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 
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?
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..."
Results tagged “crime” from The Cultural Gutter
Gotham Girls Episodes
Some kind, considerate fan saved and uploaded episodes of the old web series, Gotham Girls. And they're right here.
Even More Fewdio
Our friends at Fewdio are at it again with some new horror shorts, including "The Cellar" ("Vampires don't sparkle, they burn") and gangsters robbing a disabled old man in, "The Prey."
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.
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Summer Fun Time Reading!
It's summertime and all the happenin'
sites have advice about bikinis, manscaping, quick cool meals and
reading lists. I have no idea what to tell you about beachwear, other
than you do look cute in that, but I do have some reading
suggestions.
Continue reading...
Another Interview With Joe R. Lansdale
Spinetingle has an interview with Champion Mojo Storyteller, Joe R. Lansdale: "I don’t mind a stimulus for a story-do something noir, etc., but I like
to play with those expectations. Genre has its place.... But I don’t like genre to rule my
reading. If I had, I’d have never discovered how many different kinds of
writing and reading I like."
Nak Prok's Shadow
Wise Kwai reviews, Shadow of the Naga / Nak Prok, and talks a little about the film's legal problems and the fear of a Buddhist backlash.
Elmore Leonard, Hats and Adaptations
Elmore Leonard talks hats and adaptations, sometimes both.
The Casefile of Sherlock Holmes and Carl Kolchak, Reporter
Though I prefer reading —and writing
about —comics in collections, I do buy comics in single issues. Sometimes I need to know what happens next or can't wait for the collection anymore. Sometimes it's idle curiosity or the lure of the pretty. But every once in a while, it's the potential for all-out crazy.
I picked up Sherlock Holmes and Kolchak: The Night Stalker: Cry of Thunder #1 for the potential all-out crazy.
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10 Comics I Liked in 2009
It's that time of year when writers
list the year's best things. This year, some people are listing the
decade's best. And, oh, my temples ache because if there's someone
who manages to read every comic every year for a decade, let alone
every comic setting fans a-twitter, that someone's not me.
Continue reading...
Cruel Gun Stories from Unusual Suspects
This month Teleport City shakes down Nikkatsu Studios from Cruel Gun Story to Detective Bureau 2-3: Go To Hell Bastards! (aka, "The Best Named Film Ever").
HK Heist
It's a heist worthy of Johnnie To and Simon Yam: "On Monday night, robbers stole 228 bottles of vintage Chateau Lafite
Rothschild, France’s prized Bordeaux - a haul valued at 6.8 million
Hong Kong dollars ($877,000), Hong Kong police confirmed." (via SuperPunch)
"My First Book of Noir"
People in the 1950s knew what was important, getting their children reading noir young: "'Mom was right!' Sweat Weasel thought. 'I am the world's worst blackmailer ever!'"
"The Stunning Case of the Three Gunshots"
Zhang Yimou is remaking the Coen Bros. Blood Simple, or as it will be known from now on, The Stunning Case of the Three Gunshots. (It's going to star Sun Honglei from Mongol).
Karl Malden, RIP
Mladen Sekulovich, aka Karl Malden, has died at 96. He was in many, many entertainments, including Meteor, the legendary 1970s cop show The Streets of San Francisco, some very respectable films and many, many Westerns like How The West Was Won, Nevada Smith and One-Eyed Jacks. Obituaries here, here and here.
"There was a time when photoshop disasters didn't exist."
Guns. Swords. Paint. Old time Japanese movie posters at Wild Grounds "because there was a time when photoshop disasters didn't exist."
Suzuki Seijun's Japanese Noir
Todd at 4DK has decided to "throw some verbiage" in Suzuki Seijun's direction with reviews of and stills from Underworld Beauty and the best titled film ever, Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! I love it when Todd throws words around.
Re-Taking Pelham 1 2 3
Linda Holmes and Andrew O'Hehir see some things in John Travolta's The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 villain: "the lamentably noisy bad guy" replacing a more chilling, bureaucratic evil and a far more awesome possible movie: "Freddie Mercury .... starring in some cracked Tony Scott movie where
he gets awesome wireless reception in a subway tunnel and shoots a
bunch of people in between verses of 'Bohemian Rhapsody[.]'"
What's Johnnie To Up To?
You know how Johnnie To said he was taking a break after releasing Sparrow? He didn't. He's got two films coming up. I'm nervous about Vengeance starring French actor/singer Johnny Hallyday. I'm excited about Death of a Hostage because of Lau Ching-Wan. (And, yes, that looks like the Oldboy poster which brings another horror to mind. Get it out with this Mad Detective trailer).
Gotham Girls Episodes
Some kind, considerate fan saved and uploaded episodes of the old web series, Gotham Girls. And they're right here.Even More Fewdio
Our friends at Fewdio are at it again with some new horror shorts, including "The Cellar" ("Vampires don't sparkle, they burn") and gangsters robbing a disabled old man in, "The Prey."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...
Summer Fun Time Reading!
It's summertime and all the happenin'
sites have advice about bikinis, manscaping, quick cool meals and
reading lists. I have no idea what to tell you about beachwear, other
than you do look cute in that, but I do have some reading
suggestions.
Another Interview With Joe R. Lansdale
Spinetingle has an interview with Champion Mojo Storyteller, Joe R. Lansdale: "I don’t mind a stimulus for a story-do something noir, etc., but I like to play with those expectations. Genre has its place.... But I don’t like genre to rule my reading. If I had, I’d have never discovered how many different kinds of writing and reading I like."Nak Prok's Shadow
Wise Kwai reviews, Shadow of the Naga / Nak Prok, and talks a little about the film's legal problems and the fear of a Buddhist backlash.Elmore Leonard, Hats and Adaptations
Elmore Leonard talks hats and adaptations, sometimes both.The Casefile of Sherlock Holmes and Carl Kolchak, Reporter
Though I prefer reading —and writing about —comics in collections, I do buy comics in single issues. Sometimes I need to know what happens next or can't wait for the collection anymore. Sometimes it's idle curiosity or the lure of the pretty. But every once in a while, it's the potential for all-out crazy.
I picked up Sherlock Holmes and Kolchak: The Night Stalker: Cry of Thunder #1 for the potential all-out crazy.
Continue reading...10 Comics I Liked in 2009
It's that time of year when writers
list the year's best things. This year, some people are listing the
decade's best. And, oh, my temples ache because if there's someone
who manages to read every comic every year for a decade, let alone
every comic setting fans a-twitter, that someone's not me.
Cruel Gun Stories from Unusual Suspects
This month Teleport City shakes down Nikkatsu Studios from Cruel Gun Story to Detective Bureau 2-3: Go To Hell Bastards! (aka, "The Best Named Film Ever").HK Heist
It's a heist worthy of Johnnie To and Simon Yam: "On Monday night, robbers stole 228 bottles of vintage Chateau Lafite Rothschild, France’s prized Bordeaux - a haul valued at 6.8 million Hong Kong dollars ($877,000), Hong Kong police confirmed." (via SuperPunch)"My First Book of Noir"
People in the 1950s knew what was important, getting their children reading noir young: "'Mom was right!' Sweat Weasel thought. 'I am the world's worst blackmailer ever!'""The Stunning Case of the Three Gunshots"
Zhang Yimou is remaking the Coen Bros. Blood Simple, or as it will be known from now on, The Stunning Case of the Three Gunshots. (It's going to star Sun Honglei from Mongol).Karl Malden, RIP
Mladen Sekulovich, aka Karl Malden, has died at 96. He was in many, many entertainments, including Meteor, the legendary 1970s cop show The Streets of San Francisco, some very respectable films and many, many Westerns like How The West Was Won, Nevada Smith and One-Eyed Jacks. Obituaries here, here and here.
"There was a time when photoshop disasters didn't exist."
Guns. Swords. Paint. Old time Japanese movie posters at Wild Grounds "because there was a time when photoshop disasters didn't exist."Suzuki Seijun's Japanese Noir
Todd at 4DK has decided to "throw some verbiage" in Suzuki Seijun's direction with reviews of and stills from Underworld Beauty and the best titled film ever, Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! I love it when Todd throws words around.Re-Taking Pelham 1 2 3
Linda Holmes and Andrew O'Hehir see some things in John Travolta's The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 villain: "the lamentably noisy bad guy" replacing a more chilling, bureaucratic evil and a far more awesome possible movie: "Freddie Mercury .... starring in some cracked Tony Scott movie where he gets awesome wireless reception in a subway tunnel and shoots a bunch of people in between verses of 'Bohemian Rhapsody[.]'"What's Johnnie To Up To?
You know how Johnnie To said he was taking a break after releasing Sparrow? He didn't. He's got two films coming up. I'm nervous about Vengeance starring French actor/singer Johnny Hallyday. I'm excited about Death of a Hostage because of Lau Ching-Wan. (And, yes, that looks like the Oldboy poster which brings another horror to mind. Get it out with this Mad Detective trailer).
