Interview with Cartoonist Susie Cagle
Comics Alliance interviews Susie Cagle, who was teargassed and arrested while reporting on Occupy Oakland for Good magazine. The article has a couple of her sketches and some distressing video.
Jaws Retold as a Comic Strip
Charles Forsman adapts Jaws to the world of Charles Schulz’ Peanuts.
Franklin, 1968
The Edge of the American West has a post about Charles Schulz’ introduction of Franklin in Peanuts as Schulz’ quietly anti-racist response to the times, and juxtaposes it with Hank Ketcham’s Jackson, the first African-American character in Dennis the Menace. Scroll down to the comments for an excerpt […]
A Defense of the Silly Godzilla Movies
At TCM’s Movie Morlocks, David Kalat writes a passionate defense of silly Godzilla movies and how Godzilla vs. Megalon conquired the world in “The Importance of Being Godzilla (Part 1).”
Thinking about Video Games
Off Book goes in depth on video games with interesting discussions of interactivity, story telling, creativity, world-building and how video games help people understand and manipulate complex systems.
Lovecraftian Bluegrass
Listen to French Corsican Lovecraftian bluegrass right here, if you dare. (Madness via @Propnomicon)
The Cultural Gutter 