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Collaboration

Planet of the Apes

PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2008

Anyone who dismissed Gorillaz as Damon Albarn’s cartoon hip-hop vanity project with artist Jamie Hewlett should check out Monkey: Journey t...

New Releases

Jenny Omnichord Sows Her Otis

PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2008

The saga of Jenny Omnichord’s star-studded Charlotte or Otis: Duets for Children, Their Parents, and Other People Too was laborious. Record...

Michael Ian Black Does Everything!

PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2008

"I'm 14." When New York's Michael Ian Black is asked how he maintains his hectic schedule, he inexplicably implies he's a minor. "No, no, t...

Comics

Punk Stripper

PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2008

As a talented cartoonist and obsessive punk rock fanatic, Mitch Clem has bridged his loves through his wildly popular web comic Nothing Nic...

Videogames

Demake Say Think

PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2008

The videogame industry has always mined its past to fuel its present, be it updating aged franchises for cutting-edge consoles, adding an H...

DVD

Jew of Denial

PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2008

Even as the subject of the new film Silver Jew, David Berman has no intention of watching it. Celebrated for the charm of his dark-tinted,...

Comic

Minus the Cat

PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2008

Up in arms over Jon Arbuckle, Garfield’s perennially lonely human companion, finally having a steady girlfriend? Head over to the wildly en...

Novel

Flipping the Bird

PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2008

With his first novel, pop culture analyst/music writer Chuck Klosterman divides his trivial interests between characters struggling with ab...