RUNNERS: Rebecca
…more in 2016, and entered my first race ever in 2017, thanks to my sister. Q: Why do you run? A: I’m masochistic, ha ha. I love that it’s a…
MKE Comicbook: Aug 2015: Fave Comicbook Science!
…exciting as there’s two great events to be aware of – MKE Comicbook (non-Marvel/DC books and banned comicbooks) on Sept 22 and the ACLU’s “Banned Books Celebration” on Sept 29!…
Pride of Milwaukee: MILWAUKEE part 2
…extension. This extension is AMAZING–you can now bike/jog/walk from 6th St. to 84th, with very little auto-traffic interfering. I went from 35th to 76th and it was great! [slideshow] http://spinstermke.blogspot.com/…
Troy’s Blog-o-sphere
…photo-ness. You can see examples of my professional work at these links: Troy Freund dot com, Altpick, Flickr, and Zenfolio. Enjoy! Here’s a lovely drawing from my god-daughter. ๐ …
2016 MKE Creatives Meetup Schedule
I’m all ready for another great year of MKE Creatives. Unless stated otherwise, the meetup is at Anodyne Coffee, on Bruce St., with general networking from 10:00-10:45, presentation from 10:45-11:00-ish,…
Pride of Milwaukee: The Cast of Spoilers MKE 2014
…between heroes, lovers, family members, husband and wife, gods and men, fathers and sons – and more! There were scenes from “Hercules”, “Scalped”, “Wolverine”, “Cages”, “Ultimate Spider-Man”, “Alias”, “Uncanny X-Men,”…
Teaching in the Time of Corona
…teaching that YOU enjoyed? “Enjoyed” is a strong word. It did teach me a lot, that’s for sure. That’s the positive takeaway. I learned a lot about technology and how to…
MKE Comicbook: Nov 2015: STAR WARS!
…“The Last Starfighter” (1984), “Enemy Mine” (1985), “Battle Beyond the Stars” (1980), “Starcrash” (1978), and even “The Greatest American Hero” (1980) and “Barbarella” joined the discussion. Though not set on…
MKE Comicbook: May 2016: Kid-friendly comicbooks and Web-comics Part 2
…I shared “All-New X-men”, written by Dennis Hopeless and drawn by Mark Bagley. Like many of the comics that originally got me hooked on comics, “All-New” has excellent super-heroics, but…
pro bono: Painting for Theatre
…weeks and supports the arts, visual and theatrical! Learn more about the Boulevard’s “All’s Well That Ends Well” HERE! The starting bids will be: $300 (acrylic), $200(watercolor), and $100 (photograph)….
MKE Comicbook: Feb 2016: Spiral King Comics and Time Travel Stories
…why, that’s longer than an American President, so…yeah!” ๐ While at UWM, he read Mignoal’s Hellboy, JMS’ Thor, Fraction’s IronMan and he thought “Mainstream/Marvel Comics >can< be alright…” During this…
Local First Milwaukee at Revolution Natural Running
…like ECE Candles and Shift-It Life Coach and Graphic Recorder! Here’s who was present this time: Bilt-Rite Furniture, M.A. and Associates, Hansen’s Dessert Creations, Brew City Boxes, Address The Mess,…
MKE Comicbook March 2016: Fave Women Characters
…– the time that time Shuri, T’Challa’s younger sister, became Wakanda’s Black Panther. Amber Red Sonja – classic barbarian-adventure issues from her mom’s collections Cursed Pirate-Girl – a black-and-white indie…
Pride of Milwaukee: Charlotte “It’s a special kind of insanity.”
…it’s …why do you wanna be a photographer? It’s cool. It’s cool, right? It’s fun to figure things out? That’s what gardening is, too, “figuring things out.” She continued, “I…
MKE Creatives: March 2015: Kathryn Lavey on art-directing
…creative consultants, graphic designers, actors, photographers, and sales/marketing consultants. Paul Akert, Michelle Orcwarszki, Rosie Hartmann, Liz Lincoln, David Bernacchi, Lisa England, Jeff Ganger, Mark Bradford, Rob Gustafson, Justin Lee, Paul…
Current Project: Milwaukee wealth managers
…of time. With each portrait, whether of one or fifteen people, I am scheduled to have one hour. In that one hour, I’m expected to arrive, scout a location, set…
MKE Creatives: Sept and Oct: Boulevard Theatre and Bounce Milwaukee
…“working to launch a new business while continuing his current biz”, he’s a web/tech consultant and time/balance/productivity consultant. There was also the ever-jovial, Paul – a storyteller/toymaker/real-bearded Santa; Robin –…
Assignment: Pizza-time
…be photographed! This “simple” shoot has made for about 7 hours of work–from planning the shoot, setting up the “studio”, shooting the photos, downloading-processing-cropping-and sending lo-res files to my editor,…
Photo Community: HCB 101, Aug 22nd!
…$7, to cover admin/planning costs and a portion going to a “Best of Slide-show” prize. For more information, email Troy at troyfreund@mac.com (Of course, film-only photographers are welcome to participate…
Trail Run: The WORS Border Battle!
…Kettle Moraine State Forest. Here is a trail link; http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/parks/specific/kms/trails.html And the north Kettles has a nice set or trails too. Also Pike Lake State Park in Hartford.” Thanks, Bill!…
Assignment: (sneak peek) Silk by Laura
…I’m not done with these files yet, but couldn’t wait to share some of what we’d created. The scarves were beautiful; the model, Ariel, was expressive; the light was cooperative….