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09.21.07 by Widge @ 3:04 pm  Three most excellent maps of Lovecraftian locales: Arkham, Innsmouth and Kingsport are in what is possibly the best titled blog post you'll see all week: Cartographie lovecraftienne. If that doesn't need to be the title of an album, then I don't know what does. This was found by the madmen at Ectoplasmosis. If that wasn't enough to ruin your sleep, they also mentioned "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Pooh Corner": "Oh, bother," said Pooh, as the unclean emanations of the Old Ones manifested as squamous and rugose tentacles that were of no earthly color. You people are sick, wrong, demented and potentially dangerous, and I'm glad to be on the same Interwebs as you. Categorized as: Books
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08.24.07 by Widge @ 11:24 pm  Okay, so I've finally caught up to everybody else: I've finished Harry Potter. Yeah, I know, I know. I'm old now. I read slow. Anyway, because I know you'll ask. Here's my three word review until I have more time to talk about: "I was satisfied." Now that I have finished, though, Ken sent me over this Comics in Context article from Quick Stop Entertainment by Peter Sanderson. And if you've read anything by Peter Sanderson--yes, the same guy who worked as a researcher for both DC and Marvel--you know he's thorough as hell. Categorized as: Books
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08.10.07 by Widge @ 11:12 pm  BiblioOdyssey points out an original edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, complete with the art from William Wallace Denslow. Not only that, but there's some back story there as to how Denslow and L. Frank Baum got together in the first place. Nice. The best version of the book we can find for you to own is this one; if anybody knows differently, ping us. Categorized as: Books
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08.08.07 by Widge @ 4:06 am  Brass Goggles points out that penny dreadfuls are on their way back in, but now it's Dollar Dreadful (thanks to inflation). There's previews online now and the full online shop will be hitting soon, they tell us, and it looks like a veritable hoot. How can you resist stuff with titles like "Octavious Watt and His Pneumatic Bride" and "Archibald Grey," who has a Skeleton Key which opens everything, including a way into the land of the dead? Answer: you cannot. We'll try to yell when the shop goes live. Categorized as: Books
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07.27.07 by Widge @ 4:44 pm  How do you get to Carnegie Hall? The answer is: write books, sell fifty quintillion copies, have them turned into mega-movies, and have the whole thing turned into a theme park. Practice? Bah. So yes, J.K. Rowling is going to be at Carnegie Hall on Friday, October 19th. She's going to read from Book 7, do a Q&A, and sign copies. That's nice, you say, but we're busy reading Book 7 and underlining the good bits. Why should we care? Because a thousand folks can win a pair of tickets to be there. July 30th, the contest opens up. Anybody 7 and up can enter the contest at www.scholastic.com/harrypotter. For all the details, the rest of press release follows after the jump. If you win because we pointed this out to you, send us a pic of you at the event. That's all we ask. Update: If you want a direct-direct link to the contest, go here. Thanks to Susan P. for passing that our way. Categorized as: Books and Contests and Headsup
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