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Zombie

Pencils and Pop Culture: Zombies Shall Inherit the Earth

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Pencils and Pop Culture: Zombies Shall Inherit the Earth I will fully admit that I am squeamish when it comes to anything related to horror films. Vampires, ghosts, zombies, things that go bump in the night - all grist for the mill in my far-too-overactive…

Traces of History: Pencils and the Suffrage Movement

Traces of History: Pencils and the Suffrage Movement My earliest heroes were the women behind the United States suffrage movement. Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, Julia Ward Howe and Lucy Stone weren’t just stuffy figures in a history…
Project Runway

Pencils and Pop Culture: Who Will Take the Project Runway All-Star Title?

Pencils and Pop Culture: Who Will Take the Project Runway All-Star Title? Tomorrow night is the season finale of “Project Runway: All-Stars,” which has pitted outstanding designers from nine seasons of “Project Runway” in a winner-takes-all…

Of Hand and Heart: In Defense of the Love Letter

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Of Hand and Heart: In Defense of the Love Letter I’ve got a bone to pick with Valentine’s Day. And, no, it’s not because I was left eating a box of chocolates alone on Tuesday night. It’s because of the plastic coating the whole…
Golden Globes

Pencils and Pop Culture: The Golden Globes Connection

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Pencils and Pop Culture: The Golden Globes Connection Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony celebrated the best and brightest in the television and film during a star-studded gala hosted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. However, one…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Joe Fenton

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This week’s pencil artist is one that works on a grand scale. His name is Joe Fenton and his projects measure as much as five feet high by 8 feet wide. Each project’s size and scope and Joe’s attention to detail causes each project to…
Pencil Artist Alex Ross

Pencil Artist of the Week: Alex Ross

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Our first featured pencil artist of 2012 is well-known in the world of comics, but may not be familiar to people in other circles. His name is Alex Ross, and he is an artist that has produced work for both Marvel and DC comics since 1993. Early…

The Kennedy Center Honors Take Wing

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The Kennedy Center Honors and Blackwing Pencils The Kennedy Center Honors, which recognizes a select few recipients for their sterling contributions to culture through a lifetime in the performing arts, airs tonight on CBS throughout the United…

What is a No. 2 Pencil?

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What is a No. 2 Pencil? When most people think pencils, the No. 2 pencil is the first thing that comes to mind. But what does the "2" on a No. 2 pencil actually mean? And what do all of the "B's," "H's" and "HB's" being thrown around mean,…

Christmas Carols: Creating the Sounds of the Season

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Christmas Carols: Creating the Sounds of the Season “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire…Jack Frost nipping at your nose…” Chances are you are probably singing the rest by now; ”The Christmas Song” is one of the most popular Christmas…