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 “faeries” from The Cultural Gutter
Let There Be Monsters
An underground monster that can't see, but senses your steps via vibrations. A giant ape that falls in love with a woman and fights lots of dinosaurs. And a hellish creature that fights on the side of humanity against mechanical armies and wayward elves. What do these have in common?
I interrupt this critical essay to bring you an important announcement: Monsters are cool!
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Incredible Combinations
A wrestler-fairy? A nerd-werewolf? A caveman-pirate? All these and more in Creebobby's second Archetype Times Table.
So Awful It Moves Past Parody
Vaniel found some awful description in a fantasy novel: "Really, all I could think was, 'I have got to scan this tomorrow
because no one will believe how awful it is." It's so awful it's gone
back around to being good again--but for all the wrong reasons.' It's astonishingly awful. It should win an award. There's a man named Spikenard. Make sure to check out the fan art and dramatic reading provided. (via Smart Bitches)
Dr. Julius T. Roundbottom, Scientist and Philosopher
Dr. Julius T. Roundbottom, gentleman of science, reports on a paper he delivered to the Adventurer's Club a pack of "close-minded fools more interested in the rush of adrenaline than actual science." (thanks, Steven!)
No Thanks, I've Had Enough
There’s lots to enjoy about romance novels. The arc of character development. The layered emotional content. The rare and welcome sense of success (otherwise known as the happy ending). A good romance novel is a singular pleasure.
A bad one, on the other hand, can be excruciating.
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"This Book is Too Long!"
I know of many fantasy readers (myself sometimes included) who pick what book to read next based on how long it is - for epic fantasies, the longer the better. Books like this are a huge commitment though, and so for a lot of people, the fact that Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is over 800 pages long outweighs everything else about it. Does Susanna Clarke tell a good story? Is there any neat magic? If the book is too long for you to get past the first 100 pages, you might never know.
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The latest Rain Taxi says "a fantastic and witty history explodes with a Big Bang" in Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell and that Transmetropolitan: One More Time is "a dynamic conclusion to the story that Warren Ellis and his cabal set out to tell."
Let There Be Monsters
An underground monster that can't see, but senses your steps via vibrations. A giant ape that falls in love with a woman and fights lots of dinosaurs. And a hellish creature that fights on the side of humanity against mechanical armies and wayward elves. What do these have in common? I interrupt this critical essay to bring you an important announcement: Monsters are cool!
Continue reading...
Incredible Combinations
A wrestler-fairy? A nerd-werewolf? A caveman-pirate? All these and more in Creebobby's second Archetype Times Table.So Awful It Moves Past Parody
Vaniel found some awful description in a fantasy novel: "Really, all I could think was, 'I have got to scan this tomorrow because no one will believe how awful it is." It's so awful it's gone back around to being good again--but for all the wrong reasons.' It's astonishingly awful. It should win an award. There's a man named Spikenard. Make sure to check out the fan art and dramatic reading provided. (via Smart Bitches)Dr. Julius T. Roundbottom, Scientist and Philosopher
Dr. Julius T. Roundbottom, gentleman of science, reports on a paper he delivered to the Adventurer's Club a pack of "close-minded fools more interested in the rush of adrenaline than actual science." (thanks, Steven!)No Thanks, I've Had Enough
There’s lots to enjoy about romance novels. The arc of character development. The layered emotional content. The rare and welcome sense of success (otherwise known as the happy ending). A good romance novel is a singular pleasure.
A bad one, on the other hand, can be excruciating.
"This Book is Too Long!"
I know of many fantasy readers (myself sometimes included) who pick what book to read next based on how long it is - for epic fantasies, the longer the better. Books like this are a huge commitment though, and so for a lot of people, the fact that Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is over 800 pages long outweighs everything else about it. Does Susanna Clarke tell a good story? Is there any neat magic? If the book is too long for you to get past the first 100 pages, you might never know.
The latest Rain Taxi says "a fantastic and witty history explodes with a Big Bang" in Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell and that Transmetropolitan: One More Time is "a dynamic conclusion to the story that Warren Ellis and his cabal set out to tell."
