“Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse: Anatomy of a Scene”
The New York Times has a nice video breakdown of a scene in Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse.
The Great Ability of Miles Morales
I’ll try to do this without too many plot elements, but be aware, there will be plot elements in my piece. Near the beginning of Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), Miles Morales father says to Miles, while driving him to school, “With […]
So much public domain goodness!
A whole lot of things are coming into the public in January! “The Great American Novel enters the public domain on January 1, 2019—quite literally. Not the concept, but the book by William Carlos Williams. It will be joined by hundreds of thousands of other books, musical scores, […]
“Goreytelling”
Please enjoy these animated stories from Edward Gorey. ‘If you’ve ever wondered what Edward Gorey sounded like, wonder no more. Hear his solidly Midwestern accent (Gorey grew up in Chicago) as he describes the travails of living with adorable, frustrated predators who destroy the furniture and throw themselves […]
Betty Boop’s Halloween Party
You are cordially invited to Betty Boop’s Halloween Party!
Princess Iron Fan, Animated
A 1941 animated version of Princess Iron Fan created by the Wan Brothers. (Thanks, Meredith!)
The Cultural Gutter 