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Gutter Space #12: Trauma and Watercolors
Gutter Space #12 by Leslie Salas Trauma and Watercolors: Stitches, by David Small Many of us have our own ways of dealing with stress and trauma. Some of us paint, write, sing, play an instrument. Others may run, play a sport, go to the gym. And some turn to cigarettes, booze, brothels. For David Small,… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #12: 10 Things This Bartender Loves About You
In Boozo Veritas #12 by Teege Braune 10 Things This Bartender Loves About You I cringe every time another article entitled “10 Things Every Bartender Absolutely Hates About You.” It is a tired, formulaic trope employed by every bartender who has ever fancied herself a writer. Snark is typically substituted for actual wit, and the… Continue reading
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Episode 71: Mailbag Episode 3 (The Guermantes Way)
Episode 71 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I answer some mail with my friend, David James Poissant, Plus Dan Lauer writes about a unique book that changed his life. NOTES R.I.P., Oscar Hijuelos. The Heaven of Animals, the… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #11: The House by the Cemetery
The Curator of Schlock #11 by Jeffrey Shuster Freud + Frankenstein= Freudstein (The House by the Cemetery) 1981’s The House by the Cemetery from Italian horror maestro Lucio Fulci starts out with a couple of teenagers getting brutally murdered in (you guessed it) a house by the cemetery. How are they murdered? Well, the one… Continue reading
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Loading the Canon #10: Wrapping it Up
Loading the Canon #10 by Helena-Anne Hittel Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Wrapping it Up When you wrap things in fabric, they sometimes look more interesting. The essential shape of the object is more visible. Look at things this way. If you were to wrap a rock face in fabric, you’d see so much more. You could… Continue reading
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Gutter Space #11: Imagination as a Coping Mechanism in Comics Essays
Gutter Space #11 by Leslie Salas Imagination as a Coping Mechanism in Comics Essays Perhaps many of you have heard of an Internet entity known as The Oatmeal, a man (Matthew Inman) who writes funny webcomics, draws posters everyone wants on their cubicle walls, and even fundraised enough money to save Nikola Tesla’s lab and… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #11: Gotham Central
Heroes Never Rust #11 by Sean Ironman Gotham Central At the end of September, Fox announced they were developing a TV series featuring Detective James “Jim” Gordon before he became commissioner, before Batman. I love the idea of concentrating on the police force in Gotham City. A cop show that is able to draw on… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #11: One Night Five Years Ago
In Boozo Veritas #11 by Teege Braune One Night Five Years Ago For Jenn Yesterday was the five year anniversary of Redlight Redlight’s last night in the original location on New England Avenue. The tiny bar was packed with everyone who had fallen in love with it during its three years in the upstairs space that… Continue reading
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Like a Geek God #9: Geeks, Ghouls, and Gore
Like a Geek God #9 by Mark Pursell Geeks, Ghouls, and Gore Fear—being brought face to face with your own mortality and the possibility that you will be somehow damaged or erased in mind, spirit, and/or body—has always been replicated in our cultural objects, from scary stories told ‘round a bonfire in the prehistoric… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #10: The Hand: A Story about a Phantom Limb (Mwa ha ha ha ha)
The Curator of Schlock #10 by Jeffrey Shuster The Hand: A Story about a Phantom Limb (Mwa ha ha ha ha) 1981’s The Hand is a psychological horror movie starring Michael Caine. Over here at The Museum of Schlock, we typically thumb our nose at psychological horror. We want blood and guts and zombies and devil… Continue reading
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