All ten volumes of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman finally coming to one collection
DC is bringing out an all-ten-volumes-in-one-slipcase edition of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman. Gaiman writes, “I’m thrilled. You have no idea how long I’ve been asking DC to do one of these. (Er, about 16 years.)”
Having lived most of my life in North Carolina, I heard a lot about the Lost Colony growing up, but there had never been any new information past the mysterious word “CROATOAN” carved in a tree stump. It was thought that this meant the settlers had tried to get to the island of Croatoan (now Hatteras) to the south, but it was a dead end. Now, a 425 year old map may shed some new light on the fate of this early colony.
I’m loving this book, and so I was glad to hear this: Sweet Tooth Vol. 4 debuts at #2 on the New York Times Best Seller List.
SWEET TOOTH, VOL. 4, by Jeff Lemire. (DC Comics, $16.99.) The post-apocalyptic adventures of Gus, a human/animal hybrid, continue in this volume which features the introduction of the enigmatic Walter Fish.
Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night in a different light.
I. Starry Night - Harry Potter
II. Starry Night - Lord of the Rings
III. Starry Night - The Nightmare Before Christmas
IV. Starry Night - Star Wars
V. Starry Night - Godzilla
VI. Starry Night - Batman
VII. Starry Night -The Lion King
VII. Starry Night - Dr. Who
Antonio Bolfo was bored, so he became a police officer. To relieve the stress of patrolling South Bronx housing projects, he took a camera on the job. It led to a new career. Nineteen stunning images at the New York Times photoblog Lens: On the Beat: With a Gun and a Camera.
Things My Nephew Needs To Know, #1:
At the Star Wars Celebration V this year, Jon Stewart asked George Lucas where Obi Wan Kenobi was born, and apparently this had never been established. So as a joke, Lucas just made up a planet called “Stewjon”, named after Jon Stewart as the place of Obi Wan’s birth. But since it came from the neck of Lucas, it’s since become canon, appearing everywhere as fictional fact.
This could be interesting:
Finding Joe is an exploration of famed Mythologist Joseph Campbell’s studies and their continuing impact on our culture. Through interviews with visionaries from a variety of fields interwoven with enactments of classic tales by a sweet and motley group of kids, the film navigates the stages of what Campbell dubbed The Hero’s Journey: the challenges, the fears, the dragons, the battles, and the return home as a changed person. Rooted in deeply personal accounts and timeless stories, Finding Joe shows how Campbell’s work is relevant and essential in today’s world and how it provides a narrative for how to live a fully realized life - or as Campbell would simply state, how to “follow your bliss”.
330/365: Saturday, November 26, 2011: Unlikely Title of the Day: The Complete’s Idiot’s Guide to Memes (by Stephen Little)
