Picked up this funny zine at Reading Frenzy yesterday. Ostensibly by “Joshua Chapman, Grade 7″ in 1990, I think it’s actually made by Zach Mandeville, a contemporary artist in Olympia, WA. How autobiographical it is I couldn’t say, but for Next Generation nerds it’s pretty right on and funny. Microbrain:….The people on the Enterprise seem [...]
Were I a wealthier man, I would surely throw down the hundreds of dollars necessary to purchase a copy of the Codex Seraphinianus, some of whose pages can be seen here.
I got mine. Got yours? “What’s the point? Well, the concept behind it was that religious people have a very high visibility. One assumes that anyone wearing a cross is identifying themselves as a Christian and a believer (at least culturally) or anyone wearing a star of David or any other religious symbol. This registers [...]
I can’t wait to get my hands on the paperback edition of “The 2007-2012 Outlook for Sanitary Paper and Paperboard Tablecloths, Soda Straws, and Ovenable Paperboard Food Trays in Greater China.”
It Shouldn’t work. A liberal Jewish journalist/humorist dives in to the alternative universe of Christian pop culture and returns with a book that is simultaneously smart, informative, jaw-dropping, funny, and fair. That doesn’t seem possible, does it? Well, Daniel Radosh has proved that it is with Rapture Ready. Clearly writing for the coastal, lefty crowd [...]