patents Eddie Van Halen once filed a patent for a "musical instrument support" with some awesome artwork Thom Dunn

Lost Bram Stoker short story "Gibbet Hill" found after 134 years Rob Beschizza

weather Chaos unfolds when costumed amusement park characters run through a typhoon Popkin

politics Four years of MAGA surrealism and horror in one book: "It's the Great Storm, Tom the Dancing Bug!" comics by Ruben Bolling Boing Boing

Community Over a thousand clown dolls await at Denmark's quirkiest pub Popkin

music Two songs with the sound of cows mooing Elías Villoro

tabloids Bimbo Duchess and a giant UFO in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

documentary Classic skateboarding film The Devil's Toy captures the spirit of the sport in Montreal in the 1960s Jennifer Sandlin

movies It looks like Sacha Baron Cohen is going to play Marvel's Mephisto Devin Nealy

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

marvel Marvel's Blade just lost its director Devin Nealy

fearmongering The bogus Satanic Panic is returning. Here's a look at the original purveyors of myth — Chick Tracts Jennifer Sandlin

halloween Bring back the Halloween tradition of throwing cabbage at people Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets Check out 15 fun kids games and projects that both entertain and educate Boing Boing's Shop

Delightful Creatures Celebrations from Elephant Country, by renowned elephant scientist Caitlin O'Connell and author of the new book, Wild Rituals Boing Boing

tabloids Queen ends sham marriage, JonBenet's devil cult, and killer vending machines in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

baking Why is everyone suddenly baking bread? I think I know Gareth Branwyn

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher's lamp Gina Loukareas

happy mutants The Black Ghost: superhero noir comic starring an antiestablishment vigilante and a hacktivist sidekick Alex Segura and Monica Gallagher

jellicle cats come one come all I love TS Eliot and Andrew Lloyd Weber but the 'Cats' trailer scares me Jason Weisberger