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Nerdlesque
Burlesque has merged with geek culture to form nerdlesque – where characters from familiar fantasy franchises strip down to pasties and g-strings. Ne…
6 years, 8 months ago
Sidekicks: Harley Quinn
In the conclusion of our mini-series on sidekicks, we look at how Harley Quinn began as a sidekick to a villain, and found her way to the heart of th…
6 years, 8 months ago
Sidekicks: Tonto and Kato
In part two of our mini series on sidekicks, we look at two characters that have travelled in parallel since they came out of the same radio station …
6 years, 9 months ago
Sidekicks: Watson
To kick off our mini-series on sidekicks, we look at the most iconic and long-standing sidekick in pop culture: Doctor Watson. For 130 years, Watson …
6 years, 9 months ago
Rod Serling's Key of Imagination
Witness if you will a writer: Rod Serling. This is the story of a man with a vision -- a vision of what television could be if only men ceased to ope…
6 years, 10 months ago
The Hero's Journey Endgame
Ever since George Lucas cited Joseph Campbell’s 1949 book, “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” as the inspiration for Star Wars, Hollywood screenwriters…
6 years, 10 months ago
Slaughterhouse at Fifty
50 years ago this month, Kurt Vonnegut introduced Billy Pilgrim and the aliens who gave him time traveling powers in his novel Slaughterhouse Five. M…
6 years, 11 months ago
Tales of Margaret Brundage
In the 1930s Margaret Brundage was the hottest pulp fiction magazine illustrator. She primarily painted covers for Weird Tales magazine, which publis…
6 years, 11 months ago
The Man Behind the Sword
Conan the Barbarian is generally thought of as a muscle-bound brute who fights his way through a made-up ancient world. But the character actually ha…
7 years ago
The Power of the Makeover Mage
In some video games, you can choose which character you want to play, and you can customize the look of those characters. For many transgender player…
7 years ago