movies What exactly is a protagonist? Devin Nealy

psychiatry Psychiatrist evaluates authenticity of movie psychopaths Devin Nealy

impressions Rob Paulsen (voice of Pinky on Pinky and the Brain) critiques others doing his voices Gareth Branwyn

characters The hand-farting farmer who found newsreel fame in 1933 David Pescovitz

politics Lord Buckethead wins 249 votes in UK general election challenge to Prime Minister May Rob Beschizza

art Can diverse character art invite you into a game genre you normally avoid? Leigh Alexander

Developer creates tool that transforms boring security keys into pretty ASCII art Ellsworth Toohey

books Seth's pocket-sized ghost stories are bringing Victorian chills back for Christmas Mark Frauenfelder

art Why Richard Scarry chose animals over humans in his revolutionary children's books Mark Frauenfelder

Comics Marvel's greatest hits curated by Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum Gareth Branwyn

Entertainment This 1968 Toyota commercial features Star Trek's James Doohan Jason Weisberger

gadgets Chunky business-class all-in-one PC has built-in dot matrix printer Rob Beschizza

Comics Ben Katchor's comics were too weird for NPR's listeners Bob Knetzger

books Graphic novel "Revolution By Fire" explores New York's Afro-Irish uprising of 1741 Thom Dunn

video games Secret Level is like Love, Death and Robots for gaming nerds Grant St. Clair

movies Site collects "Title Drops"—when someone says the name of the film, in the film Rob Beschizza

Games Classic Elfquest pen-and-paper RPG gets deluxe box-set edition Rob Beschizza

Comic Books "Alter Ego" is a great new crime novel about IP, AI, and comic book industry con artists Thom Dunn

Games Smurf RPG looks positively smurfy Gail Sherman