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.
I'm a creative writer and artist and have shown my work in galleries in Los Angeles. Check out my art here.
I've also written a graphic novel! You can check out some sample pages and buy a copy here.
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 Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
started a new book!!
Here’s my shelf of Books To Read!
I read Tiger Eyes on the plane flight back to L.A. and can’t recommend it more highly, especially for people who are dealing with the death of a loved one. I hadn’t read it since 5th grade, and was really impressed by Judy Blume’s tackling of such difficult themes as grief and teenage alcoholism in a brave but subtle way. The feature film version comes out later this month!
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!!
