The best cover song ever by none other than the future PM of Canada Mr. William Shatner.
More Pulp-y goodness under the cut
So the NY Post ran this cartoon today (also under the cut) and all I have to say is c’mon seriously?
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Podcasts! You know them you love them and here’s where I’m going to tell you about my favorites. This is going to be a semi-regular feature (at least until I run out of podcasts to talk about) where I tell you why you should listen and support a podcast I enjoy and hopefully you’ll give it a shot and enjoy it too. So let’s get started.
So this may seem like a little bit of an odd topic but I’ve recently come across two examples of typographical information that I’ve found fascinating.
First up is Helvetica, a documentary about the font Helvetica (imagine that). This has created a little bit of a firestorm on the ‘net a few months ago and I finally got around to watching it this week. It’s a fascinating look at the way Helvetica specifically, and fonts in general, affect our everyday lives and their impact on graphic design. Definitely worth checking out.
Next up is Blambot’s look at comic book grammar. Some of these conventions may be apparent to those who read comics frequently but I was quite surprised in how formal some of these conventions are; I always assumed that these just sort of evolved over time and there weren’t any formal rules. For example if you’re lettering for Marvel Comics, which I know oh so many of you do, you have to put the ? before the ! in a shouted question.
Alright, I think I’ve been sitting on the site for long enough without actually doing anything with it so let’s get started. As you can tell (unless you wander upon this from the future when this is nice and pretty, in which case greetings future traveler, I hope your jetpack is well fuelled and the alien overlords are kind to you and your genetic kin) this is a work in progress. I’ll be improving and customising the site as time allows and hopefully we’ll have something interesting and shiny to look at soon.