When Disney went to war
We were trawling around on the 'net and found this coolish page looking at Disney's World War II effort, and the incongruity of cute...
Children think Batman thinks Robin doesn’t exist
A study to determine relative cognitive ability of children and grown-ups examines the relative levels of fantasy and reality that can be perceived....
Vess’s movie mural
Few things are more pleasurable in life that looking at drawings by Charles Vess. On his blog, Vess reports he's working on a mural...
Kibbles ‘n’ bits 11/2
§ Mark Evanier reports the passing of Betty Sinnott wife of artist Joe.news from me - ARCHIVES.
§ The Bad Lit blog reports...
Halloween: cosplay for normal people?
Reuters reports on the increased popularity of Halloween in Japan:
GHOSTIES and ghoulies, princesses and pumpkins took to the streets of Tokyo this weekend as...
Linksies: Gaiman, Disney, Schulz
§ Neil Gaiman posts a cute picture of his daughter Maddie dressed as him for Halloween, but even more importantly posts a boilerplate will...
Today in PW Comics Week
I'm bringing out the hype machine because it's a pretty darned good issue of PW Comics Week today, and if you aren't already subscribing...what...
The Beat Salutes HORROR!
Join us below the cut for more images to celebrate this SPOOKTACULAR day!
(BTW for more Harry Clarke/Poe goodness, go here)
Charles Addams
Charles Addams is the king of the creepy cartoons, and Linda Davis has just written a new biography of the artist calledCharles Addams: A...
Peter Kuper in Oaxaca — UPDATED
UPDATE, Monday 10/30: Peter Kuper sent out the following update today:
Sad to say it seems to be getting worse as of this morning but...
Comics defenders assemble
There is he. Tony Long. The enemy. The Wired staffer's modest proposal that AMERICAN BORN CHINESE wasn't good enough for a National Book Award...
