i09 has posted two illustrations by Keith Thompson from Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld’s upcoming sequel to Leviathan. One of them looks like this: (View the larger size here.) Leviathan was set in pre-WWI Europe and features ships made out of gigantic fish, political intrigue, and cross-dressing. Behemoth comes out October 5.
Internet Explorer 9 launches in beta today (tip for current IE users: Firefox is available for download here). This is exciting because in it, Microsoft supports Web Open Font Format, which among other things encodes certain formats of fonts so they can be embedded in a web page. It basically means that web typography can…Read More
A recap of Mad Men recaps? This is happening. The voice overs Gawker suggests the voice overs were very suburban male angst literature, but not necessarily in a bad way. Julia on Slate says they “fall somewhere below Carrie Bradshaw’s on the tolerability index,” and John, also on Slate, agrees with her. James Poniewozik on…Read More
This week on Mad Men: Don is suddenly apparently back in control of his life and has taken up swimming, respecting women, and voice-over journal writing. Also: plaid suits, chardonnay, and the Rolling Stones. Don is swimming. This is apt, because swimming = fish = Don has a drinking problem. Extrapolation! Oh wait, I’m right….Read More
Janelle Monáe’s “Tightrope” was nominated for “Best Choreography” at the VMAs but lost to “Bad Romance,” even though Lady Gaga didn’t tip on the tightrope.
Lady Gaga was nominated for 13 awards, won 8 out of 16 of them because let’s face it, “Telephone” and “Bad Romance” were basically awesome, and now, apparently, has blue hair.
“Just like shows such as ‘True Blood’ and ‘The Vampire Diaries’ have tweaked the rules for vampires, the zombie playbook needs a rewrite, something that pushes zombie evolution forward to open up new possibilities. The obvious target is their intelligence. Aside from their typically lethargic pace, zombies have traditionally been mindless killing machines that could…Read More