california Spot famous folks' scrawls in the backstage "Autograph Room" at this legendary San Francisco venue Rusty Blazenhoff

Entertainment "Chainsaw Jerry" reveals untold stories from Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie 50 years later Mark Cerulli

barack obama Watch MAGA candidate squirm when asked to autograph her violent Obama tweets Ellsworth Toohey

misogyny Read Joss Whedon's epic new supervillain origin Thom Dunn

tabloids Kenny Rogers' body is missing in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants See you at Comic-Con! Cory Doctorow

censorship Dead Kennedys' Jello Biafra interviewed during his 1987 obscenity trial Mark Frauenfelder

fake news Burt Reynolds' skid marks, Prince Charles' long-lost brother, and another Obama cover-up in this week's tabloids Peter Sheridan

interviews Interview with Timothy Leary archivist Michael Horowitz Lisa Rein

books Chuck Palahniuk hid a timecapsule in his former home and the current owners found it David Pescovitz

books New Yorkers! I'll see you tomorrow at Bookcon on the Walkaway tour (then SF, Chicago, Denver…) (!) Cory Doctorow

tabloids Vampire corpses, Obama's plot to steal back the White House, and other tabloid stunners Peter Sheridan

Comic Books Cincy Comicon was a blast Mark Frauenfelder

picks Actor Gene Wilder dies at 83 Xeni Jardin

magic Own a Piece of Houdini Richard Kaufman

gift guide Boing Boing Gift Guide 2015 Boing Boing

Comic Books Giant book of scanned art from Jack Kirby's best comic book series: Kamandi Mark Frauenfelder