I love the cover of the latest Hot Rum Cow. It is a UK magazine dedicated to celebrating the history and culture of drinking, in its widest sense. Hot Rum Cow is a compendium of interesting articles that look at everything from the establishments, producers, history and graphic design of alcoholic beverages, through to contemporary […]
Having considerably long eyelashes for a male, microscopes always irritated me. You can turn your iPhone or any smartphone with a camera into a digital microscope with ease. All you need is $10.00. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from […]
Reclusive Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson has finally spoken and this is what he had to say about the comic book industry to Mental Floss magazine who scored this rare interview. Keep an eye for the issue this December. “Personally, I like paper and ink better than glowing pixels, but to each his own. […]
Books find their way to me. Case in point: the unexpected discovery of "Man V. Liver." Despite not being much of a drinker myself, I couldn't resist the charm of this book.
It is truly the Age of the Cartoonist (the artist who writes and draws his or her own work) so says Jeff Smith, the editor of the newest anthology from the folks of The Best American Comics series. There are so many new comic book outlets from the web to the tablet to express yourself. […]
Bloodsuckers galore! Tracing the Dracula family tree of the living dead. The Bram Stoker bloodline is well represented as illustrated by Matthew Griffin. I am disappointed Count Chocula did not make the grade. The poster was commissioned for the Bram Stoker Festival in Dublin. It would explain some exclusions that are not common to European […]
Get inside the original works of Charles Schulz. It is like owning original art from Charles Schulz without paying top dollar. IDW publishing has added Peanuts to their stable of original Artist’s Editions line. The key success of Schulz was simplicity. The relatively time standing comic strip captured the hearts of millions throughout the world. […]
The Internet map of the world based on users that are online. The data are visualized with a hexagon-shaped cartogram in which the size of each country is drawn based on its population of Internet users. Each hexagon accounts for about one third of a million Internet users. Countries with fewer than that number have […]
“A story is not like a road to follow … it’s more like a house. You go inside and stay there for a while, wandering back and forth and settling where you like and discovering how the room and corridors relate to each other, how the world outside is altered by being viewed from these […]
Fifty years and counting, Doctor Who has spawned merchandise for all his little time lords on the globe. Some good, some bad. Tardis pajamas? Sure they look good on girls. But a hooded pajama costume is too much! Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, […]
Who are the most popular superheroes (villains) on social media? Our appetite for superhero characters is at an all-time high. It is DC versus Marvel. Who is the big dog in the social media? Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear […]
Be alluring and eat lots of bread. If you are to believe the Wonder Bread ads, you can be sexy and thin by devouring oodles of white bread. Invite the girls over and devour a few bags of bread. Yummy! Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see […]