An Accidental Masterpiece
Take heart writers and procrastinators, Norton Juster wrote his masterpiece, The Phantom Tollbooth (illustrated by Jules Feiffer), when he should’ve been writing something else. Juster tells the story here.
Dreadful Thoughts
As an adult, my strongest impressions of horror have come from comics. My childhood ones are almost exclusively from tv—the trailer for Magic and a misguided viewing of the beginning of Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein. But as an adult, I remember picking up the first issue of Neil Gaiman’s […]
“Remember, You are the Future that Nobody Wanted!”
Professor Xavier answers all your questions about your changing body in The “What’s Happening to My Body?” Book for Mutants. (via Comics Alliance)
The Call of Cthulhu by Dr. Seuss
The Call of Cthulhu by Dr. Seuss cover and 8 pages as conceived by his colleague Dr. FaustusAU on DeviantArt. (via August Ragone)
Maurice Sendak, Grump without Peer
Maurice Sendak displays his unparalled curmudgeonly powers in an interview with The Guardian.
Interview with Maurice Sendak
Listen to Fresh Air‘s interview with Maurice Sendak about his secret stash of work, death, this time that is for him and him alone and his favorite lines in his new book, Bumble-ardy
The Cultural Gutter 