Johnny Ampersand - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I was born in Louisville, four years before my sister Cynthia, and grew up in London, Kentucky. Contrary to what everyone in Ohio thinks, we had both shoes and running water. I attended Transylvania University in Lexington and graduated with a degree in English in 1997. While at Transy I started dating the lovely and vivacious Alice Van Brunt. We got married in 1999 and moved to Columbus, Ohio. We lived there for six years, during which I worked at a Barnes & Noble and met all kinds of interesting people. In 2005 we moved to Cincinnati, which is where we live now. I recently started grad school, at Xavier University, in order to become a high school English teacher.I know more about comic books than you probably thought there was to know. It's an obsession, but so far not a dangerous one. I am a co-founder of Hex Games, Zimberwack Comics, and spreadtheslack.com.I have no children and no pets.

My Interests

Art, Cheese, Comic Books, Mythology, TV Shows on DVD, Writing

I'd like to meet:

Grant Morrison

Music:

Johnny Cash, Radiohead, the White Stripes

Movies:

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Amelie, Dr. Strangelove, Edward Scissorhands, High Fidelity, Kill Bill, Lord of the Rings, Love Actually, the Matrix, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Pulp Fiction, the Royal Tenenbaums, Seven Samurai, Six-String Samurai, Spider-Man 2

Television:

Angel, Arrested Development, Batman: The Animated Series, Battlestar Galactica (new series), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Deadwood, Doctor Who (new series), Firefly, Mr. Show, the Office, Twin Peaks, the Venture Brothers, Veronica Mars, Wonderfalls

Books:

The Stars My Destination, by Alfred Bester; Ficciones, by Jorge Borges; Cosmicomics, by Italo Calvino; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll; The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, by Michael Chabon; the works of Raymond Chandler; Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke; the works of Philip K. Dick; Absalom, Absalom!, by William Faulkner; American Gods, by Neil Gaiman; Bee Season, by Myla Goldberg; The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett; Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney; Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville; the works of Alan Moore; the works of Grant Morrison; Towing Jehovah, by James Morrow; Last Call, by Tim Powers; the works of Kurt Vonnegut; The Book of the New Sun, by Gene Wolfe

Heroes:

Captain America, Flash, Green Lantern, Superman

My Blog

Common People

I've had this song stuck in my head all day. It won't leave me alone."Common People"She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledgeShe studied sculpture at Saint Martin's College, that's whe...
Posted by Johnny Ampersand on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:31:00 PST

I Am An Eagle

I haven't posted on this thing in forever. Why? Because I want to keep my life shrouded in mystery. No, actually it's because I've been busy. And I forget all about this MySpace acco...
Posted by Johnny Ampersand on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:19:00 PST

My Life and MySpace

My life has been busy. Which means I hardly ever check MySpace. So if I have failed to respond to your comment/message/friend request/urgent cry for help, it's nothing personal. I ho...
Posted by Johnny Ampersand on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:28:00 PST

Back in School!

The Fall semester has started. I'm taking three classes. After this semester, I will be ready to student teach.
Posted by Johnny Ampersand on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:50:00 PST

The Adventures of Sindbad

Behold, The Adventures of Sindbad!...
Posted by Johnny Ampersand on Wed, 30 May 2007 12:33:00 PST

Sallly's Magic Pants

A 100 Word StorySally could barely contain her excitement when the package arrived. "My magic pants!" she said."They look pretty ratty," Susie commented. "Shows what you know," Sally said. She put ...
Posted by Johnny Ampersand on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:47:00 PST

Behold!

I added some pictures I drew to the "Pics" section. Click, and behold.
Posted by Johnny Ampersand on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:05:00 PST

Scuzzball Needs Drugs

Posted by Johnny Ampersand on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:07:00 PST

Recent Developments

Last week I was walking to class when a gang (group? assemblage? flock?) of ninjas ambushed me. I've had plenty of experience fighting ninjas, as you might expect, so I didn't think too much of ...
Posted by Johnny Ampersand on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:30:00 PST

Where I Am

I'm sitting on a red chair we bought at Target years ago. It has a retro look, like it came from a diner in the fifties. The computer is set up on a cheap computer desk we bought at Office...
Posted by Johnny Ampersand on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 10:38:00 PST