to let you know that there's a new comic-book store in Manhattan... because he opened one. www.carminestreetcomics....

Ben Folds is a magical creature of motion and sound.

One wonders, in the middle of the night, whether walking one's tired body twenty blocks is good exercise or just good masochism.

Surrounded by comic-strips, books on comics & comics-creators-- writing in a cozy apartment... Oh god, it feels like a good day off.

Walking through Harlem often reminds me either of my first two months in NYC or of Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man".

As of today, I have completed payment on one entire student loan! Just countless thousands of dollars to go.

Any day I meet with two different artists about two different comics projects is a good day!

I've begun to be proud of living in little old Astoria, a unique cultural part of NYC!

NYC street-life is just as interesting seen upside down. Try it.

Oooohh Pakistani food is spicy but good and this place on 8th & 37th has it super-cheap!