History Vintage travel guide accidentally becomes masterpiece of tourist horror fiction Ellsworth Toohey

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

books Lost sci-fi masterpieces return with stunning cover designs by cartoonist Seth Mark Frauenfelder

jewelry This literary jewelry is made from vintage books Rusty Blazenhoff

$80 DIY bird listening device creates painterly collages of avian visitors Rob Beschizza

gadgets Casio's new retro watch gets some old retro colors Rob Beschizza

music From punk rocker to poster king: Mike King's 5-decade journey Ruben Bolling

Comics "The summit of scarcity" — Batman No. 1 and Superman No. 1 sell for $13 million Ellsworth Toohey

boston You can now sleep in the actual Goodnight Moon bedroom Jennifer Sandlin

cartoonist Portland's most unusual library trades keychains instead of books Jennifer Sandlin

art & design Artist conjures mysterious symbols from the ghosts of forgotten books Mark Frauenfelder

Spell Bound: New book explores how occult paperbacks found their way to grocery store checkouts in 1970s Ellsworth Toohey

books Every bibliophile wants one of these (and no, it's not a fancy bookmark) Allan Rose Hill

Watch these thrilling, brutal, nail-biting moments from the year in, um, table tennis Allan Rose Hill

digital art Artist creates digital fluid simulation jewelry that flows like water Mark Frauenfelder

music history Czech composer's military tribute accidentally became history's most recognizable clown song Ellsworth Toohey

graphic novel "Big Jim and the White Boy" is a fascinating re-telling of Huck Finn Thom Dunn

food history Retro food horror: 1963 cookbook photo of bananas wrapped in pickled herring Popkin

Boing Boing Gadgets This sleek turntable isn't your grandma's record player Boing Boing's Shop

art See how the ship gets in the bottle Popkin