Ted Wilson Reviews the World #11
THE MANCHESTER VILLAGE MOTOR INN ☆☆☆☆☆ (0 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing the Manchester Village Motor…
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R. Crumb and Art Spiegelman Talk Comics
Spiegelman says that superhero comics were read by the kids who beat them up. Crumb adds, "Cute animals were good." Spiegelman agrees.
EMERGENCY DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column: What’s a Girl to Do About Glenn Beck?
As for the fate of the country, my money is on roving diesel mobs. But then, my money has always been on roving diesel mobs.
Conversations About The Internet #4: Brett Gaylor on Filesharing and Remix Culture
In setting up Open Source Cinema, I was inspired by the open source software process – software that people can contribute to and change and collectively build. And I thought…
SMALL POTATOES: Better Than Caffeine
On Tuesday, November 24th, four limited edition prints from Paul’s new yearly series Album will be released by 20×200.com. If you choose to log on to 20×200, you can have…
No Love Lost: Damien Hirst Faces the Old Masters
At the end of his exhibit, I came across a guide called, “Damien Hirst’s Wallace Collection Trail,” containing short, chatty write-ups on twenty-six works in the permanent collection that have…
A Future Always Pure and Perfect and Remote
Jon Stephen Fink’s novel A Storm in the Blood imagines the lives of Jews, anti-Tsarists, and revolutionaries in London’s East End.
FUNNY WOMEN #7: In Retrospect, Dating That Speed Freak Wasn’t All That Bad, Comparatively
God, he was smart! He had a mind like a hummingbird, he had read every book there was to read, his tongue was sharp, he was funnier than anyone else at the party.
Monster Girl: The Rumpus Interview with Chelsea Martin
“The second and fourth parts of that sentence came directly from life, but the first and third parts came from some thoughts I had while watching a movie, and the…
TRUTH SERUM: Cookbook
Hey, lookit! Truth Serum books (and minicomics, shirts, and postcards) are 50% off until the end of November!
Salvage Artist: The Rumpus Original Combo with Bonnie Jo Campbell
“I like to go where the life is. I’m pro-life, in the sense that chaos seems like life to me and order seems like death. I’m of the people in…