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11.01.07 by Widge @ 12:57 am  Kevin Church has published Samuel L. Jackson's capsule reviews of book that all young adults should read. Perhaps not surprisingly, his views on I, Robot are a lot like our own Doc Ezra's. Categorized as: Books
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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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08.22.07 by Widge @ 11:30 pm Needcoffee.com Lifetime Achievement Award winner Ray Bradbury has his birthday today. Before we do anything else, I would urge you to go and purchase, if you have not already done so, Zen in the Art of Writing. It doesn't matter if you're a writer, painter, musician--whatever. I've never found a better book for kicking one's creativity in the ass to get it moving. In fact, even if you're not an artist of any kind, it will still be of use to you. Just trust me on this. Now, speaking of writing, Uncle Ray has some words for you. Speaking of asskicking: Direct link for the feedreaders. Yep, cuts off there at the end but I think you get the gist. Uncle Ray speaks more truth after the break... 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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