SxSW + Squid + Dorkbot + Ignite
Posted by Squishy in Space Squid News on 03. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
On March 11th, Space Squid will be exhibiting at the Ignite/Dorkbot SXSW. What the heck does that mean, and does it involve inappropriate exposure? Good questions and the answers are “Yes, and maybe.” I think some simple definitions are required here. Dorkbot = a regular meeting of artists, hackers, designers, and other interested parties who [...]
Guest post on McDermott’s blog
Posted by Matthew in Space Squid News on 07. Feb, 2011 | 0 Comments
J.M. McDermott is a long time friend and contributor of Space Squid. He’s a respectable writer, you know, MFA respectable, yet he still takes Space Squid seriously. He’s lent us a little of his internet bandwidth this week, allowing me to post a short overview of the Space Squid publishing empire. While you’re there, you [...]
Space Squid Inducted Into University Collection
Posted by Matthew in Space Squid News on 27. Jan, 2011 | 3 Comments
A few months ago, we donated the complete works of Space Squid, including the clay tablets and the resin templates, to the to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection at the Cushing Memorial Library and Archives at Texas A&M University. And they took them. And now they’re preserving them next to actual Mesopotamean treasures.
Space Squid Contributor Makes Good
Posted by Matthew in Space Squid News on 12. Jan, 2011 | 0 Comments
For those precious few who have seen Space Squid issue #1, there is a short story by Chris Roberson called “The Trouble with Superman.” It earned an honorable mention in The Year’s Best Science Fiction (although I think Chris has had actual stories in that anthology for every year subsequently). If you don’t have a [...]
Paper Squid on the Street
Posted by Matthew in Space Squid News on 11. Nov, 2010 | 2 Comments
So traditionally, before Space Squid developed this nifty weblog format, we were primarily a paper DIY zine. So DIY that we printed on a salvaged photocopier. There have been two of these photocopiers, Sanjay-I, whose power board broke and had to be recycled, and the current Sanjay-II, which Editor D found on freecycle. A few [...]
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