matthew Altruda, non-local banker, Otsego, Pete Larson, Portland, Portlandia, punk, R.S. DeLucco, selling out, Slacker, Smegma, Starbucks, suicide, The Ann Arbor Paper, University of Michigan, Wendys, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | By Mark | February 25, 2013 After years of shopping at Ann Arbor’s much-beloved comic book shop Vault of Midnight, I finally had the occasion a few weeks ago, at an event hosted by Concentrate Media, to meet the store’s founder Curtis Sullivan. What started as a friendly conversation on the current state of Ann Arbor retail quickly escalated into an [...]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Pop Culture, Retail, Uncategorized | Also tagged Ann Arbor Skate Park, Art Prize, Batman, Comic Book Men, comic books, Conan, Concentrate Media, Curtis Sullivan, Doctor Strange, Elizabeth Sullivan, entrepreneurism, entrepreneurship, Eye of Agamotto, games, Grand Rapids, graphic novels, Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, Jim Ottaviani, Kevin Smith, Ming Chen, Morrison Restaurants, Norm Harris, retail in Ann Arbor, Ruby Tuesdays, Steve Fodale, superheroes, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, toys, Vault of Midnight, vinyl figures, Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award | By Mark | October 15, 2012 Today marks the 107th anniversary of former-Yopsilantian Winsor McCay’s surrealist, illustrated masterpiece Little Nemo in Slumberland, and, to mark the occasion, the folks at Google have rolled out an incredible new, interactive header, which you can see in action in the following video. The following is from the Christian Science Monitor. The Google homepage today [...]
Posted in Art and Culture, History, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged animation, Arlo, Captain Nemo, Cleary Business College, dime museums, Disney, dream interpretation, dream sequence, Dreamland Theater, dreams, Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend, Eastern Michigan University, famous people, Gertie the Dinosaur, Google Doodles, John Goodison, Laura Bien, Little Nemo, Little Nemo in Slumberland, marketing, Michigan State Normal School, Naia Venturi, New York Herald, P.T. Barnum, rarebit, Sackett and Wiggin’s Wonderland, serendipity, Spring Lake, stained glass, surrealism, vaudeville, Winsor McCay, Ypsilanti Commercial | 
