Tag Archives: portrayals of Mark Maynard in popular culture

The New York Times covers the Beezy’s ZipCap campaign… and I make it into the paper of record on the chest of Bee Roll

By Mark | May 20, 2015

In tomorrow’s New York Times, you’ll find a story about my friend Bee “Ypsilantian of the Year” Roll and the work she’s done through the California-based company ZipCap to raise working capital for her restaurant, Beezy’s, by essentially demonstrating to lenders that, while she doesn’t have a lot in the way of hard assets, she […]

Posted in Dreamland Tonight, Local Business, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bee Roll, boobs, Dreamland Tonight, Evan Malter, Mark in the press, Melissa Dettloff, New York Times, puppet Mark, Ryan Groendyk, Ypsilantian of the Year, ZipCap | 10 Comments

Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Erika Hess

By Mark | May 12, 2013

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, comics, container gardening, Corner brewery, Erika Hess, FEASTMass, gardening, images of Mark, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, pasta salad, 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 | 30 Comments

Putting the finishing touches on the virtual Mark Maynard that will be doing all of my socializing for me this evening

By Mark | September 8, 2012

I tried meditation, exposure therapy, Chinese herbs, and any number of other things, but, in the end, I decided to overcome my fear of people through the use of technology. Thanks to my friend Chris, who came though with a projector, and Linette, who going to help me fashion the head, I’m now just a […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged automaton, fear, fear of people, fear of public speaking, robots | 11 Comments

Today’s my birthday

By Mark | February 11, 2011

The following was left in my mailbox by a reader of this blog. I thought that it was lovely and wanted to share it with the rest of you… Linette thinks the angel-like people surrounding me are inflating me. I think they’re sucking the life out of me. The truth is probably somewhere in between.

Posted in Mark's Life | Also tagged Mark's birthday, OEC, Ol' E Cross, tattoo ideas | 16 Comments

Krampus posters will be going into production soon

By Mark | November 22, 2010

Thanks to the hard work and vision of Melissa Dettloff, Ryan Groendyk, and Chris Sandon, the posters for the December 11 Krampus event are now completed. With any luck, they’ll go into production at VG Kids in the next few days, and we’ll be getting them up around Ypsi/Arbor soon… Aren’t they beautiful? [If you […]