I’ve got an awesome prompt. Last Saturday see, my friend Paul told me about The Moth and intrigue swept my heart. (I love when that happens). The best part? Turns out The Moth (a compelling storytelling concept and podcast series) became a “thing” after the founder used to have people over and “forced” them to tell a story as a condition of the party. During those tales, moths would circle the porch lights and so The Moth moniker arose. I instantly begged The Rock to let me do

I didn’t know this even existed, but I’m excited to see it — an animated film based on Norwegian cartoonist Jason’s graphic novel SHHH!I’m not sold on the CGI environments, but it otherwise seems to be quite a fairly accurate adaptation of Jason’s moody pacing and already film-like silent storytelling.(via Mike Lynch) This entry was posted on Monday, August 31st, 2009 at 10:47 pm by John Martz and is filed under Illustration. You can follow any responses to this entry

Lev Grossman’s post on the renaissance of storytelling in the WSJ is a good read. I love a good story. The other day I was talking with a friend who told me he loved spy novels, and then went on to say that he’d never read the “Sherlock Holmes” stories. “I wish I could read them again, for the first time,” I replied. A good story is what brings me back again and again to Tolkien, Lewis, Chesterton, Dumas, Doyle, and so many more. I love “hard books” just as much. In fact, I love them mo

By Craig Kyle & Chris Yost (Writers) and Mike Choi & Sonia Oback (Art) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The last issue of X-Force gave me the feeling that the creative team behind it was desperately trying to get the series back up to speed after the miserable Messiah War storyline. I look forward to seeing where they take things, now that the series looks to be close to getting back on track. The Story: X-23 gets taken away by the H.A.M.M.E.R. people. Wolfsbane and her lover d

In a conversation today about how to best reach people, one author noted that she tries to be as general as possible to reach the widest audience. Here’s the funny thing about that – I’ve found that the opposite is true. The more specific you are, the more you reach people, at least in storytelling. Let me give you two examples. In 2006, Ze Frank talked about brand as emotional aftertaste. He gave the examples of Grandma’s cookies (as a generic brand) that elicits an emotional reaction, and th