Hello!

You didn’t derive enough nightmares from  August 10th’s  CineSavant Column dose of AI horror?  Never despair:

The Vape is back with more dreadful visions, this time leaning toward enormous, Kaiju-like rude beasts slouching toward Bethlehem. Giant ill-defined silverfish-things floating in the sky, anybody?  It’s as if the hinges busted on Julian Karswell’s portal to Hell, setting free Satan’s entire demonic menagerie.

Quick, gather up little children that you want to see scarred forever — why should the illusion of a benign universe be quashed only for adults?

‘Village Live’ epizode 99530 zoology special. 

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And we confess to having purloined a link circulated by Joe Dante, a quite satisfying video lecture by matttt about a legend of comic books.

The Hunt for the Anonymous Cartoonist who Transformed Pop Culture.
Many of us already know about this great talent, but the real issue here is his suppression by a publishing company with illusions to maintain — and a desire to pay peanuts for the genius of ‘hired help’ that brought in millions in profits. This particular story has a happy ending … the bona fide great artist wasn’t acknowledged until he was retired and no longer working, but he could have remained unknown, thinking that his life’s work wasn’t significant or appreciated.

The video is really sentimental and inspirational, and the art shown is wonderful.

 

Thanks for reading! — Glenn Erickson