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July 4, 2012

So Very Tired, by Arthur Tebbel – Pop Art #186 | @MDWorld

Being popular is hard folks.  I’ve been in high demand lately, high for me anyway.  I really miss the weeks and weeks when I could get away with scarcely talking...

July 2, 2012

The Great American Dummy, by Mike Gold – Brainiac On Banjo #281 | @MDWorld

There are two types of dummies. One is the wooden kind most famously represented by Charlie McCarthy, although my personal favorite is Señor Wences’ disembodied pal Pedro. The second is...

July 1, 2012

America’s Got Powers #1, by Marc Alan Fishman – Snarky Synopsis | @MDWorld

Written by Jonathan Ross Art by Bryan Hitch I love me some Bryan Hitch. I really do. But somewhere within the pages of this first issue, I grew weary. Like...

June 30, 2012

A Dancer With Bruised Knees, by Martha Thomases – Brilliant Disguise | @MDWorld

My mother introduced me to the writing of Nora Ephron, who died this week of leukemia. My mom subscribed to Esquire magazine, which was a much different magazine at that...

June 29, 2012

#TheBlackPanel 2012, by Michael Davis – Straight No Chaser #273 | @MDWorld

10:00-11:30 The Black Panel— Michael Davis (The Littlest Bitch) returns to moderate the wildest panel at Comic Con, the Black Panel! Expect industry insight and outrageousness when Shaquille O’Neal (NBA On TNT, Shaq Entertainment), Jamie Kennedy (TheJamie Kennedy Experiment), Missy Geppi ( President Geppi‘s Entertainment...

June 28, 2012

You’re Killing Me, said the Cinema-Goer, by Chris Derrick – Sympathy for the Devil #20 | @MDWorld

In the last couple of years the price of movie tickets has risen to what many would call prohibitive levels (thus encouraging an increasing amount of piracy), and if you...

June 28, 2012

Dad, by Arthur Tebbel – Pop Art #185 | @MDWorld

This piece was supposed to be ready Father’s Day weekend.  I was simply incapable of dealing with the emotional content at that point.  It was also supposed to be ready...

June 28, 2012

Around the Fire: Pixar’s 22 Rules through Faust by David Quinn – In Walked Quinn #15 | @MDWorld

This month, How to Tell Stories the Pixar Way and, in case you missed it, #FaustReturns! Emma Coat’s recently tweeted 22 pithy Rules of Story informed by her experience in...

June 27, 2012

The Point Radio, by Mike Raub | @MDWorld

It was four years ago that Chris Crocker showed us what “going viral” would really mean with his Leave Britney Alone video on You Tube. Now Chris is back as the subject of a new HBO Documentary...

June 26, 2012

Avengers vs. X-Men #6, by Marc Alan Fishman – Snarky Synopsis | @MDWorld

Written by Jonathan Hickman, Art by Olivier Coipel Once again, I looked at the pile of books I’d picked up for the week… and looking back at me were titles...

June 25, 2012

Let Him Kill Himself, by Mike Gold – Brainiac On Banjo #280 | @MDWorld

The commonwealth of Pennsylvania has put convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky on “suicide watch.” I’m not exactly certain what that entails – do they have a guard staring at him...

June 23, 2012

Heat of the Moment, by Martha Thomases – Brilliant Disguise | @MDWorld

As I write this, it’s extremely hot on the East Coast.  Too hot to form coherent thoughts.  What does one do when one has a deadline on a day such...

June 22, 2012

The Point Radio, by Mike Raub | @MDWorld

Our coverage of the new SyFy series, SCHOOL SPIRITS, continues as we talk to the folks who also gave us CELEBRITY GHOST STORIES. Plus Spider-Man tickets sales not going to break any records, and we found...

June 22, 2012

Uncle Tom, by Michael Davis – Straight No Chaser #272 | @MDWorld

I’m a pussy. Well, sometimes I’m a pussy, and by pussy I mean that sometimes I’m just…a pussy. Look, I know I talk a lot of smack. I know I...

June 21, 2012

The Unpeaceful Kingdom…, by Whitney Farmer – Un Pop Culture | @MDWorld

Whitney runs a rock music venue on the beach in L.A.. She has an MBA, and just turned four dozen years old. On June 17th – Father’s Day and my...

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