Tuesday, June 5, 2018

A Word on Copyright

While I have put a copyright page here on this Maple Town blog, I feel it important to stress this as well in a blog post.

Maple Town and Palm Town are NOT my creations nor do I have any connection with those who created/produced the show.  The copyrights and trademarks on this intellectual property belongs to their respective holders.  I make no claim to said copyrights/trademarks whatsoever.

I will be sharing screenshots from Maple Town and Palm Town, video clips (courtesy of video sites like YouTube) and pictures of various merchandise.  The purpose of these images and this site is for informational and educational purposes only; no infringement of any kind is intended to the rightful owners on the copyright/trademark on Maple Town.  I repeat - I make no claim to any copyright on the aforementioned work and this blog would fall under fair use.


Monday, June 4, 2018

About Me

As for the humble author of this blog?  My real name is my own business.  You can call me Max West.  I was born on January 4, 1980 in New York City.  I grew up in the Ridgewood neighborhood of Queens and during the first half of the 1990s, lived in rural North Carolina.  I presently live in Fargo, North Dakota.

What do I do?  Besides doing this blog, I draw comics.  I draw an independent comic series, Sunnyville Stories, as well as a webcomic titled Tiffany & Corey (links are below).  I also write.  I've tried my hand at writing fiction and, as you can surmise, I do much blogging too.  My degree is in creative writing from Baruch College of New York City.

Be sure to check out my blog about my comics series Sunnyville Stories and my webcomic Tiffany & Corey.  If you like this blog, be sure to buy me a Ko-Fi.

Sunday, June 3, 2018

Reminder - Official Launch June 10th

Just a reminder - on Sunday, June 10, 2018, the Maple Town Compendium will officially launch.

This blog will be updated weekly on Sundays and is meant to examine the 1980s anime series Maple Town. 

From now until that launch date, I will have a blog post up each day covering a couple of subjects such as myself, brief episode lists and some other material.

While you're waiting, be sure to check out my blog about my comics series Sunnyville Stories and my webcomic Tiffany & Corey.  If you like this blog, be sure to buy me a Ko-Fi.

Sunday, May 27, 2018

Maple Town Compendium Launching Sunday June 10!

This blog - one offering an overview and examination of the 1986 anime series Maple Town - is officially launching on Sunday June 10, 2018. 

Once officially launched, it will update once a week on Sundays in the early morning hours.

I'll talk more about this blog more when it launches.  Its main purpose is to document information about Maple Town in order to tell others and to record its existence for posterity.

I'll have a few updates between now and the official blog launch date.  So stay tuned, subscribe to the RSS feed and get ready for some in-depth information about an anime series.

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Test Post 5

Nothing here to see, people.  Just one final test at scheduling proper posting and pulling in a smidgen of traffic.  Just disregard this too.

The eye is a menace to clear sight, the ear is a menace to subtle hearing, the mind is a menace to wisdom, every organ of the senses is a menace to its own capacity. ... Fuss, the god of the Southern Ocean, and Fret, the god of the Northern Ocean, happened once to meet in the realm of Chaos, the god of the center. Chaos treated them very handsomely and they discussed together what they could do to repay his kindness. They had noticed that, whereas everyone else had seven apertures, for sight, hearing, eating, breathing and so on, Chaos had none. So they decided to make the experiment of boring holes in him. Every day they bored a hole, and on the seventh day, Chaos died. -- Chuang Tzu 

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book. -- B. Franklin 


It's easier to take it apart than to put it back together. -- Washlesky 


All generalizations are false, including this one. -- Mark Twain 


A is for Apple. -- Hester Pryne 


It is often the case that the man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" 


An honest tale speeds best being plainly told. -- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI" 

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Test Post 4

It took me 4 years to paint like Raphael, but a life time to paint like a child.

- Pablo Picasso


Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. - Voltaire 

...It is sad to find him belaboring the science community for its united opposition to ignorant creationists who want teachers and textbooks to give equal time to crank arguments that have advanced not a step beyond the flyblown rhetoric of Bishop Wilberforce and William Jennings Bryan. - Martin Gardner, "Irving Kristol and the Facts of Life", The Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. XII No. 2, ppg. 128-131 

"The pathology is to want control, not that you ever get it, because of course you never do." -- Gregory Bateson 

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Test Post 3

Ed. M. West. Trans. M. West. 1st. Vol. 1. 2 vols. Book. May 20, 2018. <duckduckgo.com>.


This is just more unimportant stuff, readers.  Just move on - nothing to see here.