Here Comes the Madness
Midnght Madness starts soon. Start planning your schedule…
Ditko’s Anxious Hands
The Thought Balloonists try to grasp Steve Ditko’s hands.
Vampire, Or Maybe, Werewolf
When’s a vampire really more of a werewolf? When it’s Toppei from Osamu Tezuka’s Vampire. Todd from 4DK writes about the mostly live-action television adaptation, starring Tezuka as himself, beret and all, and they remind him of both Kurosawa’s High and Low and Fukasaku’s Black Lizard.
Tentacles! Jane Austen!
Jane Austen, co-author of the popular, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, has a new novel that details more than love or manners in the Regency Era. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters reveals shocking and tentacled attacks on respectable society. Click through to the book trailer.
Streaming Kung Fu
Stream the Fu at Crunchy Roll. (Also, stream anime and “Asian entertainment”).
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
Average Babycart Assassin/Lone Wolf and Cub movie not have enough arterial spray for you? Not enough mutilation in Ichi the Killer? Neither of them have enough Japanese schoolgirls? Try Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, from the makers of Tokyo Gore Police and RoboGeisha.
The Cultural Gutter 