The Lord Inglip
Inglip has been summoned and his wishes divined.
Commodification is Inevitable
Joe Steckart has an interesting response to Patton Oswalt’s “Wake Up, Geek Culture. Time to Die“: “Reading Watchmen does not make you cool. Being able to talk about it intelligently does. The counterculture, the ineffable ‘cool,’ will always be manifesting itself in something. Right now it’s manifesting at least […]
Twilight of the Geeks
Patton Oswalt wants to save geekery by destroying it: “In order to save pop culture future, we’ve got to make the present pop culture suck, at least for a little while.” It reminds me of Jim Munroe’s question at WisCon 2008: “Does it have to get boring before […]
“Help, My Half-Elf is Pregnant!”
Chris Sims gathers the 11 best D&D questions from Dragon Magazine’s “Sage Advice” column. (And it’s worth checking out the comments here after the arrival of a different Chris Sims.
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).
Steampunkery
Another respectable media outlet takes a look at steampunkery.
The Cultural Gutter 