RIP, Al Williamson
EC Comic artist Al Williamson has died. He’s probably best known now for his work on the Star Wars strip. Comics Beat has an overview of his career and tributes from other artists. (thanks, Denis!)
RIP, Kazuo Ohno
Kazuo Ohno has died at 103. He was a great performer of Butoh, a Japanese dance drama form, and even if dance is not your thing, Japanese horror movies and possibly contemporary supernatural horror wouldn’t be the same without him.
The Lost Thing
Tor.com has a trailer for the animated version of Shaun Tan’s children’s book, The Lost Thing. There are both rivets and tentacles.
Distant Hours, Made of Paper
Andersen M Studio’s have made an evocative gothic animated cut-paper short as a book trailer for The Distant Hours. Music by Mikkel H. Eriksen and the Instrument Studio.
It’s a feature, not a bug.
The small pleasures of gaming: Red Dead Redemption and Q*bert.
NYAFF 2010
The New York Asian Film Festival is coming up and actors Sammo Hung and Simon Yam will be in attending their films Kung Fu Chefs, Bodyguards and Assassins, Echoes of the Rainbow and Eastern Condors. But even if you can’t make it, it’s worth checking out the films […]
The Cultural Gutter 