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TCAF’s over, here’s Sex Fantasy 6.

I picked up a lot of great books (and pins & things) and met new people, spent time with friends, it was a wonderful fest, thanks to everyone who was warm and welcoming. Shortly before the weekend I participated in a reading for the launch of Lovers Only #1, in which I have a short comic about teen romance – along with Cathy G. Johnson and Mickey Zacchilli.

You can read all the Sex Fantasies here. If you’re new to the series and want to read through the issues in chronological order (they are not sequential issue-to-issue but if you read them in chronological order they get better instead of worse) use this link.

"Boy from Treasure Island" by John Rea Neill (1914)

The Prague astronomical clock, or Prague Orloj, is a medieval astronomical clock attached to the Old Town Hall in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The Orloj is mounted on the southern wall of the city’s Old Town Hall in the Old Town Square.

The clock mechanism has three main components – the astronomical dial, representing the position of the Sun and Moon in the sky and displaying various astronomical details; statues of various Catholic saints stand on either side of the clock; “The Walk of the Apostles,” an hourly show of moving Apostle figures and other sculptures, notably a figure of a skeleton that represents Death, striking the time; and a calendar dial with medallions representing the months. According to local legend, the city will suffer if the clock is neglected and its good operation is placed in jeopardy; a ghost, mounted on the clock, was supposed to nod its head in confirmation. According to the legend, the only hope was represented by a boy born on New Year’s night.

View of the Times Square area at night, 1957.

Gershon Benjamin, Sunset in the City, ca. 1950. Gouache.

M.C. Escher | METAMORPHOSIS II (1940)