Hmm... it's medieval, it's microscopic, and it's mythological. In short, it has everything I look for. The perfect blog item!

It is from the Kyushu Museum, via Pink Tentacle, via Monsterama. What a family tree!





I was going to post an image from Juan Ortiz's wonderful website, but he put a terrifying legal paragraph in there to prohibit using his images at all.




















By Heidi Kenney. Nice!

I remember the first few times I saw anything in YouTube-quality pixellated gristlevision, thinking that nobody would want to watch anything this grainy and murky - like an old Edison wax cylinder... yet here we are!

Lo, some things do look better when you can't make out the details - behold
"His Wife Is A Chicken."



Thanks WFMU!

Where do you go to find all those 18th-century Japanese monsters you keep hearing about? Easy! Go here. But bring a friend because it is very scary!

Thanks to Neatorama for finding this crazy junk.


My favorite Bugs cartoon. At least, it's the one that made the biggest impression on me as a 6-year-old. I am not a Bugsologist. Just like this has always been the only Star Trek episode I like, because it scared the Gleem out of me when I was small.


Yours for $525.00!


Just get the DVD. Seriously.

Try some of these. They are mighty strange, but have the ring of truth about them.

If you have to read anyone's blog, just read Modok's. At least he has a reason to be frustrated and full of himself.

I steer away from violent, dehumanizing messes in general. I usually prefer the uplifting worlds of Brad Bird, Michel Gondry, Hayao Miyazaki, and their halcyon ilk.

And yet, I find myself drawn - like a wrestling fan to a car crash - to Superjail.


And this awesome writeup, complete with reference to the ol' Jacmac and Rad Boy, which I haven't even thought about for years. Why they don't mention Gary Panter as an influence, tho, I'll never know.

Make sure you watch the creators' very excellent earlier efforts, Barfight and Space War.

It's ugly and horrible, but still. There's some kinda wizardly pep goin' on there. No? No??