I have a page at a failed social media site that I almost never check, but it still has a few good things that I am going to be transferring over to this site, which I plan to be much better at editing in the future. Here is the first import - a list of my influences, with a few more additions than was on the original. It may keep getting updated as I go along, but here it is at this point in time:
Influences:
Douglas
AdamsBen
AveryJohann Sebastian
Bachthe
BibleJohn
BunyanKurt
BusiekJohn
Byrne's 1980s oevre
Lewis
CarrollJohnny
CashGK
ChestertonChris
Claremont's
X-Men #96 to #200;
New Mutants 1-22
classical musicRay
Comfortclassic
fairy talesmy
familyclassic
fantasyTodd
Frielmy
friendsgolden age comicsKen
HamHarry
HoudinihymnsJesus ChristJim
Kreugerlate 80's to early 90's Christian indie/rap/metal/industrial musicDavid
LettermanCS
LewisJohn
MacArthurScott
McCloudMegazeenAlan
Moore (not his porn, though...)
old-time radioDenny
O'NeilThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Edgar Allan
PoeRobert
Ripleyscience fictionSecret Wars, issue #8, page 23, panel 5
Walt
Simonson's run on
ThorThe
Simpsons (first ten years)
Star Wars (
A New Hope and
The Empire Strikes Back)
Steve
TaylorTerry Scott
Taylor (Swirling Eddies, Daniel Amos, Lost Dogs, et al)
JRR
TolkienUncle Tom's CabinOrson
WellesCharles
WilliamsAlmost all of these come with a caveat, of course. Just because they influenced me doesn't mean that they are all good, and some influenced me in spite of not being very good at all. But that would be a discussion for another time.
