Your browser does not support the audio tag. Gweek is a podcast where the editors and friends of Boing Boing talk about comic books, science fiction and fantasy, video games,… Read the rest of the article: Gweek 113: Underground comics legend Denis Kitchen and author Peter Bebergal

Rusty Blazenhoff of Laughing Squid reports on a Butt Pudding kit.

I just grabbed DMQZ, a free Kindle novel, on a recommendation. Sounds a bit like the excellent Last Policeman. In the wake of the global pandemic known as the "little… Read the rest of the article: DMQZ – post apocalyptic crime novel, free Kindle

Greg Anderson's photos of the 2013 Beard And Mustache Championships in New Orleans are astounding. Here are 164 more.

Like Gone Girl (a novel I liked so much that I interviewed the author, Gillian Flynn, on Gweek), The Silent Wife is told in alternating chapters from the points-of-view of… Read the rest of the article: The Silent Wife – mystery in the style of Gone Girl

Here's an excerpt from the new horror novel by Alison Littlewood, A Cold Season. A dark and disturbing tale from a bold new voice in horror writing: After the battlefront… Read the rest of the article: A Cold Season – excerpt from a new horror novel

Researchers from Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) "studied 589 adults who screened positive for drug use at a primary care visit." They found "no… Read the rest of the article: No detectable association between frequency of cannabis use and health or healthcare utilization

Here's the first page of a three-page "literacy" test that racist authorities in Louisiana presented to black people as a way to keep them from voting in 1964. You had… Read the rest of the article: Take the impossible "literacy" test Louisiana gave black voters in 1964

David McRaney, author of You Are Now Less Dumb and the host of Boing Boing's podcast You Are Not So Smart, made this video about the effect your clothes have… Read the rest of the article: Clothes have power over your mind

The Clash's new 12-disk set is called Sound System, and is loaded with a bunch of swag, including what looks like a giant cigarette. I don't know what the significance… Read the rest of the article: Clash release 12-cd box set with giant fake cigarette

It's been a while since I've visited artist Jon Rafman's Google Street View site. He finds interesting Google Street View photos and posts them to his site, 9-Eyes (the Google… Read the rest of the article: Best Google Street View photos

Illustrator Dan Berry shows how to draw Walter White, one tweet at a time. (Via This Isn't Happiness)

At the terrifically fun XOXO Fest in Portland last weekend I met Haddie Cooke and Dan Benjamin of the 5by5 podcast network. They produce two of my favorite podcasts: The… Read the rest of the article: Video of iPhone 5s' slow-mo

Matthew says: "The ACLU has released Suspicious Activity Report summaries obtained from California fusion centers (post-9/11 intergovernmental surveillance hubs) and is asking the Justice Department, the FBI, and two other… Read the rest of the article: ACLU publishes government snoops' "Suspicious Activity Reports"

Your browser does not support the audio tag. Gweek is a podcast where the editors and friends of Boing Boing talk about comic books, science fiction and fantasy, video games,… Read the rest of the article: Gweek 112: Chip Kidd, rockstar of graphic design

Not much to look at in this video, but the song is a far-out funky jam by The Mystic Moods.

Cerkahegyzo is a Hungarian tool maker. In his spare time, he uses "needles, razor blades, sandpaper, files, and polishing stones" to carve pencils into works of art. Twisted Sifter has… Read the rest of the article: Intricate sculptures carved from pencils

Beanie Babies inventor Ty Warner, with a net worth of $2.6 billion, is pleading guilty to federal tax evasion charges. Warner was charged on Wednesday, Sept. 18, for failing to… Read the rest of the article: Beanie Babies tycoon faces prison for tax fraud

Ted Balaker says: "Occupational licensing laws are implemented in the name of protecting consumers, but they're often pushed by established businesses to thwart competitors. They end up hurting poor and… Read the rest of the article: Sting operations on people answering Craigslist ads for housepainting

Andrea Chirichelli, a journalist, writer and video-maker, says: I made a documentary called Illustrators, that describes the job of four Italian illustrators who are world famous and have been awarded… Read the rest of the article: Documentary about four illustrators from Italy