Comments for Jump the Walls & Run http://jumpthewallsandrun.com/zach/blog Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:58:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on The Northern Fury: A Race Car Bed Sled by Jump the Walls & Run » Blog Archive » JTW&R Update (10/13/08) http://jumpthewallsandrun.com/zach/blog/?p=42#comment-6 Jump the Walls & Run » Blog Archive » JTW&R Update (10/13/08) Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:21:31 +0000 http://jumpthewallsandrun.com/zach/blog/?p=42#comment-6 [...] P.S. If you’d like to check out some tunes, my friend Lou just joined the band Miniature Tigers, and the lead singer, Charlie, is a long-lost amigo I had hung out with in middle school days, as we had a mutual best friend in Ben Faiveley (co-builder of The Northern Fury). [...] [...] P.S. If you’d like to check out some tunes, my friend Lou just joined the band Miniature Tigers, and the lead singer, Charlie, is a long-lost amigo I had hung out with in middle school days, as we had a mutual best friend in Ben Faiveley (co-builder of The Northern Fury). [...]

]]> Comment on Illustrators: Kate Moross & Meats Meier by Digital Design http://jumpthewallsandrun.com/zach/blog/?p=218#comment-4 Digital Design Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:49:41 +0000 http://jumpthewallsandrun.com/zach/blog/?p=218#comment-4 Flowers bloom and two sweethearts seesaw on the pendulum. <a href="http://www.arcon.co.za/" rel="nofollow">Digital Design</a> Flowers bloom and two sweethearts seesaw on the pendulum. Digital Design

]]> Comment on Steam Punks & The New Victorian World by susan http://jumpthewallsandrun.com/zach/blog/?p=61#comment-3 susan Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:42:32 +0000 http://jumpthewallsandrun.com/zach/blog/?p=61#comment-3 Also, anyone into steampunk should google Royal de Luxe "the Sultan's Elephant" for the most amazing gigantic puppet spectacle which inspired many a steampunk, I'm sure. No, really, look for it on youtube. srsly. Also, anyone into steampunk should google Royal de Luxe “the Sultan’s Elephant” for the most amazing gigantic puppet spectacle which inspired many a steampunk, I’m sure.

No, really, look for it on youtube. srsly.

]]> Comment on Steam Punks & The New Victorian World by susan http://jumpthewallsandrun.com/zach/blog/?p=61#comment-2 susan Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:39:18 +0000 http://jumpthewallsandrun.com/zach/blog/?p=61#comment-2 The man on the steamcar is Shannon O'Hare, aka Major Catastrophe, creator of Neverwas Haul. The name of the steamcar is Kristie's Flyer, named after a friend of one of the other creators of Neverwas Haul, Kimric Smythe, who was responsible for much of the technical/engine work on both the steamcar and the Haul. Steampunk is extremely popular in the Bay Area (and I think also in Seattle and Portland) to the point of being considered passe. It's still growing, though. There are magazines and conventions. Steampunk fans convened at Comic Con this year to discuss costumes and lifestyle. The online comic "Freakangels" ( www.freakangels.com ) features steampunk heroes in a flooded future London. The man on the steamcar is Shannon O’Hare, aka Major Catastrophe, creator of Neverwas Haul. The name of the steamcar is Kristie’s Flyer, named after a friend of one of the other creators of Neverwas Haul, Kimric Smythe, who was responsible for much of the technical/engine work on both the steamcar and the Haul.

Steampunk is extremely popular in the Bay Area (and I think also in Seattle and Portland) to the point of being considered passe. It’s still growing, though. There are magazines and conventions. Steampunk fans convened at Comic Con this year to discuss costumes and lifestyle. The online comic “Freakangels” ( http://www.freakangels.com ) features steampunk heroes in a flooded future London.

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