Beautiful Nightmares: PFFR’s ‘The Shivering Truth’ Is Gorgeously Animated Grotesquerie
OnThe latest show from Vernon Chatman and PFFR, ‘The Shivering Truth’ tells linked comedic horror stories via the medium of gorgeous stop-motion animation.
The UK’s ‘Public Information Films’ Are Basically PSAs From Hell
OnThe United Kingdom calls ‘Public Service Announcements’ ‘Public Information Films,’ and they tell you how to be safe. But unlike most PSAs, PFIs are scary.
Ben Passmore’s ‘Your Black Friend and Other Strangers’ Is a Must-Read Collection
OnThe new collection ‘Your Black Friend and Other Strangers’ by Ben Passmore is deeply political without being preachy, and occasionally pretty dang funny.
‘Vic and Bob’s Big Night Out’ Doesn’t Have Much to Do With the Original Series, But It’s Still Great
OnIf you’re a Reeves & Mortimer fan of a certain age, you might not remember Big Night Out, but thankfully, Vic and Bob’s first series has returned.
What, Me Funny?: The National Lampoon Mad Parody Deftly Skewers Alfred E. Neuman (Mostly)
OnAn analysis of the long National Lampoon MAD Parody that appeared as an article in a 1971 issue, looking at what they got right and what they got wrong.
Forget Flying Cars, It’s 2018 — Where Are Our Sinus Doors?!
OnIf there’s a thing that I want in the future, it’s not flying cars or robot butlers — it’s the ability to immediately empty my sinuses with sinus doors.
The New MST3K Season Hammers Out the Few Kinks of the Return For a Wonderful Experience
OnComing out on Thanksgiving, Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Gauntlet fixes the few issues with Season 11, and gives us six great cinematic turkeys.
The Totally True Time of When I Found a VHS of a Lost ‘Brady Bunch’ Episode
OnAt that flea market I found another VHS tape with a lost ‘Brady Bunch’ episode featuring Cousin Oliver, but I didn’t know that at the time.
The Comics Journal’s Book of Harvey Kurtzman Interviews Is Utterly Essential
OnA review of a book of interviews from the Comics Journal with Harvey Kurtzman, exploring his career from ‘Hey Look!’ to ‘Little Annie Fanny.’
Frank Zappa and the Mothers’ ‘Absolutely Free’ Finds a Way Around the Sophomore Slump
OnWe’ve all heard of the sophomore slump where a band’s second album isn’t nearly as good as their first — but Zappa avoided it with ‘Absolutely Free’.