In 2007, we saw the Daft Hands: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger video clip swept through the InterWeb. Fast forward two years later and we get this little beaut: Dwarfed Punk, Daft Punk’s epic song set to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. An instant classic: Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - ...

The fifth (!!) printing of Presidential Material: Barack Obama (aka Vol. 1 of the Obama trilogy) is on sale today, at a comic shop near you.  If you don't have one yet, pick it up now!  Perform some economic stimulus in your home town! UPDATE: Not only is the new printing of the Obam...

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Patton Oswalt has always been one of my favorite comedians. Career-wise, his appearances on Reno 9/11 have shown he’s not afraid to make fun of himself, while his starring role in Pixar’s Ratatouille made him the envy of film nerds everywhere. In his stand-up, I love the way he is able t...

Hopefully, Peter’s recent post about actors and directors using social networking/blogging site Twitter opened up a whole new world for of information for you. If you’re a Twitter user, you can now keep track of the latest Repo: The Genetic Opera developments, read frustratingly cryptic ...

Screenwriter David Hayter has been working on a big screen adaptation of Watchmen for almost a decade, which means he’s invested not only a lot of time on the project, but also a lot of energy. And like a lot of people in Hollywood, the fear of a one weekend payoff is scary. Hayter has written...

And now, for another exciting post of links and short comments: I’ve always been aware of having been gifted with a pretty powerful attention span. I have always kind of assumed it came from becoming a reader at a very young age, but I guess it’s equally plausible that things are actuall...

A while ago, I had wondered about the intersection of the zombie meme with the porn industry. Now I know what happens. And for what it's worth, that comic (Girls with Slingshots) is fabulous, and worth an archive trawl. ==== This is a video which justifies YouTube's existence - Bela Fleck & the Flec...

The Watchmen movie is bringing out anti-comics feelings in fine form from mainstream journalism.  A few days ago we noted The New Yorker's bizarre slam.  Now it's The New York Times' turn.  As with Anthony Lane's review, seeing the film is an excuse for hitting comi...

There are times when studios completely drop the ball and need to remake movies, or reboot franchises. Sometimes the source material underperformed because the initial attempt to tell a story fell short of the mark, either financially or creatively. A perfect example is the 1980s film version of Cap...