12:57 PM (0 comments)
Scryptic Studios, a new site dedicated to helping out aspiring comics writers. As much as anything else, I'll be interested to see what samples they post.

9:14 AM (0 comments)
A strange and wonderful Relation concerning a Mermaid that was seen and spoke with on the Cliff of Cromarry, near Inverness in Scotland, by a young gentleman, a Merchant, named Lauchland Mackintosh, who was tossed on the main Ocean for four Days and Nights. Together with an account of his wonderful Dream, and the strange Conversation he had with the Mermaid, and how he was preserved after his Return to Inverness.

Via Anil Dash, The Word on the Street, a fantastic collection of 1,800 Scottish broadsheets--all downloadable as PDF. Don't miss checkign out the ancient prophecies or the incredible story of Dr. Puff Stuff Sham Quirko Ye-Trick.

4:46 PM (0 comments)
Anyone looking for a demonstration of the word "compulsion" should have been around when I discovered that there was such a thing as The Journal of MODOK Studies and that all I had to do to make three issues mine was put six dollars in an envelope and mail it to a stranger.

Gotta love MODOK.

9:32 AM (0 comments)
Incoming Signals asks: Is tiromancy the official magical divination method of Wisconsin?

9:30 AM (0 comments)
Why fight a paper tiger when you can fight a paper Ghiddrah from Origami Kaiju? (via J-Walk)

UPDATE: If you're looking for a paper champion to fight your paper monster, why not a paper Bruce Lee?

11:39 AM (0 comments)
LAWYER: Well now we come to the zombie's share of the proceeds… (reading will) To zombie, I hereby bequeath, 40% of all my cash holdings… approximately 1.1 billion dollars.

ZOMBIE: Brains!

LAWYER: ahem… (reading) the east coast hotels…. three in florida… two in new york… the casino in Atlantic City…

ZOMBIE: Brains!

LAWYER: Oh, and a bed and breakfast in Cape Cod. I've actually stayed there. It's lovely.

ZOMBIE: Brains!

The Zombie Reading of the Will Sketch (via Making Light)