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Sep 27th 2009

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The Village People - "Macho Man" (Live)

How to Deal with Negative Criticism - Featured story for the week.

Viral Sculptures

Frida Kahlo \"Fakes\" Investigated

Rock Stars' Art

Armed Thieves Steal Magritte Work

Veterans' Memories Become Artwork

Randall Munroe Q&A - *JoJo works on keeping her mouth shut.*

Space Battles and Alien Lairs in Star Wars Concept Art Gallery

In Praise of MacGuffins - JoJo would like to point out here that the author of this article does not seem to quite understand what exactly a MacGuffin is. "MacGuffin" is a term coined by Alfred Hitchcock, to mean any object (or perhaps sometimes a person) which is the focal point of a plot which is about everyone wanting the object in question. For example, in Casablanca the letters of transit are a MacGuffin, because everyone is trying to get them. The Maltese falcon in The Maltese Falcon is a very obvious one, or the One Ring in The Lord of the Rings. In Akira it's more subtle, with the power of Akira serving as a MacGuffin, though it's being realized through the character of Tetsuo Shima. (Get it?)

Kirby Estate to Marvel Movie Studios: We Want It Back
Why Does Jack Kirby Copyright Case Include Spider-Man Characters?

Deadpool Movie Will Feature Costume and Fourth Wall Chatter and...Maybe a Cable Cameo? - Posted because it is relevent to my own interests. Muah hah. It was later clarified that Cable will not be in the Deadpool movie, nor X-Men: First Class, but might appear in some other future movie.

Maya Lin’s Museum of Chinese in America Opens in New York

The Secret Glamour of the Tin Man

Gossamer Silk, from Spiders Spun

America, Captured in a Flash
This Land, in Photos

Self-Portraits Speak More Than Words
Self-Portraits, Collected

The Garlic Years: When Have We Not Been in the Midst of a Vampire Craze? - Finally someone says it, thank you.

The Patrick Swayze Manga Recommendation Guide

More on the recent questionable events in Spider-Man:
NuSpidey Stories: Is Joe Kelly Intentionally Writing Norah Winters as a Racist?
The Odd Legal Ramifications of Dmitri Smerdyakov
Van Lente is Right and NY's Rape Statute Sucks

Dunno Why It Took Marvel so Long to Come Up with This... - Sigh.

Elizabeth Gilbert on Genius - Contributed by Daniel. Thanks, Daniel!

Women in Refrigerators

Yaoi for Parents, A Crash Course in Boys’ Love by Shaenon K. Garrity– Part One: History