Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
In 2005, DC teamed legendary Batman comic writer Frank Miller and equally legendary artist Jim Lee for what they clearly hoped would be the ultimate Batman comic. What they got was a comic in which Batman called Robin “retarded.” In short, they got the worst Batman comic ever made. And I love it. Let me…
Today, on June 30, we gain what is known by women and men of science as a “leap second,” a rare occurrence where our normally twenty-four hour day is blessed with one teensy extra moment of bliss to wash over us like a dragonfly kiss. You must be wondering about the science of this extra…
Faced with almost impossible choices… And just as promised earlier in the week, Greece has now passed the midnight deadline for repayment of the €1.6 billion bundled loans due to the IMF and in thus in default. As AP reports, Greece’s international bailout formally expires, country loses access to existing financing. Yes we are…
First Look Media, which publishes The Intercept, today filed a “motion to intervene” in Hulk Hogan’s invasion of privacy lawsuit against Gawker in order to keep the trial open to the public. In 2012, Gawker published about 100 seconds from a videotape of Hogan having sex with Heather Clem, then-wife of his close friend Bubba…
Yesterday they celebrated their 10-year wedding anniversary, but today Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have announced their marriage’s end. Bennifer 2.0 is over. Shut down. No longer supported by Microsoft. In a joint statement, the couple wrote: “After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce. We go forward with…
I spent the morning of London’s Pride parade hand-stitching dildos onto a flag. I’d been using the sex-toy motif in my work before I made a flag of Isis out of them and brought it to the march. Previously, I’ve attached dildos onto postcards from each country where homosexuality is still illegal to point out…
View this image › A screenshot of a video by the Girl Scouts of Western Washington explains they welcome all girls, including transgender girls. Via youtube.com A stunning donation arrived this spring for the Girl Scouts of Western Washington: a $100,000 check. The staff was ecstatic, CEO Megan Ferland told BuzzFeed News, because the…
AS THEY boarded the 5:45am flight from London’s Gatwick Airport to Athens in Greece this morning, holidaymakers were weighed down by more than just the usual excess luggage. With Greece’s euro membership hanging in the balance, as the result of its prime minister’s decision to call a referendum (due to take place on Sunday) on whether…
“We will never allow the establishment of a state in Syria’s north and our south,” Mr Erdogan said at the weekend. “We will continue our fight in this regard no matter what it costs.” Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan (seated) heads the National Security Council meeting Turkey has urged the creation of a buffer zone protected…
Grant Morrison set to gritty up Santa Claus. Take that, kids and Coca Cola!!! Source: Comic Book Resources BOOM Studios! announced through comic book company PR firm CBR that Grant Morrison will be working on a new series called Klaus set to tell the origin story of Santa Claus. The series will be a Conan…