Hi! My name's Chris. I've lived in Los Angeles since 1995, when I came out here for grad school. I 'm originally from the north side of Columbus, OH. and I'm 41.
I'm a creative writer and artist and have shown my work in galleries in Los Angeles. Check out my art here.
I'm also a contributing editor for the popular art blog Daily Dujour.
I like graphic novels, Christmas, tide pools, grilled cheese sandwiches, reading, biker moustaches, dudes, football (Ohio State and the New Orleans Saints), sea monsters, painting, pine trees, bookstores, tennis, Chiddy Bang, going to the gym, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cricket Magazine, gloves with the fingers torn off, the "Gemini's Twin" sketch on Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation, illustration, rugby players, Trina Schart Hyman, Stephen King, horror films, Hillary Clinton, film history and unexplained phenomena.
I blog about illustration, painting, Atari, Christmas, books, style...and things from my favorite era: the late 1970s/early 80s. As well as assorted other stuff!
Email: Cobbler3@yahoo.com
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CURRENTLY READING: The Penderwicks at Point Mouette by Jeanne Birdsall
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
started a new book!!
I just finished this novel and it truly is one of the more shocking and haunting books I’ve read in a long time…not to mention psychologically fascinating and insightful. It’s worth tracking down a used copy if you can! Thanks to J for turning me on to it.
P.S. It was also made into a 1977 movie starring Diane Keaton, Richard Gere and Tuesday Weld, but it’s out of print and not available on DVD, bah.
I scored a used copy of this and it came in the mail today! Can’t wait to read it. (Thanks to J for the recommendation.)
Started a new book!!
Abel’s Island (1976) by William Steig
started a new book!!
I just watched the 2012 film version and it was pretty unsatisfactory. It DID made me want to read the book, though — so I went out and bought it tonight! Watch out.
I just finished this! I typically don’t read non-fiction, except for some film criticism and artist biographies here and there. This book is an account of Hemingway’s time in Paris in the 1920s with his wife, infant son named Bumby(!?), and his famous pals like Gertrude Stein and James Joyce. There’s also a lot with F. Scott Fitzgerald, who apparently was an alcoholic hypochondriac. At one point, Fitz asks Hemingway to take a look at his privates, because his wife Zelda had deemed him too small. Hem takes a look and tells him he’s fine and that Zelda is crazy. Then they go to the Louvre to check out nude statues so that Fitz is convinced! The book was decent, but not as awesomely inspiring as On Fire by Larry Brown or A Sailor On Horseback: The Story of Jack London, as far as writerly accounts go.
started a new book!!
started a new book!!
Hi friends! I wrote a graphic novel, and it was illustrated by the awesome Christopher Darling! It tracks three turbulent months in the life of a troubled high school sophomore in 1987. Click the photo to take a look at some sample pages!
(Source: christopher-stanton.com)
started a new book!
Loot from this morning! #80sHorror
I wanted to recommend this highly excellent, really sweet graphic novel. Johnny Hiro is an ordinary guy with an eternally optimistic girlfriend who manages to have adventures befitting a superhero. They live in NYC, struggling to get by, and he works as a busboy at a sushi restaurant. Coolio, David Byrne and the cast of Night Court make guest appearances. Check it out!!
