User profile: astrokittycomics
Name (verified): Joel Pfannenstiel
Joined: May 4, 2006
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Birthdate: June 9, 1975
Occupation: Comic book retailer/comic book creator
Location: Lawrence, KS
Hometown: Maize, KS
Annual income range: Poor
Estimated quarterly value of my ability to mooch (in US $): Huh?
Personal Web page: http://www.astrokittycomics.com
Favorite Lawrence restaurant: Rudy's Pizzeria
Favorite Lawrence bar: The Jackpot Music Hall
Favorite local band: Evan Saathoff
How I came to live in Lawrence (if applicable): I got the fuck out of Wichita in 1999 and went to KU to get a degree in graphic design. Realizing I wanted to be a painting major mid-semester, I ended up doing that and eventually got side-tracked and started a comic book store. I now view it as my hometown, though I spent most of my life in awful, cultureless shitholes around the state of Kansas.
Affiliations: Kaw Valley Kickball Association, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Friends of Lulu, Read Menace, Lawrence Area Handicraft Guild, Sombear, The Green Elevens, Maize High School Class of 1993, The Red Balloon To-Do, Downtown Locally-owned/operated Lawrence Businesses (but not the official association, because that's bullshit).
Hobbies: Drawing, painting, sculpting, writing, graphic design, reading, playing DS and Wii, boardgames, making music, playing with dogs and cats, seeing movies, renting movies, watching TV, trying new local restaurants, bitching, being neurotic.
Favorite blogs: My own. I don't really read blogs. Not enough time in the day. Plus, who really cares what other people say. Does it fix global warming? No. No, it doesn't.
Favorite media: What the fuck kind of question is this?
Favorite Web sites: http://www.engrish.com, http://www.youtube.com, http://www.myspace.com, http://www.facebook.com, http://www.comicspace.com, http://www.kidrobot.com, http://www.diamondcomics.com
Favorite music: Pixies, Weezer, Queen, Phantom Planet, Pavement, Fugazi, Al Green, De La Soul, Sleater/Kinney, toadies, Ozzy Osbourne, Danzig, The Dany Warhols, The Starlight Mints, Amy Winehouse, Public Enemy, TMBG, Danielson Famile, The Strokes, OKGO, much more...
Favorite books: Stranger in a Strange Land, Wild Cards series, Myth Adventures series, On the Road, Borderland/Bordertown anthologies, sci-fi, fantasy, speculative fiction, books about Japan.
Favorite TV shows: GOOD EATS, HEROES, LOST, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, VENTURE BROS., EXTRAS, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, MR. SHOW, FAMILY GUY, FUTURAMA, BIZARRE FOODS, BEST WEEK EVER, THE SOUP, DAILY SHOW, JUSTICE LEAGUE, BATMAN: TAS, LEGION OF SUPERHEROES, THUNDARR THE BARBARIAN, BEN 10, SHA-NA-NA, CELEBRITY ROASTS, LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN, UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE, KIDS IN THE HALL, CHARLIE ROSE, BEN STILLER SHOW, and probably way too much in general...
Favorite movies: AKIRA, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (original), SEVEN SAMURAI (original), BLADE RUNNER, TRON, CHINATOWN
Opinion on the South Lawrence Trafficway issue: The what with the who now?
Opinion on West Lawrence: Aside from being able to find affordable houses there, I would just as soon watch it burn. Of course, if they want to start their own little version of Lawrence over there...let 'em. We don't need their kind...fucking bedroom community, starbucks-drinking, eddie bauer-buying assburning assfucks.
Opinion on the smoking ban: I'm all for it. Smokers can kiss my pale, corpulent ass. It's bad for you (and us) and fucking stinks. Get used to it, dudes.
A short essay on why I am or am not a hipster: I'm a fat nerd who is about as far from "cool" as Paris Hilton is from "decent human being with a lot to offer the world".
Bandit Teeth / ColourMusic :: After a seven-year hiatus, this trio of Lawrencians has reestablished itself as a top-shelf draw for their brand of high-energy, punk-influenced indie rock ... More info
- Opening Reception for "AbracaData" by Yuri Zupancic
- RedLefty / Kasey Rausch and Friends (early all-ages patio show)
- Sleep Is Like Sex
