law Bill Willingham's plan to put his comic book series "Fables" in the public domain gets murky Ruben Bolling
happy mutants Fable Comics: anthology of great comics artists telling fables from around the world Cory Doctorow
crime Come for the opportunity, leave because of the poor healthcare, education and culture wars: Texas and Florida slump in livability rankings Rob Beschizza
science fiction The Vallars is a new free comic from the dazzling 3 Worlds / 3 Moons universe Thom Dunn
Disney These 1930 cartoon mice were almost identical to Disney's Mickey and Minnie Mouse, prompting a lawsuit Mark Frauenfelder
Stunning example of stupid Anti-semitic Kentucky Republican 'meant absolutely no harm' with his misogynist rant against women's access to health care; apparently, stands by his alternate history of the Holocaust Jason Weisberger
movies Watch "The Golem" (1920) rescored by members of the Flaming Lips, Los Lobos, Threshing Floor, plus commentary by occult, Jewish, and tech big thinkers David Pescovitz
kickstarter Kickstart this cool new comic of North American folktales by Indigenous artists Thom Dunn
books New rare book catalogue features a Soviet Space Race picture book with backyard-built rocket Rebecca Romney