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What It’s Like To Read Game Of Thrones (And A Bunch Of Profanity)
I think I may be only one of three people in the world at this moment who hasn’t read any of the Game of Thrones books – and the other two people are reading them now, I hear – but … Continue reading
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I’LL CHOP YOUR HEAD OFF!!!
Wondercon 2013 just happened, and with its departure comes this amazing trailer for the animated series of Axe Cop, starring Nick Offerman as Axe Cop himself! I’m already a huge fan of the comic series, so of course this is … Continue reading
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Star Trip – Chapter 3
Star Trip by Gisele Jobateh is back with another awesome chapter! This one sees Jas and Khut make a pitstop on Purru to acquire some Pressure Pills and, uh, have a brief an problematic encounter with the friendly locals. I’m … Continue reading
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Celebrity Birthday of the Day – March 29
Some things in life are bad, and they can really make you mad. Other things just make you swear and curse. But when you’re chewing on life’s gristle, don’t grumble, give a whistle! And this’ll help things turn out for … Continue reading
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This Calvin and Hobbes Animation Confuses My Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHjCE040aYU As an expression of love for the glorious and now long-over Calvin and Hobbes, Adam Brown animated one of the comic strips using Bill Watterson’s drawings as keyframes…and the result is heart-warmingly beautiful. Sigh. Just another thing to remind … Continue reading
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William S. Burroughs Plugs Wheels, Flutes and Crowns Using Muppets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKix1a4bEMo Friend of the site Grant can do awesome impersonations of beat writers, and occasionally puts it to good use by dubbing over old Jim Henson commercials as people like William S. Burroughs. Watch out for those wheel stealers, flute … Continue reading
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Star Trip – Chapter 2
Star Trip, the badass comic by Gisele Jobateh, has a new chapter! Get ready for things to get seriously H2G2 as our heroes stop by planet Momorono to behold the kingdom of mushrooms and, uh, deal with some interpersonal conflict. … Continue reading
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Celebrity Birthday of the Day – March 2
Today we celebrate the birthday of the late great genius Theodor Seuss Geisel – better known to you as Dr. Seuss. Since the man was such a talented writer, I don’t feel that there’s any way I could write anything … Continue reading
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Celebrity Birthday of the Day – January 27
Frank Miller. What to say about Frank Miller? On the one hand, this guy has had an unbelievably successful career in the world of comics. On the other hand, Miller has lately been prone to shouting bigoted comments into the … Continue reading
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The Mortal Creatures: City of Beautiful Bones
The past decade has been pretty interesting when it comes to movie adaptations of books aimed at the 15-and-under crowd. First Harry Potter built a franchise around the idea of the viewers growing up alongside the characters and the actors … Continue reading
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