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The Curator of Schlock #122: Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby
The Curator of Schlock #122 by Jeffrey Shuster Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby (Can’t imagine anything good) Your Curator of Schlock has a confession to make. I am Rosemary’s baby! Yeah, my mom’s name is Rosemary, but don’t worry, I’m not the Anti-Christ or anything. Lots of women are named Rosemary. Plus, if I Continue reading
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21st Century Brontë #7: The Unlikeable, Likeable Character
21st Century Brontë #7 by Brontë Betterncourt The Unlikeable, Likeable Character Late last year I started a Dungeon & Dragons 5e campaign. The decision occurred around 2:30-3:00 A.M. Previously, my D&D experience ranged from on and off participation in my friend 3.5th edition, and the inkling of participation in my other friend’s Pathfinder edition. Both Continue reading
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On Top of It #10: Holiday Market
On Top of It #10 by Lisa Martens Holiday Market Last year, I sold jewelry at the holiday market in Columbus Circle. This involved standing in the freezing rain with a heater at my feet. My hands and head cold. The soles of my shoes melting. Inching forward and back to wrap necklaces with a Continue reading
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On Top of It #5: Governors Island: A Decaying Fantasy
On Top of It #5 by Lisa Martens Governors Island: A Decaying Fantasy “Governors Island looks so insignificant from up here.” — Marge Simpson There are three small islands forming a triangle in New York Harbor, and all of them contain National Parks. You probably know two of them—The Statue of Liberty, which you may have Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #44: Outsiders
Heroes Never Rust #44 by Sean Ironman Outsiders While the second issue of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen begins with the gang taking down Mr. Hyde and features the team stopping the Invisible Man from molesting women, the comic still seems very concerned with the treatment of minorities and outsiders in England. When the team 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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Episode 65: Orlando Shakespeare Theater!
Episode 65 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 talk to three of the stars of Orlando Shakespeare Theatre’s production of The Taming of the Shrew. Geoffrey Kent (Petruchio) And Deanna Gibson (Kate) John Ahlin (Baptista) And J. Bradley Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #5: Death Wish 2
The Curator of Schlock #5 by Jeffrey Shuster Death Wish 2: Who’s To Blame? Oh boy. I guess we have to talk about Death Wish 2 before we get to Death Wish 3. We know we’re in trouble as soon as we see producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus credits appear on the screen. Still, we Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #5: Cultural Respect
Superhero Comics In 2000, Bryan Singer’s X-Men hit theaters. It made almost $300 million off a $75 million budget. Two years later, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man earned over $800 million on a budget of $139 million. Once money starts getting made, people pay attention. Comics became cool. Sure, they had their followers in certain circles for Continue reading
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Like a Geek God #4: The Uncomfortable Question of Orson Scott Card
Like a Geek God #4 by Mark Pursell The Uncomfortable Question of Orson Scott Card Separating the art from the artist is a necessary element of art appreciation in any medium, but in the Information Age, it’s easier said than done. The Internet affords a heretofore never-experienced level of accessibility to one’s favorite singers, writers, Continue reading
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