Bonus B flashback post-Brave Men Run

originally posted back in 2006 on my personal blog before I invented SciFi Media and subsequently abandoned it for several years before coming back with a vengeance.

Finished listening to Brave Men Run today. It is self described as what would happen if John Hughes (Pretty in Pink, Breakfast Club, etc.) wrote comic books. The story is set in the 1980's and follows Nate Charters as a group of people with superhuman abilities (sovereigns) make themselves known to the public at large. Nate has some abilities of his own.
Unlike most stories with super powered people, Brave Men Run doesn't have the whole costume and now that I have powers I have to be the most noble person crap that you get a lot of times. Brave Men Run shows teenage rebellion and character interaction that is realistic. The characters' abilities are more part of the conflict that drives the character to the action instead of being the action themselves.
This is a surprisingly good book that is offered for free on Podiobooks.com. The writer, Matthew Wayne Selznick also offers print and E copies on his website for those people who don't do podcasts or audio books. 

Ashli's turn-the drawings of a nine year old

My nine year old has had much more drawing practice and needs to start working on refining her ability.  Unfortunately she doesn't listen to me.  I keep trying to get her to sketch out with circles and lines the way that I never did when I was her age.  Now I realize how helpful that is and how much easier it makes the process, but does she listen.  Maybe she will one day.  She is getting better, but she would improve much quicker if she wasn't just like me.  She created her own superhero and drew a Hamtaro.