Red Shirt Deaths
Ah, the internet, what we would do without distractions like Analytics According to Captain Kirk: “When Captain Kirk meets an alien woman and “makes contact” the survival rate of the red-shirted crewmen increases by 84%.”
Guttersnipe
Just a critter in the Gutter.
A SHOUT GLUED TO A WALL
At one point in the essay that introduces ¡Mas! Cine Mexicano, Sensational Mexican Movie Posters 1957-1990, author Rogelio Agrasánchez, Jr. quotes philosopher and art critic Eugenio d’Ors, who called movie posters “a shout glued to a wall.” As someone who works in advertising, it’s an appealing metaphor. As […]
44 YEARS OF MAD FOLD-INS
This fascinating NY Times interview with Mad Magazine artist Al Jaffee reveals the origin of the Mad Fold-In and the process Jaffee has used to create every one since 1964 (he still doesn’t use a computer). It also includes a great slideshow of Fold-Ins past and present. What, […]
Bollywood 2050
Love Story 2050. It’s Bollywood. There are robots. Dance, robot, dance! (via Kaiju Shakedown, again).
Five Years After Leslie Cheung’s Death
Grady Hendrix has some thoughts about Leslie Cheung on the fifth anniversary of his death.
Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula
The year is 1890. The city, London. Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula: Is there anything more to say? (Oh, yeah, it’s a radio drama).
The Cultural Gutter 