Cover to “Batman: The Long Halloween” #11, Tim Sale, 1997

DC Comics.

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Another year of goating older.

So I got a couple of early birthday presents in the mail from you writery types …

Thank you!!

I totally dig my “Grendel” comics (Vivat Grendel!), and my wicked cool crystal skulls (I’m pretty sure they make me Indiana Nolan).  I must say that I’m still a bit befuddled, however, by the “Horny Goat Weed.”

Exactly how is Horny Goat Weed employed?  Is it meant to repel horny goats?  (I can’t imagine their arrival is welcomed by most of us.)  Or to attract horny goats?  (If you want to breed them on your farm, then it would be helpful.)  Is it meant to placate horny goats by making them more chill?  Is this the kind of weed that Jeff Session wouldn’t approve of?

I’ll update you all as information develops.

 

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Cover to “Batman: Shadow of the Bat (Annual)” Vol 1, #2, Brian Stelfreeze, 1994

DC Comics.  “Elseworlds” issue.

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Check out “August Morning, Upper Broadway,” by Alicia Ostriker

Well, summer is officially winding down.  (I have friends whose religious devotion to the beach has them counting down the days in August.)  There is one last summer poem I’d accordingly like to pass along.  It was included on a list of 19 summer poems published by BookRiot a couple of weeks ago.

Its title is “August Morning, Upper Broadway,” and it was written by Alicia Ostriker.  It’s a beautiful piece that reminds me of New York City, among other things.  It’s Number 6 on the list above.

 

 

This is itiful.

You know what obstructs any meaningful commentary on social issues that I see in the news?

Having the damned “P” key stuck on my keyboard.

I’ve told you guys before how it changes “hope” to “hoe.”

Tonight we discovered that it converts the “gay pride” to “gay ride.”

My intended meaning is altered entirely, in other words.

Somebody tell me how to fix my keyboard — lease.

 

 

 

Cover to “Action Comics” #894, David Finch, 2010

DC Comics.

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Cover to “Outcast” #8, Paul Azaceta and Elizabeth Breitweiser, 2015

Image Comics.

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“Graybeard the Pirate”

I have to say I think it’s weird
there’s salt and pepper in my beard.

And so today I’d like to scold
my melanin for getting old.

 

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“Biscuits Lefèvre-Utile,” Alfons Mucha, 1896

Lithograph.

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Eric Robert Nolan nominated for the Sundress Publications 2018 Best of the Net Anthology

I am honored today to share some wonderful news — my colleagues over at The Bees Are Dead have graciously nominated a short story of mine for the Sundress Publications 2018 Best of the Net Anthology.

The title of the story is “At the End of the World, My Daughter Wept Metal,” and it was published last August over at the B.A.D. website.  (You can find it right here.)  It is an apocalyptic sci-fi horror tale in which nanotechnology is used for an astonishing medical breakthrough  — but then goes horribly, catastrophically wrong.

I would like to thank B.A.D. Editors Philippe Atherton-Blenkiron and Dennis Villelmi for the nomination and their invaluable support for my work.  I am truly grateful.

 

 

 

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