joe randel's art dump

Downstairs renovations are close to done, thank goodness.  So close in fact that Wife and I where able to fill up our new downstairs book shelves with our collection of reading material.  Even my Bruce Timm book found a home on it.  It was neat thought to go through all our books again and see which ones we’ve forgotten and which ones we wish to read again.  One of those books is called A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah.  It’s about his life as a child soldier in Africa and how he made it out.  I originally saw an interview with him on The Daily Show and was so moved by his story that I had to buy his book.  It’s fascinating and horrifying at the same time.  You read it and think that this is a grown man in this situation and then stop and remember that he’s actually only twelve.

I can’t recommend this book enough.  It’s seriously fantastic and I couldn’t put it down.  I really must read it again.  What books do you own that you should read again?

Last week I wandered in to the local comic shop and I saw something.  Something wonderful.  Something I knew I just had to have.  It was a sexy pin up book of Bruce Timm’s art called Naughty and Nice.  Who’s Bruce Timm you ask?  Well, did you watch Batman the animated series in the 90’s? Yes? Then you know who Bruce Timm is.  He was actually the co-creator of the series.  He also has this amazing retro style in his art and his girly drawings are fantastic! Continue reading