More News About Detroit’s Robocop Statue
Metro Times has a nice report on Detroit’s Robocop statue.
“My Little Brony”
Ad for My Little Brony toys! (via @InlawsOutlaws)
“The Nominative Case”
Judge John Hodgman decides a case of towering nerdiness: “Jordan, a lifelong comic book fan, and his friend Charles were discussing the DC comics villain Mr. Mxyzptlk and made a wager: if Jordan’s friends could trick him into saying his own name backwards, he’d owe them five dollars.”
“Creepypasta and the Contours of Modern Fear”
At Aeon Magazine, Will Wiles considers creepypasta, an anonymous group effort to create dark urban legend, “Indeed, this might be what creepypasta aspires to be: urban legend, dark social memes with just enough familiarity to give a frisson of awful possibility. Much of it is spread with little […]
Fanzines and Doctor Who’s Regeneration
At The Atlantic, Nolan Feeny writes a piece on the impact of zines, fan writers (including Steven Moffat, Paul Cornell and the new Doctor, Peter Capaldi) and fandom on Doctor Who. “If you had an opinion and wrote well, you aspired to write for the best zines, and […]
“Rankin / Bass’s The Thing”
Trailer for Rankin / Bass’s The Thing. (Also, please enjoy The Thing re-enacted with G.I. Joe action figures).
The Cultural Gutter 