Banned Books Week to have focus on Comics
Comics have long been an easy target when it comes to panicked adults and headline craving politicians seeking an easy target for perceived moral corruption. The history of the censoring…
Everything that isn’t related to comics.
Petition: Build Lucas Cultural Arts Museum in San Francisco
The Lucas Cultural Arts Museum was one of the three proposals rejected to be built on the gateway of the Presidio. Since the proposal was rejected George Lucas and his…
SFIFF 57: The quirky, the scary, and the creepy
The 57th Annual San Francisco International Film Festival* starts on April 24 with more than 100 films spanning two weeks. The more than 100 films screening at SFIFF captures the…
Bay Area Crowdfunding: The New Parkway Facade
Not comic book related, but a very worthy mention for one of the coolest indie movie theaters in the United States. Oakland's New Parkway is raising money to put a…
Roxie Theater to host Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pizza Party
When the programmers at San Francisco's historic Roxie Theater looked at the cinemas long list of accomplishments they realized there had somehow never been a "totally tubular all-night pizza party."…
Thought Bubble: Rumored Fantastic Four casting doesn’t go far enough
The insider sourced casting rumors regarding the Fantastic Four film reboot has the Internet all atwitter. In a declarative headline TheWrap reports the cast has been found while going on…
Bay Area Crowdfunding: “Death is No Bad Friend” tells the story of Robert Louis Stevenson fighting death at Mount Saint Helena
I'm slightly embarrassed to admit I had no idea Robert Louis Stevenson, author of such classics as Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, spent time fighting death more…
Earworms: Angel Olsen :: Hi-Five
Over the last two weeks I've had Angel Olsen's haunting "Hi-Five" on repeat, so it's safe to say I've found my first earworm of 2014. The track harkens the haunting…
Warning: The San Francisco Dating Problem
Nothing But Flowers asks why does every single women in San Francisco have a boyfriend? The answer is time travelers.
Bad Buys: McSweeney’s Book Release Club
On occasion we must gather to censure rather than celebrate those publishers who provide us book addicts with our fixes. I come to bury McSweeney's Book Release Club, not to…