by upright | Jun 9, 2015 | Arts & Culture, Wasteland |
By the time we were 15 years into the 21st century, New York City had become the most expensive place to live in the country. It was $3000 dollars for a 700-square-foot rat nest in Brooklyn— just the kind of bragging point that gets a generation of...
by Team Grype | May 26, 2015 | Arts & Culture |
Confession: I have very specific opinions about media depictions and reinterpretation of the character of Batman. I’ve been a Batman fan since I was barely old enough to walk. I’ve discussed this elsewhere on more than one occasion (most recently here),...
by upright | May 19, 2015 | Arts & Culture |
Here at The Cracked Looking Glass we love Kickstarter. We funded our first in print comic book using it, and it allowed us to produce a product far superior to what we would otherwise have been able to come up with (funded with just the loose change we poor artists...
by Team Grype | May 12, 2015 | Arts & Culture |
Lately much rage has been spewed across the interwebs castigating Disney/Marvel in general and Joss Whedon in particular for the portrayal of Black Widow in their film media (and merchandising tie-ins). Some elements of that argument actually hold water— neglecting to...
by upright | May 5, 2015 | Arts & Culture |
Yesterday I began seeing references to several news articles citing a “study” that men’s beards contained some less-than-hygienic particulate. First of all— if you really want to know how unhygienic the things in your life are, read this, but...
by upright | Apr 28, 2015 | Arts & Culture |
Early this week Jay-Z took to Twitter, to defend the fort he spent quite a bit of (literal and figurative) capital to build. In case you didn’t know: Jay-Z bought a music streaming outlet, and— in an effort to develop and market it— he partnered with several...
