All Things To All People
[Purchase Book] The volume of Space Raoul put out by SLG Publishing is a collection of strips that appeared in The Funday Times (a comics supplement to the Sunday Times) and The Dandy, a UK comic magazine. There’s definintely a British sensibility…
Image by xrayspx via Flickr Johnette Napolitano is best known as the singer/songwriter/bassist behind Concrete Blonde. 2004’s Mojave was Concrete Blonde’s final album (the band retired two years later), and Johnette has been prolifically making her own brand of music since then,…
S. Eddy Bell is the creator of the excellent Lulu & Mitzy. He got his start in animation, and when he’s not making great comics, he does a bit of design work and other stuff. Check out his website, Fictionbox, where he…
[Purchase Book] Lulu & Mitzy: Best Laid Plans is not only the debut of a new series, but also the debut of the author, S. Eddy Bell. The fact that it’s a debut is particularly amazing, considering how absolutely outstanding this book…
[Purchase 2008 Version DVD / Purchase 1998 Version DVD] 2008 saw the release of Michael Haneke‘s shot-for-shot remake of his own brilliant film Funny Games, from 1997. In a way, it’s my favorite film of the year. But at the same time, it’s so…
[Purchase Book] I have to admit that this was a book that was written pretty much for me. I’m a comics geek AND a music geek, and it’s a comic book about discovering punk rock in Akron, OH circa 1980. Given the…
[Purchase Comic] These days, comic books are usually printed on higher-quality paper than they used to be and have a generally glossier look, which can help us appreciate their finer details or make all the more glaring their flaws. It can also…
Season 1 on Animal Planet. Season 1 marathon airing Friday 4 pm e/c, Season 2 coming Summer 2009. Season 1 DVD releases Feb. 10, 2009. Whale Wars has harpooned my heart and drawn me in. It has everything a tree hugger could…
[Purchase Book] This may come as a shock, but I’m a comedy geek. I think way too much about comedy, and I tend to get obsessive over comedians I like… much like the way I do about music… and just about everything…
[Purchase Book] I’ve always found Richard Nixon an incredibly interesting figure — I think most Americans do. After all, he’s the only President to ever resign to avoid being impeached. Given that, Nixon is often thought of as a cartoon of evil;…