Freelance writer and independent comic book creator.
As an auto writer, you’d be surpised by how many times I get asked maintenance questions like this one by friends and family. I thought I’d put together this very quick primer on how an air filter works, and how to keep a dirty filter from dropping your engine efficiency… read more »
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This past month has been a lot. I spent practically every evening and weekend day over the last two weeks packing, addressing, and then shipping out nearly 400 Code 45 packages. It essentially became a full-time second job, where I’d end my normal writing workday and then immediately transition over… read more »
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Last weekend I headed to Kingston, Ontario—the halfway point between Montreal, where I live, and Toronto, where Code 45 designer Angela Hodge and artist Joe Ng reside—to meet up with my co-creators for the first time in nearly six months. The occasion was to mark the printing of our final… read more »
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Code 45’s editor, Andrea Molinari, recently sent me these images he took of the Code 45 pressworks. What are pressworks? They’re the actual printing plates used in the CMYK process used to create the interior color pages of Code 45 issue #1. Each color (Black, Cyan (Blue), Magenta, and Yellow)… read more »
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When a vehicle is defined by its status as the ‘only’ option to deliver a specific experience in a segment, it’s forever at risk of being cast aside should another automaker decide to get in on the same action. So it goes with the Honda Ridgeline, a truck that has… read more »
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The crew at the Next Issue Podcast just put out a review of Code 45 Issue #1. Check it out in the video below!… read more »
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After nearly four years of hard work, three Kickstarter campaigns, and one pandemic, Code 45 #1 has hit comic book stores in both Canada and the United States thanks to Scout Comics! I’ve learned so much bringing my first comic book to life, especially from the Code 45 team of… read more »
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Earlier this year I started casually shopping online classifieds for first-generation examples of the Audi TT coupe, because apparently I am an automotive masochist who can’t count how many parking spaces I have available. Then, I wrote this feature for Inside Hook, which instantly cured me of any TT-related yearnings…. read more »
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‘The Tantalus Trap’ picks up immediately following the cliffhanger from the previous issue (‘Mind Meld’). The Enterprise crew is trapped on the ‘Mirror’ Enterprise after Evil Kirk remotely activated the self-destruct sequence (which can’t be overridden). Stop me if you’ve heard any of this before—actually, don’t, because if you walked… read more »
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In 2020, I made the absurd decision to spend a ridiculous amount of money refurbishing the stock cassette tape player in my 1987 Jeep Grand Wagoneer, rather than invest the same sum installing a more modern audio system. I wanted to preserve my analog memories of enjoying music in my… read more »
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