Keith Knight cartoon causes kerfuffle in Jersey
A comic strip by African-American cartoonist Keith Knight that used the N-word has caused an apology at Montclair State University. The episode of...
Lonely otaku seeks four-color wife
Once you start digging a bit into Japanese culture, you often come across reports that there are a lot of single people in Japan....
A new generation comes of age
Today's "It Kids" of snark and anti-establishmentarianism, Tucker and Nina Stone, are interviewed by Chris Mautner at Blog@Newsarama. Depending on your point of view,...
“An unexpected legacy”
Steve Bunche got a bunch of old comics collections from a neighbor and found some gems, including several Pogo books and a copy of...
Social networking: bigger than porn
Reuters reports that people are now more interested in potentially hooking up with someone over the internet than in watching impersonal films of people...
Life on the Web
It seems that just as one must own various kinds of casual or formal shoes, one must have a variety of websites to capture...
I can has bridges?
Computer culture division. The New York Times discovers web trolls.
§ Want to start trolling? here's where to begin:
These abbreviations are fun ways to add...
Women of SDCC
There's are not any "Women in Comics" panels in San Diego, but there are a few women-focused panels of various sorts; there's also this:
11:00-12:00...
Don’t drink at the Hyatt
§ Chris Butcher reports that the owner of the Manchester Grand Hyatt -- a fellow name of Doug Manchester, believe it or not --...
The Manga Moment
Yesterday we trekked out to the Brooklyn Art Museum to see the Takashi Murakami show on its very last day, and so did a...
Dulce Pinzón’s Superheroes
MEANWHILE, here's an interesting photo set from Dulce Pinzón which shows real life Mexican immigrant workers in superhero garb:
The Mexican immigrant worker in New...
More on Memin Pinguin
Mexican artist Adalisa Zárate gives some context to Memin Pinguin:
Now, Memin was created back in 1940, and it hasn't changed since then. Should he...
