Results tagged “2000s” from The Cultural Gutter
48 x 61
48 vs. 61 in Rintaro and Katsushiro Otomo's excellent bicycle racing short where the racers look kinda like Rintaro and Otomo. Also, damn fine music and possible steampunkery.
RIP, Kihachiro Kawamoto
It's a sad week for animation with the passing of Satoshi Kon and now Kihachiro Kawamoto. A student of Jiri Trnka, Kawamoto created beautiful stop motion puppet animation grounded in Japanese bunraku and Noh theater. Here's his short, "Oni / The Demon."
Disconnected Viewing
I don't have cable right now so I'm rewatching old shows and movies. A lot of them are animated. Such is my way. I'd like to have a nobler reason for rewatching them--something like when James revisited his favorite childhood books. And it's true—he did inspire me. But it's also true that I don't have cable.
Continue reading...
RIP, Satoshi Kon
Creator of Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paranoia Agent and Paprika, Satoshi Kon has died at 46. In memoriam, Midnight Eye's substantial interview with Kon, here. Updated: Satoshi Kon wrote a farewell.
Gotham Girls Episodes
Some kind, considerate fan saved and uploaded episodes of the old web series, Gotham Girls. And they're right here.
Trock On!
Trock on, Chameleon Circuit, with your songs about Daleks and angelic statues who only move in the dark.
Hammering Away at the Here and Now
Let's say you're the newly-sentient internet. How would you decipher
the meaning of all the bits and bytes whizzing past you? And what about
the real world outside your electronic realm?
Continue reading...
From Arthur To Orin
LBFA Presents: The History of Aquaman Explained!
Pilgrim's Progress
Former Comics Editor, Guy Leshinski
has very kindly given us permission to reprint a prophetic interview
with Bryan Lee O'Malley in 2005. Will Bryan Lee O'Malley attain the
Holy Grail of cartoonists? As Bryan says, "We'll see..."
There’s a girl sitting on the subway.
She’s 16 or so, in a brown corduroy jacket and a pair of faded
sneakers, her feet propped on the seat across from her. She’s
absently brushing on lipstick, absorbed by Bryan Lee O’Malley’s
graphic novel Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life: Volume 1.
Continue reading...
The Snake and the Magician
Scans of "The Snake and the Magician" from Mike Mignola's upcoming collection, The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects. (Thanks, Dustin!)
L.A.R.P. (Live Avatar Role Playing)
Video footage of the Na'vi People of Hometree, Wisconsin.
Don't Let The Sheepinator Fool You
Does
being amused by turning non-ovine creatures into sheep make you a bad
person? It
doesn’t seem like a serious question, but appearances can fool you.
Especially, according to Plato, if you are a fool. I think it’s safe to
say that there would have been no video games in the Republic.
Continue reading...
Ecstasy
Ennio Morricone conducts an orchestra, choir and two soloists in a hair-raising, in a good way, performance of "Ecstasy of Gold" from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
The Pitiful Death of Monsieur Mallah
There's a sickness in my stomach I've been carrying a while, an unpleasant acid feeling that bothers me when I've been reading or reading about comics lately. And I guess it's time for me to cough it up and see what the hell is burning a hole inside.
Continue reading...
Press Start
Press Start is a Montreal show dedicated to art based on old videogames. Game Set Watch has pictures and links to pictures and to an associated store.
Noir, With Feelings
Some types of stories are so familiar that the only way to tell your own version of, say, a detective yarn is to find an interesting new angle. Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden series makes the title character a wizard who solves supernatural crimes in Chicago. Additionally, Harry has feelings, which seems like the more interesting wrinkle to me.
Continue reading...
RIP, Harvey Pekar
Famous curmudgeon and writer of the comic, American Splendor, Harvey Pekar has died. The Cleveland Plain Dealer blog has more information.
The Difficulty of Loving Jackie Chan
Keith from Teleport City writes a heartfelt piece about finding Hong Kong movies through Jackie Chan, the difficulties of being a Jackie fan and the vindication of Little Big Soldier.
Retrofit Consumer Electronics
What if a time traveler took technology from today back to 1977? Enjoy your Pocket HiFi. (thanks, Humash!)
Knock, Knock
Who's there? Why it's the trailer for Let Me In, the American remake of Let The Right One In.
48 x 61
48 vs. 61 in Rintaro and Katsushiro Otomo's excellent bicycle racing short where the racers look kinda like Rintaro and Otomo. Also, damn fine music and possible steampunkery.RIP, Kihachiro Kawamoto
It's a sad week for animation with the passing of Satoshi Kon and now Kihachiro Kawamoto. A student of Jiri Trnka, Kawamoto created beautiful stop motion puppet animation grounded in Japanese bunraku and Noh theater. Here's his short, "Oni / The Demon."Disconnected Viewing
I don't have cable right now so I'm rewatching old shows and movies. A lot of them are animated. Such is my way. I'd like to have a nobler reason for rewatching them--something like when James revisited his favorite childhood books. And it's true—he did inspire me. But it's also true that I don't have cable.
RIP, Satoshi Kon
Creator of Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paranoia Agent and Paprika, Satoshi Kon has died at 46. In memoriam, Midnight Eye's substantial interview with Kon, here. Updated: Satoshi Kon wrote a farewell.Gotham Girls Episodes
Some kind, considerate fan saved and uploaded episodes of the old web series, Gotham Girls. And they're right here.Trock On!
Trock on, Chameleon Circuit, with your songs about Daleks and angelic statues who only move in the dark.Hammering Away at the Here and Now
Let's say you're the newly-sentient internet. How would you decipher
the meaning of all the bits and bytes whizzing past you? And what about
the real world outside your electronic realm?
From Arthur To Orin
LBFA Presents: The History of Aquaman Explained!Pilgrim's Progress
Former Comics Editor, Guy Leshinski
has very kindly given us permission to reprint a prophetic interview
with Bryan Lee O'Malley in 2005. Will Bryan Lee O'Malley attain the
Holy Grail of cartoonists? As Bryan says, "We'll see..."There’s a girl sitting on the subway. She’s 16 or so, in a brown corduroy jacket and a pair of faded sneakers, her feet propped on the seat across from her. She’s absently brushing on lipstick, absorbed by Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novel Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life: Volume 1.
Continue reading...The Snake and the Magician
Scans of "The Snake and the Magician" from Mike Mignola's upcoming collection, The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects. (Thanks, Dustin!)L.A.R.P. (Live Avatar Role Playing)
Video footage of the Na'vi People of Hometree, Wisconsin.Don't Let The Sheepinator Fool You
Does
being amused by turning non-ovine creatures into sheep make you a bad
person? It
doesn’t seem like a serious question, but appearances can fool you.
Especially, according to Plato, if you are a fool. I think it’s safe to
say that there would have been no video games in the Republic.
Ecstasy
Ennio Morricone conducts an orchestra, choir and two soloists in a hair-raising, in a good way, performance of "Ecstasy of Gold" from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.The Pitiful Death of Monsieur Mallah
There's a sickness in my stomach I've been carrying a while, an unpleasant acid feeling that bothers me when I've been reading or reading about comics lately. And I guess it's time for me to cough it up and see what the hell is burning a hole inside.
Press Start
Press Start is a Montreal show dedicated to art based on old videogames. Game Set Watch has pictures and links to pictures and to an associated store.
Noir, With Feelings
Some types of stories are so familiar that the only way to tell your own version of, say, a detective yarn is to find an interesting new angle. Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden series makes the title character a wizard who solves supernatural crimes in Chicago. Additionally, Harry has feelings, which seems like the more interesting wrinkle to me.Continue reading...
RIP, Harvey Pekar
Famous curmudgeon and writer of the comic, American Splendor, Harvey Pekar has died. The Cleveland Plain Dealer blog has more information.
The Difficulty of Loving Jackie Chan
Keith from Teleport City writes a heartfelt piece about finding Hong Kong movies through Jackie Chan, the difficulties of being a Jackie fan and the vindication of Little Big Soldier.Retrofit Consumer Electronics
What if a time traveler took technology from today back to 1977? Enjoy your Pocket HiFi. (thanks, Humash!)Knock, Knock
Who's there? Why it's the trailer for Let Me In, the American remake of Let The Right One In.