No time like the present for the end of the world.
Jack London’s The Scarlet Plague — ON SALE NOW!
A 1912 epic tale of autochthonic future horror.
A pessimistic satire on Wellsian techno-utopias, from 1920.
A peek at Sig Obj’s Fantagraphics magnum opus.
What stops them from taking over the world?
Come see the show! April 8-10.
Douglas Rushkoff, Molly Crabapple & others in their teens
Ex postcard facto
To study the ocean before we destroy it.
Actors portray their own divorced parents, from verbatim interviews.
A Significant Objects co-production!
Imagining mannequined retail air patrolled by pesky laser fields…
If you’re not in the right predicament, you will be eaten.
Animals, electric and otherwise.
Echoes of Chekhov in the C-Suite.
Sammy Stewart and the music of boxing.
Versus the wonkery of established liberals, among others.
Steal this concept!
Extinction songs.
7. Mustaches, 8. SXSW, 9. Shameless Self-Promotion
In praise of Nocenti’s kaleidoscopic, quick-witted first issue.
What, exactly, constitutes a life?
“If an upset stomach is anticipated, remove”
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