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Born

in Southern Ontario, Canada

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https://facebook.com/fromthemoonraccoon

Genre

Music, Comics, Opinion

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Cartoonists: C.Brown, R.French, E.Moen, Y.Tatsumi, B.Watterson
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Grew up reading Marvel comics. Dropped them for guitar at 16. Started reading novels at 25 with King's Different Seasons. At 35, indie-cartooned for about ten years; published a handful of times. Returned to songwriting at 45, performing as From the Moon Raccoon. ...more

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Average rating: 4.1 · 617 ratings · 99 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Beyond: the Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology by Sfé R. Monster (Editor), Taneka Stotts (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joseph Bergin III (Contributor) 4.09 avg rating — 648 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blocked: Stories From the World of Online Dating by Ally Shwed (Editor), Katie Sawatsky (Artist), Stephanie Cooke (Goodreads Author) (Writer) 3.74 avg rating — 31 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Filthy Cake by Nicolas Cesaer (editor), Red Tash (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Chris Cinder (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Steampunk Originals Volume 2 by Mike Schneider (Editor), Ismael Ba (Contributor), Jody Baker-Wiley (Contributor) 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pit and the Compendium by Nicolas Cesaer (Editor), Red Tash (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Anne-Marie Woolley (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chilly Tales: Comics from the Canadian Undertundra by Cory McCallum (Editor), Matthew Daley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Marc Bell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rock Is Not Dead: Short Fiction Inspired by Rock Music by Alexandra Langohr (Editor), Darryl J. Murphy (Editor), Bear Lion Knife Fight (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Bad Thoughts

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“It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it.”
― Terry Pratchett

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“I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.”
― Tom Waits

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“My fingers sting where I feel your fingers have been
Ghostly fingers moving my limbs
Oh god I miss you
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Oh god I miss you”
― P.J. Harvey

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“When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, There's just something about you that pisses me off.”
― Stephen King, Storm of the Century

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“Civilised life, you know, is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is we forget after a while that they are illusions and we are deeply shocked when reality is torn down around us.”
― J.G. Ballard

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