The Butcher, The Chef and The Swordsman
Violence + cooking. It just doesn’t get any better. The Butcher, The Chef and The Swordsman.
Cinema Overdrive
Wicked posters for Raleigh, North Carolina’s Cinema Overdrive film series.
Women Read Comics in Public
Here are some pictures of the ladies reading comics for Read Comics in Public Day. As Gail Simone writes, “Take note everybody in comics!” (For the record, Carol read Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service 5 on a sidewalk bench, but there’s no photo).
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Klingon opera has finally happened. Get an earful at Cinematical. (The musical part begins at about 2:15).
Satoshi Kon’s Farewell Message
Makiko Itoh has translated Satoshi Kon’s farewell.
RIP, Kihachiro Kawamoto
It’s a sad week for animation with the passing of Satoshi Kon and now Kihachiro Kawamoto. A student of Jiri Trnka, Kawamoto created beautiful stop motion puppet animation grounded in Japanese bunraku and Noh theater. Here’s his short, “Oni / The Demon.”
The Cultural Gutter 