Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
Borrowing from Other Cartoonists
I've been doing a lot of drawing in my sketchbook recently. I try to do at least a little bit every day. I'm told that the best way to hone one's craft is to practice daily, and I'm finding that this wisdom seems to be true. The more I draw, I more comfortable I...
Breakfast Delight
I just made myself a most tasty breakfast and had to share it. I've been on a diet for several weeks now (28lbs. lighter!), and I discovered a couple of weeks ago that I can have a couple of eggs for breakfast and only take in 140 calories. This morning, I decided to...
Geocities Goes Dark
Yahoo! flipped the switched today, and their Geocities services found it's final rest today. It's a little nostalgic for me, since I spent my formative web design years with Geocities. My first (admittedly garish) website was built using their services, and I think I...
Fiction
Weight of the Kraken
Chaz raises the weapon he holds in his left hand. He can feel the Weight of it dragging his arm back toward the earth, but it is that very same Weight that allows him to wield the hand cannon at all. When he first claimed the Kraken, when he first held the Object that...
Confession
She is tied to a rack. The ropes at her wrists and ankles dig cruelly into her skin. Her fingers and toes have long since gone numb. She barely notices. This is as it should be. Figures move in the shadows around her, checking her bonds, adjusting her garments,...
Out of Darkness, Unto Destiny
New piece of Destiny fan fiction I wrote last week. This one merits a bit of explanation. I wrote it as a kind of transition piece for my clan, Tied the Leader. The TTL Gunslingers were founded on and modeled a bit after Stephen King's The Dark Tower series. At the...