{"id":2999,"date":"2014-02-26T12:04:43","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T18:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/?p=2999"},"modified":"2014-02-26T12:04:43","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T18:04:43","slug":"nexus-graphica-launches-sf-signal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2014\/02\/26\/nexus-graphica-launches-sf-signal\/","title":{"rendered":"Nexus Graphica launches at SF Signal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsignal.com\/archives\/category\/columns\/nexus-graphica\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3000\" alt=\"NexusGraphica-banner\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2014\/02\/NexusGraphica-banner.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"137\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After 6+ years and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/graphica01.htm\" target=\"_blank\">138\u00a0bi-weekly Nexus Graphica columns<\/a>, Mark London Williams and I started to find it difficult to continue producing at that rate. We both enjoy time-consuming freelance writing careers of varying success, yet we both still liked writing the missives about comics.\u00a0Plus we felt that things had started to grow stale.\u00a0Something had to change. Mark and I decided it was time to shake things up a bit by moving the column to a new site with a different format and a slightly different readership.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2014\/02\/1770461299.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SL360_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3003\" alt=\"1770461299.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SL360_\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2014\/02\/1770461299.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SL360_-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2014\/02\/B00I0DY15Y.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SL400_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3002\" alt=\"B00I0DY15Y.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SL400_\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2014\/02\/B00I0DY15Y.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SL400_-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2014\/02\/1607068419.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SL400_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3001\" alt=\"1607068419.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SL400_\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2014\/02\/1607068419.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SL400_-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsignal.com\/archives\/2014\/02\/nexus-graphica-origins-and-rebirths\" target=\"_blank\">first of the new monthly columns<\/a> (Mark and I will alternate issues) premiered on February 20 at its new home, <em>SF Signal<\/em>. I recount the origins of the column (and the unusual name) plus review\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1770461299\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1770461299&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thegeecur-20\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Beautiful Darkness<\/em><\/a> by Fabien Vehlmann &amp; Kerasco\u00ebt,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00I0DY15Y\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00I0DY15Y&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thegeecur-20\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Wake Part One<\/em><\/a> by Scott Snyder &amp; Sean Murphy, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1607068419\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1607068419&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thegeecur-20\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sheltered, Volume One<\/em><\/a> by Ed Brisson &amp; Johnnie Christmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; After 6+ years and\u00a0138\u00a0bi-weekly Nexus Graphica columns, Mark London Williams and I started to find it difficult to continue producing at that rate. 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