Unconventional Wisdom

What Norman Mailer and Hunter Thompson tell us about campaign 2008

November 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Choice can be a dangerous thing.

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Tags: Gonzo · Uncategorized

Look! Up In the Sky!

Superheroes not quite faster than a speeding bullet

November 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Had your fill of superheroes? Not, we’ll guess, the kind that crowd that pages of this high flying collection. These superheroes are conflicted, confused and, like the rest of us, limited in what they can do. These unlikely tales written by 22 mostly young and twisted authors, give us super…

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You Too Can Be Creative!

Cartoonist Lynda Barry’s how-to makes being an artist easy

November 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

…this is as pretty and as entrancing picture book as you’ll find, something to be explored under the spell of psychedelics as much as studied when perfectly straight.

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Tags: Comics · Featured · Top Story · Uncategorized

Time Pieces

Days of future past in the science fiction of Philip K. Dick

November 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

…other psychological states figure in, notably schizophrenia. Dick was a heavy abuser of amphetamines and as he progressed into the ‘70s, questions of sanity dominated his work.

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Tags: Book Reviews · Featured