children's books Guns N' Roses to release a new book about a child who is sweet and belongs to the narrator Thom Dunn

music A funk cover of "Sweet Child O' Mine" Rusty Blazenhoff

drugs "Meth-laced candy" anonymously donated to New Zealand charity Rob Beschizza

nuns having fun Sister Wendy tells the story of painting Natalie Dressed

britain British officials seize contraband U.S. candy containing banned "carcinogenic" and "genotoxic" ingredients Americans love to feed their children Rob Beschizza

politics "Fundy baby voice"— Kelly Johnson, wife of House Speaker, and other evangelical women are trained to adopt childlike voices Mark Frauenfelder

music "Sweet Child O' Mine" reimagined on a Chinese zither Mark Frauenfelder

Comics "The Nice House on the Lake" is a cozy riff on cosmic horror Thom Dunn

Comic Books Freaky finds: shopping for comics at Bizarro-Wuxtry Lee Keeler

mashup Musician plays "Sweet Child O' Mine" Ramones-style Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Royal rampages and facelifts in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

music Synthetic voices with real heart: an interview with Vocaloid producer MushiP Jane Frauenfelder

Book "Ralph Steadman: A Life in Ink": retrospective covers career of legendary "gonzo" cartoonist Rusty Blazenhoff

Ukulele cover version of AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" Mark Frauenfelder

Chaos in America, O.J. Simpson framed by cops, and Brad Pitt's saggy butt, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Boing Boing Gadgets Sequencing "Sweet Child O' Mine" on a phone Rob Beschizza

music Listen to the deeply weird rock covers on the mysterious "Woodstock Al" cassette David Pescovitz

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Syndicated strip or graphic novel? Lynn Johnston on doing For Better or For Worse in the internet age Lynn Johnston

science fiction RIP Kate Wilhelm, science fiction great and co-founder of the Clarion Workshop Cory Doctorow