Thoughts on being a Fursuiter
OnFirst of all, I am in fact, a card carrying member of the furry fandom. But when I refer to it, I call it Teh Furreh Fandumb, so that should show you how serious I take this fandom. (If you don’t know…
Comic Review: Tales Designed To Thrizzle #5
On[Purchase Comic] I last reviewed issue #4, and now here’s #5, a mere 10 months later! Of course, Michael Kupperman‘s been busy, with the collected volume of issues 1-4 in full color AND the [adult swim] pilot of Snake ‘N’ Bacon. And,…
Review: Be A Nose
On[Purchase Book] Even though, like most people, I loved Maus, I think it was Breakdowns that really cemented me as a fan of Spiegelman’s work. So I was pretty excited when it turned out that McSweeney’s was publishing a three-volume set of…
Book Review: The Unlikely Disciple
OnImage via Wikipedia [Purchase Book] Despite being an atheist, I find Christian culture interesting. I’m perhaps not terribly well-versed in the Bible, though I’m not exactly a Jack Chick unsaved character who has never heard of this Jesus Christ guy. While I…
Kevin Bacon Blew Up Apollo 13, and Other Various Theories
OnGiven that the 40th anniversary of Apollo 13 was a week ago, I recently re-watched the 1995 movie Apollo 13, starring Tom Hanks as the happy-go-lucky, all American, apple-pie mission commander Jim Lovell, Bill Paxton as the brash LEM pilot who won’t…
Floe Scribbles: July 25, 2009
OnHey everyone! I’m pleased to present all of you with my own personal comic, ‘floe scribbles’. What is floe? Floe is me, basically, and these are the silly, bittersweet, ironic, unbelievable and cliche things that happen to me on a daily basis.buy…
Comic Review: The Maxx Vol. 1
On[Purchase Book] It seems to me that MTV did exactly two things right: Music videos and animation. Sadly, they don’t seem to do either anymore. Hell, Cartoon Network’s even stepping away from showing all animation. (I heard that the new head of…
Book Review: Who Killed Amanda Palmer
OnIt’s not very often you find a coffee table book of nothing but staged photos of corpses. Or, rarer still, one corpse in many different settings. In fact, I’m not sure how many coffee tables Who Killed Amanda Palmer will be on…
Interview: Pogo
OnThe pseudonymous artist Pogo has become a bit of an Internet sensation with his amazing sample-based music and videos. Many of them take clips from beloved children’s films, creating beats from slivers of score and dialogue to create really great dance music;…
Review: 25 O'Clock/Psonic Psunspot
OnCover of 25 O’Clock [Purchase 25 O’Clock] [Purchase Psonic Psunspot] I have to say, of bands that don’t actually exist, the Dukes of Stratosphear are probably my favorite. Particularly since they found a way of actually releasing a couple of records in…