Note: This is not a book review per se. It’s more of a “here’s what I learned from this book” sort of post. A few months ago, I picked up a book called Me, Myself, and Bob, a personal-memoir kind of book written by Phil Vischer, the founder of Veggie …
What do Daniel (yes, the one in the Bible), King David, Sam Gamgee, and Superman all have in common? They are all considered “heroes,” whether historical or imaginary, that embody certain traits that people value. However, do fictional heroes, superheroes or otherwise, have enough depth to be proper role models? …
Just to give y’all a heads-up, we are going to be revamping the website here at Mertens Creations over the next few days. Expect things to look odd and different and nonsensical. What changes will we be making? For one, we’re going to be adding a portfolio page where we’ll …
You may remember a few months ago I noted here that I was doing an internship for Redeemed Reader (see posts here and here). Well, today Janie and Emily said goodbye to both Caity (the other intern) and me: Interns: A Fond Farewell Buried in this article you’ll find a bit …
Monday marked the end of my “scorched-earth” policy regarding books. You see, for the past several years I had not re-read a single book. Nope, not a single one–excepting the Bible of course. Well that ended Monday when I read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe for the second …
This past Saturday I went with some friends to see a movie about which much ink has already been spilled: The Avengers, a superhero movie of epic proportions. Since reviews of the movie are already plenteous, I will be brief. plot The story revolves around six Marvel Comics superheroes–Ironman, Thor, …
Hello readers, it’s been a little while …no, actually a very long time, since we broke silence last. However, Jack and I had some time to jam this afternoon on a short song and take some pics, so we thought that we would post them to liven things up in …
I’m not sure if anyone’s interested in learning about the technology behind Dead Men Hiking, but if so this post is for you! (Warning! This post may seem somewhat technical if you’re not familiar with shooting video on a DSLR) I used a Pentax K-x dslr to shoot Dead Men …
(the movie is at the bottom; feel free to skip down there and go ahead and watch it) So Dead Men Hiking is finally finished. It’s not perfect by a long stretch–there are scratchy audio clips in places, bad visual effects in places, and numerous inconsistencies! The monster isn’t perfect …
I’m over at Redeemed Reader again today concluding my series on Kingstone Comics–including an interview with Kingstone author/publisher Art Ayris! Very interesting stuff–you can read/listen to the post here. -Jack- (known in some places as “bone”)