Playboy cartoonist, barbarian slave-girls and Avengers swag
Preview night at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con The biggest news I came across at Preview Night, the kick-off event…
San Diego Comic-Con – a first-timer’s impressions
A first-timer's first impressions of the biggest comics convention of them all.Continue readingSan Diego Comic-Con – a first-timer’s impressions
The (unmade) Robert Smigel Green Lantern script
An unmade Green Lantern script by Robert Smigel is genuinely funny.Continue readingThe (unmade) Robert Smigel Green Lantern script
EAT! Vancouver 2011
An afternoon eating and drinking at a food trade show.Continue readingEAT! Vancouver 2011
Moving forward with crime fiction in The Pack
Very strong stalker-thriller. Don't be fooled by the cover.Continue readingMoving forward with crime fiction in The Pack
Portland, Memorial Day Weekend 2011
Eating and drinking our way through Portland, Oregon.Continue readingPortland, Memorial Day Weekend 2011
Daily life, ‘the most poignant kind of history’
Jennifer Egan on A Visit from the Goon Squad I met Jennifer Egan a year or two before this interview,…
Thirty years later, Ragtime still charms
The 1981 movie is still a delight 30 years later.Continue readingThirty years later, Ragtime still charms
The best of times? Mark Yarm’s oral history of grunge
Interview—Mark Yarm, author of Everybody Loves Our Town Mark Yarm's new book Everybody Loves Our Town follows the rise and fall…
Down Under pours and sculptural art
Lots to choose from at the Australia Regional Round-Up.Continue readingDown Under pours and sculptural art