This Week in Art News and Internet Eye Candy
Included in this installment: Obama fights conspiracy theory with humor, a photographer captures how NYC subway cars became plankton penthouses and an artist solicits voice mail messages to inspire works of art. Consider this post a short ride through the
Ommwriter
If Robert Frost was alive right now, this is what he’d need to compose half of his poems. I can’t get over how brilliant this little app is. And for once, it’s an app made only for Macs! A wise
Law & Order SVU Book Signing
Randee Dawn is one of our fellow guest bloggers here on Popten, and she just came out with a new book – The Unofficial Companion to Law & Order SVU. I was lucky enough to be invited to her exclusive
Movie Reviews of Movies I Haven’t Seen: Where the Wild Things Are
I have a dilemma. Can anyone remember what the heck happens in “Where the Wild Things Are?” I keep talking to people and they’re like “OMG I can’t wait best book ever reminds me of my youth yay!” and I’m
RIP Reading Rainbow
The first article I read when I woke up this morning saddened me to no end. It was NPR’s report on the end of an era, also known as the last airing of Reading Rainbow. Amazingly, Levar Burton has been
10 Young Adult Novels More Deserving of Feature Film Treatment Than the “Twilight” Series
On November 20, Earth will be invaded by yet another round of twee vampires and unwashed werewolves, bad dialogue, inscrutable motivation and lots of moist forest scenery. With the release of “Twilight” sequel “New Moon,” many will be made happy,
Q&A: Joel Watson, Creator of Hijinks Ensue
First panel: Picture Joel Watson, stuck in a dead-end sales job in Dallas, Texas. He’s abandoned his dream of being an illustrator/artist after realizing there was virtually no chance for his cartooning skills to get picked up by a major
Brick Testament: Cain & Abel
I’m a huge fan of Lego art. I even make some of my own. Below, The Reverend Brendan Powell Smith recreates most of the bible’s stories in Lego form. It’s an unbelievably well executed illustrated companion to the book. At
Creativity and the Problem with Genius
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the Crikey-I-See-This-Book-Everywhere Bestseller Eat, Pray, Love, gives a miraculous speech on TED.com. Why does creativity screw us up so much? What does it mean to be a genius? And should we dub any specific person a
Reynolds & Griffin: Deceivingly Simple Starving Artists
The Artist’s struggle is something beholden to our society. We love to hear people’s sob story of how they made something brilliant. Everyone who goes through it carries this memory as a trophy for the rest of their lives. Whether
