Musical stories in fantastical worlds
Best invention of the Victorian age? Probably the light bulb. Telephone is up there. But where would our ipods and CD players be today without the great grandmother that started it all, the victrola. That’s actually not quite right. Thomas […]
At the center of european comics is the Fraco-Belgium tradition, called bandes dessiness which translates literally to “drawn strips”. Two of the most famous of these have even made headway in the states, Tintin and Asterix. I myself am a huge Tintin […]
The second creative death worth noting this last week was that of French comic artist Moebius, 1938 – 2012. Moebius was a key figure in bringing comic art out from a juvenile market and into a more sophisticated artform, worthy […]
There have been two very recent deaths which are worth commemorating on this blog. We will begin today with the one that most effects me personally: the death of Peter Bergman, 1/4 of the great Firesign Theater. Firesign Theater is […]
(Note: I’ve put a fair degree of revisiting into the 3rd Act and Byron’s original Character Background has bothered me for some time. It has been rewritten and for kicks and giggles i’m posting the revamped version as today’s post.) […]
In examining the more colorful forms of spirituality that appeared during the Victorian and Edwardian eras, there are some interesting figures who movements like Theosophy drew upon and reimagined into a mythological status. The Compte Saint Germaine is perhaps one […]
In continuing our recent discussion about the Penny Dreadfuls that populated the Victorian era, it’s worth pointing out that almost all of the popular characters who once defined the era, Spring Heeled Jack, Varney the Vampire, Dick Turpin, Ching Ching, […]
I know you clicked here because you just HAD to know wtf. Fortunately i kid you not. Here: But wait, i did not lure you here to merely show you one image like all those regular brands. No, i have […]
I’m in the mood for this song, so we’re gonna listen to it. I realize it seems a little strange to have a song called Cthulhu be in fact a pretty straight forward old school style r&b ballad. It’s off […]
You saw this coming, right? Where there is steampunk Star Trek, steampunk Star Wars cannot be far behind. And due to the world wide geek wank for Star Wars, there is a shit load more of steampunky star wars. I […]