bob ross Painter Bob Ross: friend to the critters Rusty Blazenhoff

art Thomas Jefferson portrait recreated with distant descendant Rob Beschizza

Audio Ghost boxes, psycho-phones, and other devices for listening to spirits David Pescovitz

interviews Talking Comics with Ignatz Award-Winning Cartoonist Noah Van Sciver Jeffery Klaehn

Gadgets Ashampoo 3D CAD 7 brings architectural projects to digital life Boing Boing's Shop

miniatures The tiny worlds of "micro-mechanician" Bill Robertson Gareth Branwyn

miniatures Brent from Goobertown Hobbies shares his biggest mini painting breathrough Gareth Branwyn

Reviews Recommended reading: The Forgery of Venus, by Michael Gruber Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus Trump has been hesitant to invoke the Defense Production Act for medical gear. But he's already used it hundreds of thousands of times for weapons and bombs. Thom Dunn

fantasy Creating realistic vegetation for a tabletop gaming board Gareth Branwyn

useful stuff Blue painter's tape good for more than masking Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus Trump administration considers a centrally planned economy to deal with coronavirus Thom Dunn

art Annual Hieronymus Bosch parade on water celebrates the life and ideas of the 15th century artist Gareth Branwyn

fantasy Two well-known YouTube game crafters paint up an entire tabletop fantasy village in five days Gareth Branwyn

tabloids Predator priests, Game of Thrones, and why Italians don’t use Viagra, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

england New road markings in English town suspiciously wobbly Rob Beschizza

miniatures Squidmar issues another miniature painting challenge on Fivver Gareth Branwyn

Tabletop gamer's gift guide for 2019 Gareth Branwyn

art Watch Iranian artist Ali Akbar Beigi apply finishing touches to a hyper-realistic oil painting Xeni Jardin