Batrachian Holiday Cheer
“It’s Beginning to Look A Like Fishmen.” Yes, it sure is, especially after enjoying all the HP Lovecraft Historical Society’s Solstice classics!
Perfect Candidates for Costumed Aggression
Alienated, ranting about how the world could be perfected if only the fools would listen, plotting intricate schemes, focusing great minds on tiny slights, losing their beloved and scarred by experiments gone awry, revenging themselves on the world, supervillains are where it’s at. Here are some of my […]
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
Everybody loves a supervillain. Especially a low-end one. Especially me. Here’s a teaser for Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. And here’s the crosspromotional Captain Hammer comic.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I am that deranged millionaire.”
In 2006 John Hodgman reported a deranged millionaire had challenged They Might Be Giants to create a song for every venue they played on their tour, or lose their magical song-writing talisman forever. See the deranged millionaire and hear the songs for yourself. You can also see animated […]
Superheros on a Slant
I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! brings back fond memories of the passionate works of maniacal genius I’ve occasionally scored at book fairs and zine shows—tracts with titles like “Thousands of Degrees Hot!” and minicomics like “Linda Saves Detroit” or “The Brain Parasites.” Fletcher Hanks’ comics are […]
At The 23-Screen Stadium-Seating Nacho-Serving Cineplex Of Madness
Mysterious creatures. Bizarre science. A dark, snowbound fortress. The occult. Tentacled, crustacean-inspired monsters. Hellish apocalypse. Primordial evil. Madness. Hellboy, the well-received latest film from neo-post-schlock auteur Guillermo del Toro (Cronos, The Devil’s Backbone, Blade II), offers these and other delights, all of which are common motifs in the […]
The Cultural Gutter 