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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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Loading the Canon #4: Marcel Dzama
Loading the Canon #4 by Helena-Anne Hittel Marcel Dzama “Marcel Dzama’s work is characterized by an immediately recognizable visual language that draws from a diverse range of references and artistic influences, including Dada and Marcel Duchamp.” Oh man. The moment you give me Marcel Duchamp, I kinda want to scream (although, if we looked at… Continue reading
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Gutter Space #5: Less is More in E Horne & J Comeau’s A Softer World
Gutter Space #5 by Leslie Salas Less is More in E Horne & J Comeau’s A Softer World A Softer World, written by Joey Comeau and photographed/designed by Emily Horne, is a webcomic that is “sometimes … sad or harsh … in the tradition of George Simenon’s ‘romans durs’ (or ‘hard novels’).” Each of these comics… 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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Buzzed Books #5: Taking Setting off the Sidelines
Buzzed Books #5 by Alise Hamilton Taking Setting off the Sidelines Many authors, from James Joyce to Annie Proulx, have used place as a device for linking stories. Debut author Kristiana Kahakauwila follows in that tradition with six stories set across the islands of Hawai’i in her new collection, This is Paradise. This is Paradise… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #5: Why I love Violence
In Boozo Veritas #5 by Teege Braune Why I Love Violence If you haven’t read Mark Pursell’s Like a Geek God blog post “Dr. Who, An Unarmed Hero,” please do. The article is an homage to “the anti-gun pacifist alien espousing diplomacy and intellectualism” Dr. Who, an odd-duck amongst geek culture heroes and a respite from… 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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Episode 64: Francesca Lia Block 2!
Episode 64 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 the novelist Francesca Lia Block, whose work, whether labeled YA or not, consistently dazzles and charms me, a 42 year-old man, Plus I share Alise Hamilton’s essay… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #4: Death Wish
The Curator of Schlock #4 by Jeffrey Shuster Death Wish (Fill Your Hand) AMC had a Death Wish marathon a few weeks back. I don’t know if the movies AMC airs these days are true classics or what classic even means these days when it comes to cinema. Maybe it’s the influence a movie has over… Continue reading
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Loading the Canon #3: Hell is a Studio
Loading the Canon #3 by Helena-Anne Hittel Hell is in a Studio Art gets serious once you get into the universities. That’s because this is the major you’ve chosen to pursue, and your school determined to produce artists finer than those at other schools BECAUSE UCF IS MORE ARTISTIC THAN ALL OF YOU SIMPLE PLEBES.… Continue reading
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