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From Homer to Nolan: How The Odyssey Survives Through Reinvention

By Michelle on July 23, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

From the Archives: Reality Isn’t What It Used To Be

By Angela Englert on July 16, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Getting Surreal in Winnipeg: Universal Language (2024)

By Critterlab on July 9, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Apocalypticism Now: Cries Of Ecstasy, Blows Of Death (1973)

By Guttersnipe on July 2, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Still Keeping It Cozy: The Coziest Upcoming Games of 2026 and Beyond

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on June 25, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Blood Geysers and Biopunk: The Gory Films of Yoshihiro Nishimura

By Michelle on June 18, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Old Crime Photos in a New Context

By Guttersnipe on September 15, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Marc Hermann superimposes historic NY Daily News crime photos onto contemporary photos of the same locations. (Thanks, Edie!)

The March: On Chickens, Humanity and Moral Authority

By Carol on September 12, 2013 • ( 2 Comments )

Other more serious writers have written about Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell‘s The March, Vol 1. (Top Shelf, 2013) . They’ve written about the audacious presentation of solemn historical material in a graphic novel; John Lewis’ contribution to perfecting the Union;  The March‘s importance in […]

Galleries of Creature Designs!

By Guttersnipe on September 11, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Do you like monsters, creatures and aliens? We sure do! Here are two galleries of conceptual designs for the Austrian horror movie, The Station / Der Blutgletscher: Part I and Part II. The art is by TOMAK and the movie is directed by Marvin Kren.

“Artists Respond To DC’s Harley Quinn Contest”

By Guttersnipe on September 11, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Here’s a gallery of artist responses to DC’s Harley Quinn contest. (Thanks, Mark!)

“He used to be on police dramas, then he met a bad buy in real life.”

By Guttersnipe on September 10, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Portrait of actor Tom Ligon at The New York Times: “Fans of 1970s police shows have Mr. Ligon’s face stamped in unconscious corners of their minds.  He played bit parts in Baretta and Police Woman. In an episode of Starsky and Hutch, he played a character listed in the […]

Maurice Sendak’s Posters

By Guttersnipe on September 8, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Brain Pickings has a gallery of Maurice Sendak’s posters promoting reading, books and imagination from the collection, Posters By Maurice Sendak.

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