POEM STRIP
Here we have what in my view is one of the most vital publications of the 00s: the first English translation of POEM STRIP, a graphic novel written and illustrated by Dino Buzzati
2018: The Year in Bedlam
Welcome to the 2018 edition of my annual Year in Bedlam THE BEST movie round-up
2000: The Year in Bedlam
The following marks the inaugural entry in a new and ambitious project: an overview of my favorite films from each year, starting with 2000 and working my way backward
MIND GAME
An extremely well-regarded anime feature that premiered back in 2004 yet didn’t receive US distribution until fourteen years later
2017: Bedlam in Print
Assembling a best-books-of-the-year list is always a dicey proposition. Quite simply, nobody can be expected to track down and read every worthwhile book printed over the course of the previous year…
2017: The Year in Bedlam
What follows is the latest installment of the Year in Bedlam overview of the previous year’s best and worst movies, according to yours-truly
2017: A Look Back in Bedlam
Here we have the latest installment of my Look Back in Bedlam end-of-the-year overview of topics that are of particular interest to this site–and Bedlam, it turns out, was indeed the word for 2017
Funnybook Flashback: XOMBI
The nineties were a banner era for weird media, comic books in particular
GRANDMOTHERS RECHARGE WELL!
This Czech satire owes more than a little something to Ray Bradbury’s I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC!/THE ELECTRIC GRANDMOTHER, but taken on its own terms it’s pretty good
THE TWENTY DAYS OF TURIN
One of the most interesting translations to appear in some time, this is the first-ever English version of a short novel that was originally published in Italian back in 1977