Austinist Interview with Mack White about his projects (PsiOp-Radio is mentioned) and upcoming appearance at “Staple! Independent Media Expo”. The interview is conducted by Samantha Pitchel. I think that “Staple-gator” (by another artist named Kennon) looks rather Cryptozoological! Graphic novelist and Texas native Mack White is well-known for his signature style that pairs traditional pulp [...]
Via The Anomalist: Cryptozoo Museum Opens In Downtown Portland Cryptomundo It has taken six years, but as of November 1, 2009, the International Cryptozoology Museum will open to the public in a permanent space in downtown Portland, Maine. The museum will be sharing the space with Green Hand Books, owned by Michelle Souliere, an anomalist [...]
Boom! Studios sends word that comics writer Mark Sable was detained by TSA security guards at Los Angeles International Airport this past weekend because he was carrying a script for a new issue of his comic miniseries Unthinkable. Sable was detained while traveling to New York for a debut party at Jim Hanley’s Universe today. [...]
Lafayette Online News Purdue Galleries presents Urban Legends and Rural Myths. Lafayette Online News - 23 hours ago. Ranging from famous examples of cryptozoology like Bigfoot to new interpretations of invented entities and events, these artists explore the public’s collective imagination with campiness and sociological references, said Galleries Director Craig … Purdue Galleries presents Urban Legends [...]
THE SLEAZE PARADE: “SHOCK FESTIVAL” AUTHOR STEPHEN ROMANO. by Pete Vonder Haar (2008-10-28). Horror buffs are probably already familiar with the name Stephen Romano. After all, he scripted the first segment ever for Showtime’s Masters of Horror series (“Incident On and Off a Mountain Road,” directed by Don Coscarelli) and his short story collection The [...]
Harry Smith. Ian Simmons looks back at the eccentric career of Harry Smith – filmmaker, musicologist and magician. Photo by John Palmer. It isn’t often that a single figure makes as pivotal a contribution to as many seemingly disparate areas as did Harry Smith. And perhaps it’s even less often that such a figure sinks [...]
- LOWFI: The League of Western Fortean Intermediatists: LOWFI Guest Editorial for February – Government Files, Police Helicopters and Wind Turbines: The Incredible Story of Britain’s Latest UFO Flap by Nick Pope Welcome to the League of Western Fortean Intermediatists (L.O.W.F.I.): You may already be a member! By Skylaire Alfvegren Plus our other Bureau Chiefs [...]
Tragic love story to hit the big screen. Photo: Stefanie Keenan/Patrick Mc Mullan/ Brad Rapson/Wireimage. Braxton says Theresa (left, with Jeremy) had a two-picture deal with Fox Searchlight before her death; The film is a change of pace for Bret (inset) , whose latest film is a romantic comedy being directed by Sex and the [...]
A giant knitted rabbit in Italy can be seen from space by visitors to Google Earth. The giant bunny was “knitted by dozens of grannies” Photo: BARCROFT The knitted rabbit can be seen from space Photo: BARCROFT The 200-foot-long toy rabbit lies on the side of the 5,000 foot high Colletto Fava mountain in northern [...]
A Scarecrow Empire Central to the effectiveness of any form of security is its ability to project power and to exponentialize its apparent sphere of influence beyond the verifiable boundaries of its control; to dupe people, essentially. Territory – as a material of power – succeeds in part not only because it marks its authority [...]