Molly Case
Comic Con 40th Anniversary
I am back from the 40th anniversary Comic Con. It feels like every year the show sells out earlier, the best panels get harder to gain entry to, the temperatures get...
Rip Van Winkle
To be a Rip van Winkle, is to awake suddenly to profound changes in one’s surroundings. This may be due to physical absence or to absence of mind. (via Wikipedia)
What are some common traits of a dystopian society?
The overwhelming majority of dystopias have some connection to our world, but often in an imagined future or an alternate history. Furthermore, the dystopia was brought...
What is Dystopia?
A dystopia (alternatively, cacotopia, kakotopia or anti-utopia) is a fictional society that is the antithesis of utopia. A dystopia is usually characterized by an...
Tell Me I’m a Dead Whore You Can Treat As You Will
Need Coffee is doing a giveaway for the newly released V is for Vendetta DVD. The prize includes a really creepy V mask. I think that mask could provide the opportunity...
Goodbye Major Tom
On this date in 1999, NASA intentionally crashed the Lunar Prospector spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the moon’s...
Dead Siren
The new Dead Siren blog asks the question: What is the difference between Fandom with a capital F and simple imagination and are either a bad thing? And one of the...
Minerva
On this date in 2005, astronomers announced their discovery of a possible 10th planet. Now what should they call it? I vote for a female deity from ancient long-dead...
There’s One Born Every Minute
Mermaid hoaxes were perhaps popularized by P.T. Barnum and his famous circus. He advertised having the remains of a FeeJee Mermaid. FeeJee is the sucker spelling of Fiji...
Stripper Necrophilia
Medical students in New Jersey sure know how to treat a girl. Linda Kay is apparently one uber-goth goth stripper. Police came to her house because they got a report...
Mermaid Necrophilia
An object purported to be somewhere between a mermaid and a sea monster just sold on eBay for $1,550. The seller calls the find a golden mermaid and refers to it as...
Comic Book Fonts On Sale
In honor of Comic Con, Comic Book Fonts is offering, not only new fonts with names like Battly Damaged and Speeding Bullet, but most of their catalog at 50% off. The...
