Smartass Artist Sucklord’s Asshole Exhibit Debases Star Wars, Fine Art
Writing about culture for Wired means having to write about anything related to Star Wars. But I like to freak that stream a bit and look for those who are […]
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Sucker Punch Artist Alex Pardee Probes Nightmares in Vertigo
I’ve been covering a lot of art lately, given that film is lately a wasteland and television hasn’t really started back up again after the holidays. But artist Alex Pardee […]
Merlin’s Magical Sci-Fantasy Catches Fire
One of my guilty television pleasures is the BBC’s reboot Merlin, which mashes Arthurian legend through the teen soap trope with surprisingly funny and rewarding results. I took the opportunity […]
Robot Chicken’s Final Star Wars Spoof
I talked to head Chickens about sympathizing the Star Wars biggest assholes Emperor Palpatine and Boba Fett, George Lucas’ evil chuckles, and more for Wired.
The Post-Apocalypse is Personal in Jeff Lemire’s Sweet Tooth, Superboy
Canadian comics creator Jeff Lemire is a challenging indie crossover. Having made some of the most independent titles of the past decade, he’s now taking on the post-apocalypse for DC […]
Cli-Fi: Happy Methane Apocalypse!
“At first we thought it was a hoax; sadly it’s not. The melting ice caps are the fuse. The trapped methane released into the atmosphere is the bomb.”
Daniel Clowes + Wilson + Death Ray = Hollywood Comics Smarts
At last Hollywood is turning back to Daniel Clowes, one of indie comics’ crossover titans.
Cli-Fi: Green Patriots Posterize War On Terra
The visual meditations on sustainability and overload evoke World War II–era posters that inspired the campaign. The posters can be torn out of the book and plastered somewhere useful.
Nastiest Villain On TV? Sym-Bionic Titan’s Xeexi
The monstrosity rams its entire body down your throat, where its tentacles overtake your body while its crustacean-inspired head lodges inside your mouth.
Samurai Jack Sensei Genndy Tartakovsky Powers Up Sym-Bionic Titan
Cartoon brainiac Genndy Tartakovsky revitalized American animation with anime-inspired knockouts like Samurai Jack and Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Now he’s crashing mecha convention.
Film School Breaks Down Cinematic Fission
One of my favorite cinematic bands is Film School, who are not cinematic at all, band leader Greg Bertens once told me for Wired. My latest chat with Film School […]
Vertigo Comics Tackle Topical Geopolitics
DC Comics’ mature imprint Vertigo is happy to stray from the spandex in three consecutive releases I recently spotlit over at Wired. But can they hang with pillars of the […]
Science + Fiction = Zero History: An Interview With William Gibson
William Gibson’s new novel Zero History examines the 21st century’s techno-cultural fetishes with a deceptively simple directive: The future is now.
Autolux Is On Our Robot Overlord’s Playlist
“I’m not sure whether to view it as a disease or an evolution. I can’t imagine what the world is going to be like in 200 years.”
Getting Serious With Jared Leto
I asked Jared Leto’s serious brain some questions for Metromix about online crowdsourcing, 30 Seconds to Mars’ new American tour, playing John Lennon’s assassin Mark David Chapman on film, Kanye […]
Alan Moore’s Psychogeographical Unearthing
“We all grow out of the environment and times which we are born into.”
Alan Moore Gives Watchmen the Gas Face
“They offered me the rights to Watchmen back, if I would agree to some dopey prequels and sequels.”
Is This The Last Airbender? M. Night Shyamalan Hopes Not
“I love this idea that there would be a mythical leader in our world who is equally learned in all religions, one person whose job is to constantly remind everybody that they are all the same.”
Neil Young’s Enviropocalyptic Comic, Greendale
Neil Young’s stirring Greendale started life in 2003 as a crunchy concept album about the enviropocalypse, and quickly became an indie film. The inevitable graphic novel arrives…
In Praise of Ralph Bakshi, Animation Pioneer
One of animation’s most influential artists, Ralph Bakshi made his mark on pop culture by refusing to sacrifice his singular vision to popular tastes and trends.
UN: Climate Crisis Attention Lacks Ambition
They would rather wait until the climate crisis has already ripped the roof off the world as they knew it, before doing anything significant about it.
Free Culture Now. Mass Culture Tomorrow.
I wrote about the Students for Free Culture’s conference Free Culture X, taking place on Saturday and Sunday in D.C., recently for Wired.com. But for those still unclear on why […]
Nouvelle Vague Stay Smooth
Led by Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux, French collective Nouvelle Vague have weirdly reiterated pop and rock classics through genre filters, hot chanteuses and all-star cameos. On their latest effort, […]
Alan Moore Is Ready For Post-Civilization
“I have largely, completely given up on the comics industry,” Moore said. “I really don’t believe it is going to do anything to address the modern world.”