I’m a much bigger fan on the Brause Steno Blue Pumpkin– the nibs Blail Cabal Uses- but I also have had these for a while. To be clear, I see these as much more a caligraphy nib then a nib you should use for illustration. I worked on a number of pieces for this nib just for the review, but…
This book stood out for how different the layout was. I viewed some of its formatting online from previews, and I actually had really high hopes for this book. Instead of naming poems, he sets a date to them, like someone troubleshooting a complicated machine and you are taking notes of the trouble shooting process. It’s aesthetic and format matched…
I first heard about the Brause Steno nib in when researching Blial Cabal’s work flow. The nicknaming of pen nibs is something I find confusing when trying to find nibs- it makes these items harder to find then they should be, especially if you use tools like Amazon to find your nibs (this isn’t ideal, but I get a lot…
The Kasimir set have an interesting place in my collection. While many pencil sets have very soft graphite pencils have a more grainy feel, Kasimir are distinctly more precise and create much cleaner lines. That said, they emulate the style of inking much more. They are distinctly for penciling- a process comic arts use where they pencil out what they…
Mongrel Tongue has the presentation and format of a professional author- reminding me of when I would first read poetry books outside of what I knew I already liked. The sections of the book are clearly marked and there is a flow to the progression that reminds me of old poetry formats, where a book could be divided into 12…
(Jesse Dictor is Toreador Magazine’s Editor. You can find more from online at his photography website.) While Picasso and Co have a very small web appearance outside of Amazon, they are a company that seems like they are most popular in Japan. I’ve worked with other Picasso and Co pens and found this one to be the same- a pressure…
So She Speaks by Madison Brandt is a short read that is more like a self help book for the author than it is as a poetry book. The author also manages a podcast where she has local people she knows over to talk about different subjects. I had a paramour look at the book and she took some time…
Ravished by Lydia Hack starts by breaking the mold of the one name dedications by calling them “inspirations”. Her style is full of these types of cute quirks where she is engaged with the convention but still tailored as her own. Interestingly enough to me, she does a lot of the same “right side of the book only” poetry as…
I’ve just finished reading through Michael Faudet’s Poetry books– he’s written five over the last few years – I mostly know him as the book attractive girls pose with and post to instagram and often will get a shout out from him after they do a sexy girl post. It gives you an idea of who his target audience is-…
Let’s recall the last book, the 4rth in his series Winters of Summer. In it Michael has a character get an advanced copy of Cult of Two who makes some valid critiques of poetry (particularly Michael Faudet’s style of poetry) and his character in the book hand waves it away as “that’s a bit harsh, some of its pretty damn…