Past, Present and Retro-Future Collide–in 3-D!
A 1953 3-D comic online? My brain doesn’t have the power to contain the glory of past, present and retro-future colliding in Brain Power!
Imperial Fleet Week
Imperial Fleet Week in San Francisco. (Or possibly an occupation).
A Kaiju A Week
There’s a kaiju a week at August Ragone site dedicated to Godzilla, Toho and the rubber-suited menace. Here’s his entry on an early incarnation of the three-headed fan favorite, King Ghidorah. (Warning: extreme kaiju knowledge!)
Fu Manchu, Mr. Moto and Firefly
Lisa Katayama at MangoBot: “Yellow peril science fiction was never large enough to be a genre in and of itself, but I decided it was worth traveling back in time to revisit the trend in its historical context.” (thanks, Chuck!)
Response to Harassment in the Geek World
Comic Con Anti-Harassment Project and further discussion of the post we posted from Bully. Also, the Open Source Women Back Each Other Up Project, here and here. (thanks, Elizabeth!)
“The Doors of Vast Airlocks Opened”
“The doors of vast airlocks opened.” Some nice 1930s pulp illustrations with the swell captions of the day. Art by Elliot Dold here and here. Art by M. Marchioni here and here.
The Cultural Gutter 