By: Dan Reines

Stephen Colbert’s funny comes from an invention: “Stephen Colbert.”

By: Greg Rowland

He reclaimed the rhythms of the body and the industrial machine.

By: Tucker Cummings

“OH BABY, YOU… YOU GOT WHAT I NEED!”

By: Mike Fleisch

He smacks you from the horrible places you don’t let your head go.

By: Mike Fleisch

“Real painters do not paint things as they are.”

By: Jacob Mikanowski

Seventies soul, eloquent monsters, Talmudic etiquette-parsing, Samuel L. Jackson.

By: Tucker Cummings

From anime to pop, this composer doesn’t think about genre.

By: Joshua Glenn

He wrote two of the Radium Age’s best sf novels.

By: Tom Nealon

“Russia number 1, Iran number 1, USA [spits]”

By: Elina Shatkin

She married adventure, but made it her own.

By: Brian Berger

“I left Memphis to spread the news / Memphis women don’t wear no shoes”

By: Flourish Klink

In comparison to the Beliebers, he is a cipher.

By: Tucker Cummings

He is the best at “over­confident because I’m over­compensating.”

By: Flourish Klink

You will take the kangaroo seriously.

By: Jerrold Freitag

His smiles, tears, and wall-punching are the best.