Collection of R.K. Laxman Cartoons
The Times of India has collected a gallery of satirical cartoons by R.K. Laxman. And here are episodes of R.K. Laxman Ki Duniya, a tv show based on his work. (Thanks, Sava!)
“Saying goodbye to a galaxy far, far away (for now)”
At The AV Club, Sonia Saraiya bids farewell to Star Wars: The Clone Wars: “The Clone Wars is the best possible outcome of present-day Lucasfilm: a fun, engaging, and surprisingly serialized cartoon aimed at some interstitial demographic between children and adults—which, if we’re being honest, is what Star […]
RIP, David Brenner
Comedian and actor David Brenner has died. The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times have obituaries. The Comics’ Comic and The Hollywood Reporter remembers Brenner. Here’s Brenner’s first appearance on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson.
“Four Takes On The First Season of True Detective”
Lili Loofbourow, Anne Helen Petersen, Evan Kindley and Phillip Maciak respond to the divisive finale of the first season of True Detective while considering detective stories, thrillers, The Detection Club, gendered responses, viewers’ relationships to television, a temporal fallacy and darkness at The LA Times Review Of Books.
Fan Theorizing and True Detective
“Fan-crafted theorizing is fun enough – it’s a solid way to keep up audience engagement over a show’s run and even inject excitement into series that might be flailing on its own (see: that horrifying “dead mother” theory that’s been circulating amongst How I Met Your Mother fans, […]
Steranko on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
At The Hollywood Reporter, comics creator Jim Steranko watches Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. “So, let me ask you this question: If America were really under attack, would you actually want these SHIELD geeks calling the shots?”
