A 50-something French dude that’s old enough to think blogs are still cool, if not cooler than ever. Also, I like to write and to sketch.
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  • +1

    Not forgetting the ‘Fisher Space Pen Company’ (the ones that make the ballpoint pen used by NASA astronauts, it works in zero gravity). Their pressurized ink refills are really excellent, also the look of their ‘Bullet’ pen (considering the name, on could say they’re really Americans ;)) is kinda clever but I always considered its ergonomics subpar while writing.



  • Thx, I didn’t know about them. I would love to see more people re-discover anything Lino and small press related… Anything that may encourage them express themselves and maybe try fanzines or ‘zines’, as young people call them nowadays.

    In the 80s, I was heavy into that and that was so exciting. Being much older today, I’m obviously not the target audience of most zines anymore but a majority of the ones I’ve had an opportunity to read felt a lot less exciting to me. Some are true works of art, no discussion about that, but they’re also very often so… politically-correct and so self-conscious, so afraid to cross anyone as to not dare much if anything. But like I said, I’m now much older and not the target audience for zines anymore.


  • Pilot is great, and not just with pens. I love their fountain pens a lot too be it their cheap lines and their much more expensive ones—my all time favorite fountain pen is their larger Falcon (the metal bodied one) with its flex nib. I also quite like my Mitsubishi uni-ball Eye Fine and Micro rollerballs (both waterproof ink, btw) but none of those are made in Europe ;)