The Shadow
Nah, i’m not ready to move on from pulp icons quite yet. One of the most famous and popular characters of the pulp era who is now fading into complete obscurity is The Shadow. The Shadow was a sensation during the 1930s […]
China Mieville: Perdido Street Station, The Scar, and rage against Tolkien.
So, what DO you consider exceptional fantasy? I’m glad you asked. We’ve been talking about pulp fiction, and i’ve made numerous mentions to the idea that as literature it lacks in certain departments. And it does. It’s fun and creative, well written […]
Conan The Barbarian
Let’s continue our foray into famous pulp characters from the early 20th century with another widely known and still alive and thriving creation, Conan The Barbarian. Conan is the creation of Robert E. Howard, who is credited with founding the […]
Tarzan
In 1912 author Edgar Rice Burroughs introduced what would be one of the most well known literary characters in the world, second only behind Sherlock Holmes: Tarzan of the apes. The allure is obvious. An infant (from a well bred, high class […]
8in8 “Tomorrow’s Supergroup Today”
So on April 25, 2011, Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman, Ben Folds and Damian Kulash, the drummer for OKGo, decided to try to write and record an entire album, that is 8 songs, in 8 hours. And they webcast the entire […]
Sun Day
This is a wonderful, wonderful animated short by a third year film group from Sheridan College. A young boy and his sister, alone on a cold moon, experience light for their first time. [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/15508608 w=651&h=366] Sun Day from Derek […]
Steampunk Iron Man
“In 1910 Anthony (Tony) Stark Built a Machine, a Suit he called the IRON MAN. Clad in steel, copper and brass the suit is powered by steam, fueled by the coal burning fire in the chest of the behemoth suit.” […]
The Red Haired Dwarf Pt. 5
Fighting a psychotically insane person can be quite difficult as your ability to reasonably predict their actions is rendered useless. You can hope that they will choose to do something ludicrously stupid thus giving you a chance to subdue them, […]
The Red Haired Dwarf Pt. 4
The Dwarf marched slowly and painfully through Hell. It was nothing but rocks and crags, climbing and dropping, caverns with awful scenes of torture enacted before him, horrid sounds, cries of pain and weeping, and no sense of time or […]
The Red Haired Dwarf Pt. 3
The day after his capture by supposed pirates, The Dwarf awoke tripping his brains out in Heaven. It was The Garden Of Earthly Delights version, as opposed to the more ambiguous Judaic or Christian versions, but since he had virtually […]