JJ Sonny Chiba, Ph.D.
Kyoto University of Art and Design’s newest teacher is none other than JJ Sonny Chiba. Prof. Chiba will be teaching film acting and swordfighting. And I bet ninjitsu, but secretly. (via Kaiju Shakedown)
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.
Squeeze Play
Romance and sports don’t mix. That’s the conventional wisdom, anyway. It’s one of those weird rules, hidden and unarticulated, that seem to underly any given genre. It’s a tenet that gets passed down to new writers, not as gospel so much as in the form of a mild […]
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).
The Cultural Gutter 