Actor John Neville has died. Gutter readers might be most familiar with his work in Terry Gilliam’s The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and in The X-Files. According to the Guardian’s obituary, he was seen as a successor to John Gielgud and performed Alfie on the British stage before […]
Art of the Title presents “a brief visual history” of Saul Bass’ title design work. (via Bleeding Cool, which exhorts us not to forget Elaine)
Cartoonist Bil Keane has passed away. He was most famous for his long-running comic strip, The Family Circus. Lynda Barry movingly remembers Keane. The AV Club has an overview of Keane’s career. The Belated Nerd has posted panels from Keane’s less well-known Channel Chuckles gag strip.
The Monkey See blog celebrates Nigel Tufnel Day with a serious consideration of “the greatest rock and roll record ever made: 1984’s soundtrack for the movie This Is Spinal Tap.”
Off Book goes in depth on video games with interesting discussions of interactivity, story telling, creativity, world-building and how video games help people understand and manipulate complex systems.
Vincent price interviewed by Terry Wogan, Johnny Carson (promoting Theatre of Blood) and Elwy Yost with special bonus Roger Corman interview.