All of the films for issues from 1958 through 2000 were stored in a building where one of the anthrax-laced letters was received and had to be destroyed for fear of contamination. The magazine published work for John Severin, Jack Davis, Will Elder, Al Jaffee, Bill Ward, Steve Ditko, Gene Colan and many other notables.
Author: adamkempa
Great step by step process walkthrough on the drawing / painting of a ‘lil Gotham group shot.
Apparently artist Dustin Nguyen was selling prints of this at SDCC.
Insanely thorough review of the new Dark Knight pinball machine from Stern.
New pinball vocab learned as a direct result of this article: biff bar, bangback.
Amazingly well-presented interactive infographic of 2008 US movie box office results.
I can't get over how well this visually captures so many variables.
Michael Cera, Drew Barrymore, Clint Eastwood, Zach Galifianakis, Ellen Page, Eve, Jimmy Fallon and Juliette Lewis are among the initial crop of 'names' currently infesting the state, as parts of at least three separate productions.
A brief tour of Chip Kidd’s museumesque Apartment walls.
"Have you ever wondered where all the great comic art goes? It turns out that most of it is owned by Chip Kidd."
Great interview with Sub Pop’s founders on the ups and downs of running a label for 20 years.
Includes yet another mention of the phantom third Zumpano record. Come on, Newman.
Trailer for a documentary on Showbiz Pizza’s Animatronic Rockafire Explosion Band.
Looks like they have vintage factory/testing footage. Animatronic drummers is a topic near and dear to me (it's what originally got me writing on the internet, though I never finished the article) so I'm ALL OVER this.
A good article on joke thievery among stand up comics.
The first page or so rehashes the standard Robin Williams stories, but expands into a number of modern feuds, with quotes from some of those involved.
The story of a New York home laden with secret compartments and coded messages.
This would be my dream-home.