Made-up words that seem like they ought to mean something I just keep dreaming that I forgot to study for my finals, even though I graduated from college 30 years ago. I’d say you have a leg up on me. Note: Only a member of this blog may po…
Here's an interactive map of the show floor where you can zoom in and find the Kirby Museum just to the right of the area marked as "Construction Zone" -- though personally I like to think of it as the "Wild Area" -- and all the other myria…
Also, since people have asked, I'm happy to say that both Minutes to Midnight: Twelve Essays on Watchmen (edited by yours truly) and Teenagers from the Future: Essays on the Legion of Super-Heroes (including "The Perfect Storm," my essay on…
Alan Moore's daughter Leah posted a reaction on Twitter that points out the real issue: DC Comics -- and Marvel, for that matter -- don't actually want new characters or properties. They literally wouldn't know how to promote or sell anythi…
Alan Moore's daughter Leah posted a reaction on Twitter that points out the real issue: DC Comics -- and Marvel, for that matter -- don't actually want new characters or properties. They literally wouldn't know how to promote or sell anythi…
I would love to see a Science Tree. I really would. And off it could be hung decorations of all the wonderful things that science has brought, from glasses to the wheel to vaccines, and on and on.Perhaps on the night before Science Day, the…
Your mother is so cool.Hmmm, can Time Lords change gender? So Daredevil has it all wrong -- blind people's sense of hearing stays the same, but their sense of humor is heightened. Good to know. Jeff: If so, what would that make me? J.M.: I
OMG, I had no idea! Was it direct-to-video or something? I don't know which is sadder, that this exists or that I instantly recognized that little bridge from the pilot of DS9. Was this directed by the same guy who did Donnie Darko? Sea: Ap…
Hey, Rab -- You should check out Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band. You might like their music! I see what you're doing there. I mention a performer from New York, you get in a plug for one from Indiana! Well played, Sea. (But I'm still irked…
Awesome post! Of all the superheroes, Batman's the one I think I like the most. His stories are ultimately all -human- ones. His are often among the most grounded in reality.The further a writer of fantasy gets away from real life, the hard…
To mark the Convention on Modern Liberty, the children’s author has written this article Are such things done on Albion's shore? The image of this nation that haunts me most powerfully is that of the sleeping giant Albion in William Blake's…
Learn something new about you all the time, RAB...I think you're dead-on in your assessment of the impact of Apple, although I don't think the story is complete without mentioning Redmond as well, if only as a delivery system. But I'm happy…