Fay's Prague stories (and quite a bit more)
Time here - as everywhere - had wrought its changes, but in Prague these changes felt fewer and less substantial than in other capitals. The pastel shadowed alleys still curved into one another like the curlicues of an Alphonse Mucha maiden's tresses and many of the buildings' facades retained their antique grandeur, or had been charmingly restored; but in the few years since the Velvet Revolution Coca Cola signs had blossomed on every street and the ubiquitous McDonalds wrappers were starting to rustle underfoot.
in the few years since the Velvet Revolution Coca Cola signs had blossomed on every street and the ubiquitous McDonalds wrappers were starting to rustle underfoot
Nice! There's a certain implied creepiness in that blossoming and rustling that makes you feel those objects are as evil as the corporations they represent. It gives me the skin-crawling feel (and I mean this in a very good way, honest) of the VampireNation underculture in the Blade movies.
Fay's good at that.
You'd never know she was such a sweet and soft little thing from reading her. Bless.
Whoa. That was good.
The latest episode of the new Teen Titans cartoon was fantastic. The villain: Mad Mod. He's a quick little Austin Powers parody, except that's just an entrance to a deep exploration of All Things Mod with very specific allusions to: Steranko's Nick Fury comics, "The House That Jack Built" Avengers episode, 60s TV Batman, Clockwork Orange, The Prisoner, Yellow Submarine and much more. I mean...it's even got a ska song and Vespa scooters.
It'll play two more times this week on Cartoon Network. Sunday night at 10 and once again during the week. If you have a fondness for that sixties era, this is something you desperately need to tape.
I think I'll make an extra copy and send it to Chynna of Blue Monday. She'll love it.
Did I mention Malcolm McDowell voices Mad Mod? The funky mod organ underscore? The Escher and Warhol refs? The Invisibles vibe?
Adds Teen Titans to TiVo to-do list.
I think I'll make an extra copy and send it to Chynna of Blue Monday.
I also want to make a plug for Chynna's current comic book series, Scooter Girl. It's my favorite comic right now.
Thanks for the heads up, Hec. That sounds fab.
eta And sure enough, it was. Not sure if I'd watch it every week as the heroes, except for Raven (every superhero team should have it's own Wednesday Addams), didn't do much for me. But damn that was fun. Loved the Picasso reference, too.
Fantagraphics to reprint entire 50 year run of Peanuts.
Excellent. I've been hoping they would, because Schulz needs to have his reputation rescued from his long slide through mediocrity. Peanuts was one of the all-time great (and radical) strips for it's first 10-15 years.
