DC Nixes Minx
No more Plain Janes from DC. It’s nixing Minx, it’s line directed at girls. Shannon Smith breaks it down in bookstore terms. When Fangirls Attack has more.
Giant Razorbacks, “Reluctant Superstuds” and Jimmy Wang Yu
Let your cursor drift to the right and all the way down for Ozploitation trailer goodness like a giant razorback, a postapocalyptic drive-in, erection jokes as well as Donald Pleasance, George Lazenby and Jimmy Wang Yu at Flyp magazine’s look at Not Quite Hollywood.
Vampirella Make-Over
Vampirella’s been needing a make-over for a long time. Project: Rooftop has original Vampirella costume designer and feminist historian Trina Robbins judge the results.
Imperial Fleet Week
Imperial Fleet Week in San Francisco. (Or possibly an occupation).
Robots of the Deep
First, robotic flying manta ray. Now, robotic flying jellyfish. (thanks, Dave!)
“The Joker is Us”
“No wonder we crave an entertainment like The Dark Knight, where every topic we’re unable to quit not-thinking about is whirled into a cognitively dissonant milkshake of rage, fear and, finally, absolving confusion.” Jonathan Lethem writes about The Dark Knight and America.
The Cultural Gutter 