cannabis Celebrate 4/20 by watching the weed exploitation classic Reefer Madness David Pescovitz

movies “Pretty Maids All in a Row”: Roger Vadim’s outrageous early 70s sex-and-murder black comedy Mark Frauenfelder

novels An interview with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel takes a weirdly meta Kaufman-esque turn Thom Dunn

john waters The "Singing Anus" from John Waters' Pink Flamingos has died Janelle Hessig

graphic novels Casting announced for the upcoming Audible adaptation of Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" Thom Dunn

Comic Books Talking Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics with Visionary Comic Book Creator Tom Scioli Jeffery Klaehn

kickstarter Jim Starlin, creator of many awesome cosmic comics, has a new Kickstarter for his labor of love Thom Dunn

Robert Anton Wilson Wilson and Shea's Illuminatus! trilogy to become TV series Gareth Branwyn

los angeles Hollywood assistants are the latest group to come together, share their salaries, and demand better working conditions Thom Dunn

film The same four notes from a Gregorian chant are used over and over again in movies Mark Frauenfelder

Japan A fun thing to do in LA on 9/22/19: screening of The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952) Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Sleuthing from public sources to figure out how the Hateful Eight leaker was caught Cory Doctorow

rpgs What's new in tabletop gaming (February 2019 edition) Gareth Branwyn

Science Ancient civilizations' fascination with AI, robots, and synthetic life David Pescovitz

Games What happened to Telltale Games Rob Beschizza

racism Toxic gaming culture explained by the people who study it Jason Weisberger

video Watch this epic takedown of movie plots featuring abduction as romance Andrea James

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

movies Stanley Kubrick explains the ending of 2001: A Space Odyssey Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle