In internet time, a decade ago may as well be the Jurassic, buried under layers of verbal history and sometimes impenetrable memes. For fans of Allie Brosh’s diary webcomic and subsequent book Hyperbole And A Half, they’ve waited nearly that long to see a second installment. Though she published a lot of her life on…
David Tennant is probably best-known for being the tenth actor to play The Doctor in the BBC’s Doctor Who. Neil Gaiman is probably best-known for building an expansive career as a storyteller. As the creator of the iconic comic series The Sandman, countless novels-turned-movies and television shows, and even an…
Over the past half-century, Don DeLillo has explored, in fiction that often feels presciently real, “the strangest, wildest, freakingest country in history,” as he called it back in his first novel, Americana. From the very beginning, the same set of themes has underscored DeLillo’s dark vision of American life:…
In our monthly book club, we discuss whatever we happen to be reading and ask everyone in the comments to do the same. What Are You Reading This Month?
After a summer largely devoid of big-screen action blockbusters, there’s a hunger for stories that deliver large-scale spectacle with world-shattering stakes. Comic books are here to fill the void, and TKO Studios’ upcoming The Pull tells an exhilarating tale of a future Earth on the verge of annihilation and the…
My husband recently passed away. He was a wonderful person and we had twelve great years together. He was also very, very organized. His death was an accident but everything was in order. He even left a note in a sealed envelope for his lawyer to present to me. It was one last love letter, Dan. Our relationship wasn’t…
With Amazon Prime Day in full swing and COVID-19 shutting down independent businesses left and right, we thought it would be nice to shout out some of our favorite independent retailers as the holiday season approaches. Some are brick and mortar and some are online only, but all would surely appreciate your business.…
Joining the conversation with co-hosts and long-distance best friends Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman this week is Crooked Media’s political director, Shaniqua McClendon. Given the distance between Friedman and Sow—which has only taken on more weight at a time when few people are traveling to be near one another—their…
We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,169,790-week series, Wiki Wormhole.
Nearly 60 years after his first brush with fame, the late Bruce Lee is known the world over, as much for being a fighter as for being a philosopher. The preternaturally charismatic Chinese American film star’s life was cut tragically short in 1973, but his impact is still felt decades later; his movies, like The Big…
Avenger. Spy. Master of Kung Fu. Shang-Chi has inhabited all of these identities and more since 1973, and like countless other heroes before him, it’s time for a miniseries. Ahead of his big-screen debut courtesy of Simu Liu in next summer’s MCU movie, Shang-Chi #1 (Marvel) is a standard introductory issue that we’ve…
I was dumped in August by a guy I was seeing for ten months. He told me that he wants to work on himself and “needs to be selfish” right now. Since then, we have spoken every day, shared numerous dinners, and gone on hikes. Our friendship is killing me. With him I hold it together. Away from him I cry all the time.…
(This review reveals major plot points for Batman: Three Jokers #1 and #2.)
If Lovecraft Country has piqued your curiosity about the real-life Negro Motorist Green Book, the guide to places Black folks could safely stop while traveling during the Jim Crow era, this ten-week podcast series will connect the dots. Driving The Green Book is a podcast/adventure/history lesson about Black…
It’s funny how the time of day can change the meaning of a knock. An unexpected rapping on the door during daylight hours is usually the work of a neighbor or door-to-door evangelizer—the warning sign of an imposition. A knock on the door in the middle of the night is something more fraught and ominous. The late-night…
Game Of Thrones’ fifth season was one of molting. Throughout those 10 episodes, HBO’s fantasy epic shed itself of the last layers of George R.R. Martin’s existing narrative, emerging as a new creature independent of the story the author was struggling to finish. Nobody stared down the thousands of pages that…
I’m a thirty-something gay man married to a thirty-something gay man. For almost two years, we’ve been seeing another pair of married gay men around our age. They were our first experience with any sexual or romantic interaction outside of our relationship. The first six months were hot and heavy. We were together…
As someone who reviewed both Glitter and its soundtrack for an alt-weekly a long, long time ago, I was curious to hear what the hosts of this recently launched shadefest had to say about the notoriously reviled 2001 musical/flop starring the one and only Mariah Carey. It turns out the movie is a favorite of producer…
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