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The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: The End of Christmas
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: cartoons, Christmas, comics, Pollux, The Wavy Rule
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What Gives? Village Voice Poll Cineastes Commit Critical Malpractice
Filed under: The Squib Report Tagged: J. Hoberman, Martin Scorsese, movies, Spike Lee
Martin Schneider writes:
The Village Voice has been publishing that year-end film poll combining the assessments of a few dozen critics since 1999. I enjoy it every year, because I'm a dorky cultural maven type, and it pleases me to see these aesthetic preferences totted up in a list for people to argue over. They love Claire Denis, I love Claire Denis, everybody wins.
This year the big winner was The Hurt Locker, which I enjoyed very much but maybe not as much as these critics. That's fine, The Hurt Locker was terrific.
The list that has me steamed is the list of the best movies of the decade. After I had studied the list for a little bit, I couldn't decide whether to conclude that cinema had died during the (continued)
The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: Christmas Figures
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: cartoons, Christmas, comics, Pollux, Santa Claus, The Wavy Rule
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Holy Last-Minute Gift, Der Fledermausmann!
Filed under: Looked Into Tagged: Batman, Benjamin Chambers, Complete New Yorker, Die Fledermaus, Johann Strauss
Benjamin Chambers writes:
What would have been the perfect, last-minute gift for someone on your holiday shopping list in 1966?
I’m betting it would’ve been the Batmobile seen on p. 185 of the October 1, 1966 issue of The New Yorker. (Click on the image below for a larger view.)
The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: GJ 1214b
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: cartoons, comics, Pollux, science, space, The Wavy Rule
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Sempé Fi: Mundus Novus
Filed under: Sempé Fi Tagged: art, Art Spiegelman, Atom Style, atoomstijl, Cartoon Bank, Cobi, covers, environment, Françoise Mouly, Javier Mariscal, Olympics, Paul Gravett, Pollux, Saul Steinberg
Pollux writes:
In order to persuade Saul Steinberg to draw more covers for The New Yorker, art editor Françoise Mouly once showed the legendary artist some of the modern covers she had commissioned.
The only ones Steinberg liked were the covers created by Spanish artist Javier Mariscal. “It gave me goosebumps when I heard that,” Mariscal has commented, in this interesting piece by Paul Gravett. (continued)
The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: Chinese Lungs
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: cartoons, China, comics, environment, Evan Osnos, Pollux, The Wavy Rule
Read Evan Osnos’ piece on green energy efforts in China. Click on the image for a detailed view! (continued)
The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: Broken Avatar Embraces
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: cartoons, cinema, comics, James Cameron, Pedro Almodovar, Pollux, The Wavy Rule
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The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: Present Deadlock
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: cartoons, comics, Pollux, The Wavy Rule
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I'm Picking Out a Thermos, Filled With Snausages
Filed under: Looked Into Tagged: banjo, Ben Bass, dogs, film, movies, music, New Yorker Festival, Steve Martin
Martin Schneider writes:
This is great. When our friend Ben Bass was in New York for the most recent New Yorker Festival, he told me about Michelle, this good friend of his who is...pretty much the biggest Steve Martin fan in the world, in the sweetest possible way. Even our own Emily must take a back seat to Michelle when it comes to Steve Martin adulation. And Emily really likes Steve Martin a lot.
So a while back Steve announced a fun little fan contest, to create a video for a jaunty piece of banjo music he had written, "Wally on the Run," inspired by the frolics of his own dog Wally. The only constraint Steve imposed was that the video ought to involve a dog frolicking in some way. And...well, just go to Ben's smile-eliciting post at Ben Bass and Beyond for the fuller story (and all relevant videos), and then come back here.
(Back? OK. Two things I feel the need to say. First, I love how Steve—perhaps the most polished TV performer of all time—even he comes off just a little dorky and wooden when he's just shooting a quick little video for the internet. And second, I think I liked Michelle's video better than the "Laika" one.)
I love this story. I love the internet. Good day to you. (continued)
