John Tomkiw
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Full-time writer |
| Location | Phoenix, Aridzona, United States |
| Introduction | Okay, here's the deal. I was gonna name this blog "The Optimistic Misanthrope" because, well, I hate people but have high hopes for them. Then I realized most folks don't know what a misanthrope is. So now it's just Super Happy Funtime Hour! The bile, however, stays the same. |
| Interests | Since I write for magazines, I am a printaholic, reading anything about everything. I am also an unapologetic fanboy. That means I like comics, sci-fi and pop culture...like movies. And TV. And movies about TV. |
| Favorite Movies | Here's where you're supposed to sound all intellectual and whatnot...you know, mentioning The Bicycle Thief and the latest Russian kino. But I like them populist flicks: 2012, Transformers, Iron Man, the Batman movies--both Burton and Nolan. That sort of stuff. |
| Favorite Music | Bruce Springsteen, Linkin Park, Robyn, Foo Fighters, Ross Freedman, Arcade Fire, Death Cab for Cutie, Party Ben and the like. |
| Favorite Books | How about authors, instead: Hemingway, Faulkner, Michael Herr (Dispatches is/was a brilliant piece of work), Tom Wolfe, Flannery O'Connor and the guy who wrote the STD PSA for those afterschool specials. |