Comics Marvel to launch "Create Your Own Comic" app, but "social issues" and "alternative lifestyle advocacy" are banned Rob Beschizza

music Prophets of Rage play Cleveland RNC, kick off 'Make America Rage Again' tour in 35 U.S. cities Maureen Herman

Self-Dissection: a conversation with satirical English author Will Self Mark Dery

drug policy Why animals eat psychoactive plants Johann Hari

politics I survived an illegal abortion Fran Moreland Johns

Excerpts Dr. Mütter's Marvels: intrigue and innovation at the dawn of modern medicine Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz

How collaborative social blocking could bring sanity to social networks Glenn Fleishman

North Korea's creepy fake civilian village fools no one Alastair Bonnett

fantasy Meet the man who remade Middle‑earth Ethan Gilsdorf

books Jo Walton's "My Real Children" [book excerpt] Boing Boing