So Many Captains Marvel
At Radio Times, there is an explanation of all the Captains Marvel. (Thanks, Ann!)
“‘Paperbacks from Hell’ go to the Movies!”
The Film School Rejects share their favorite film adaptations of “paperbacks from hell.” “If you’ve ever read a book that has a skeleton on the cover perhaps playing the banjo, riding a tricycle, working as a doctor, dressed for a wedding, or just straight up being a jack-in-the-box, […]
“Eerie’s Greatest Hits”
The Internet Archive has a collection of Eerie Magazine’s Greatest Hits. It’s just one magazine, but it’s a good one. Peer into the Moldy Mausoleum of Maniacal Memories and see what spooktacular comic stories and art are there to chill and delight you!
“Mysterious Traveler: Rutger Hauer, 1944-2019”
At RogerEbert.com, Matt Zoller Seitz remembers Rutger Hauer. “From his early breakthrough years in in Dutch films by one of his most important collaborators, director Paul Verhoeven, through his more recent period as an oddball elder statesman who could be menacing or sweet depending on the requirements of […]
Louis Cha’s life and legacy
South China Morning Post‘s Behind The Story looks at the life and work of author Louis Cha. “Bong Miquiabas speaks with Zhou Xin, SCMP political economy editor, about Louis Cha. How he grew up in the village that was the setting for Cha’s first novel, the importance of […]
That time Beowulf drank serpent’s venom
Are you curious about that time Beowulf drank serpent’s venom so he would be as powerful as Grendel? You can read all about it here in the pages of Beowulf, Dragon-Slayer!
The Cultural Gutter 