music history Very little is known about this incredible boogie woogie pianist (video) Mark Frauenfelder
Comic Books "Alter Ego" is a great new crime novel about IP, AI, and comic book industry con artists Thom Dunn
bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder
interview Interview with Case Esparros, independent filmmaker and director of "The Absence of Milk in the Mouths of the Lost" Natalie Dressed
art Artemizia Foundation in Bisbee, Arizona hosts a spectacular collection of contemporary, street, and graffiti art Jennifer Sandlin
Comic Books Love and Rockets gets a documentary after 40 years of being the best comic book ever made Mark Frauenfelder
music Johnny Mathis sings Kol Nidre, the beautiful and haunting Jewish declaration for Yom Kippur David Pescovitz
afrofuturism Mark Dery on the "everything, all at once" art and life of Jean-Michel Basquiat Gareth Branwyn
art A sneak preview of Drew Friedman's book of portraits of underground comix icons Mark Frauenfelder