The history of the Internet via John Hodgman and Bruce Campbell
This weekend, we caught a Halloween evening screening of MY NAME IS BRUCE. For those not following the saga, this Dark Horse-produced film tells...
Loeb and Alexander out at Heroes
Plagued by falling ratings and fan gripes in its third season, Heroes has announced a top-level shakeup with co-exec producers Jeph Loeb and Jesse...
Lots and lots of movie news and gossip
§ Oh boy, Anne Thompson unpacks the snarl of financing the TINTIN movie, and despite Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson being involved, it's been...
Gandalf and Picard team up to wait for Godot
Or, if you prefer, Magneto and Professor X do Beckett.
According to a story on the BBC website, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will...
Losing my edge
LCD Soundsystem remix via Sean Collins:
Every great book by Jack Kirby.All the underground hits.All of the Boody Rogers strips.I heard you have a hardcover...
Halloween horror: Karaoke
We know it is wrong to steal pictures from Facebook, but this photo from Tim Leong's photo gallery from the event sheds much light...
Tonight: Kim Deitch at MoCCA
New Yorkers are in for a real treat tonight as Kim Deitch does a special showing of toons from his vault:
Kim Deitch will host...
The New Yorker’s annual Cartoon issue
We were surprised no one had mentioned that this week's New Yorker is the annual Cartoon issue, but Chris Mautner has a nice rundown...
Movie news: AGNES QUILL, PREACHER, HELLRAISER
Three spooky options to announce this morning, one kid-friendly, two...very, very NOT kid-friendly.
¶ Paramount has snapped up the rights to Dave Roman's AGNES QUILL....
Sad day in Nerdville: Tennant leaving DR WHO
In news that could probably best be described as a "when, not if" story, David Tennant announced that he will be leaving DR WHO...
Steve Canyon on DVD
Via PR, we learn that the 1958 TV series based on Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon comic strip about pilots and adventure is coming out...
Downey, Cheadle, and Favreau sign on for THE AVENGERS
You heard that right -- Marvel's Avengers movie will field an all-star lineup:
As part of his four picture deal with Marvel Studios, Robert Downey...
