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chris stevens

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

i believe in jesus, but not that he walked on water. my first book, 'dream compass', is a collection of stories written by myself and illustrated by farel dalrymple, arthur adams, nate powell, jae lee with june chung, and james jean. it finally arrives in 2009. the great john workman letters. and 'jungle jane', illustrated by stephen gilpin, spun out of 'dream compass' and will launch as a 96 pg book of its own early 2009.my first published story, 'blue', lead off the anthology 'postcards', from random house books. we were just nominated for the will eisner award for 'best anthology'-- a huge honor so thanks to the selection committe.you can read more about 'postcards' and its editor/producer jason rodriguez by clicking on them in my friends space.

My Interests

comic books, trying to cook, skeeball, guitars, alexander the great, mythology, the ocean, pinball, thomas jefferson, lightning, the negro leagues, the space between panels...

I'd like to meet:

creators and readers of any stripe, alan moore, gabriel garcia marquez, polly harvey, mike mccready, zadie smith...

Music:

bob dylan, pj harvey, miles davis, juggernaut drunk, john frusciante, jimi hendrix, sam cooke, elliot smith, old tricky, sonic youth, django reinhardt, sinead o'connor, soophie nun squad, john coltrane, nick cave, pearl jam, billie holiday, eddie hazel, mick ronson, verve...

Movies:

basquiat, the road warrior, satyricon, amadeus, on the waterfront, secret of nyhm, the rescuers, empire strikes back, time bandits, one-eyed jacks...

Television:

entourage, deadwood, top chef

Books:

atlas shrugged, the last temptation of christ, tristessa, dr. sax, the idiot, the dragonlance chronicles, fires, collected poems of dylan thomas, season in hell, the illuminations, complete illustrated shakespeare, desolation angels, letters vol. 1 jack kerouac, of love and other demons, mythology edith hamilton, any carl sagan, joseph campbell, the gambler, pop gun war,thb, miracleman, kamandi, ronin, the sandman, will eisner, windsor mckay, pogo, 100 bullets, gumby's summer&winter specials...

Heroes:

bob dylan, alan moore, fyodor dostoevsky, jack kerouac, paul pope, marlon brando, frank miller, arthur rimbaud, jerry rice, jimi hendrix, dylan thomas, gabriel garcia marquez, jack kirby, raymond carver...

My Blog

no past no future

"to me there is no past or future in art.if a work of art cannot live always inthe present it must not be considered atall. the art of the greeks, of the egyptians,of the great painters who lived in o...
Posted by chris stevens on Sun, 18 May 2008 11:06:00 PST

king

http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bigg2hp0.jpg ' for i am indifferent to their fate.'the king at glorious full-strength...there's a majesty you can't fake...i see kirby, in his chair drawin...
Posted by chris stevens on Tue, 06 May 2008 07:24:00 PST

mock kong

[URL=http://img69.imageshack.us/my.php?image=junglejanecopy9 qi.jpg][IMG]http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2931/junglejane copy9qi.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Sometimes i beat my chest like a mock King Kong to ge...
Posted by chris stevens on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 03:13:00 PST