Bettie Page Is Dead
Bettie Page is dead, but she won’t ever really be gone. There’s an obituary and remembrances at her website.
Nobody Dies: The Eternal Return of LEGO Batman
I’ve written before that I was put off superhero comics by all the dying and resurrected X-Men—the eternal return and the attempts to escape it. You might have noticed that DC and Marvel’s superhero titles have become a bloodbath. Sure, it started it with big crossovers and the […]
Crocheted Dalek Doom!
Crochet your own dalek with amdown’s pattern–or planetjune’s modifications–force humans to hollow out the earth so you can drive it around the universe. Daleks conquer and destroy!
The Atlas of True Names
They may say they are inspired by Tolkien, but it looks like a lark, of an etymological nature, to me! The Atlas of True Names converts place names into their original meanings. It’s like a whole different world.
Wouldn’t It Be Nice
Oh, to live in the era of the Regency Romance or the epic medieval adventure! Oh, except that life would suck: “No painless dentistry, eccentric provision for sewage, no penicillin and no concept of asepsis, and the condition of most women was not one that I aspire to.”
Too Many Books?
Is it really true? “You can never have too many books”? Try out Book View Cafe and find out.
The Cultural Gutter 