Like Steve Martin in The Jerk, Rachel Dolezal thinks that she was born a poor black child?
Re-GIF-ing
Searching for the Searchers
BBC radio has the back story on the making of John Ford’s legendary film “The Searchers”. It probably won’t be available for long, so listen ASAP.
The Colbeard Report
Colbert is back! For five fun minutes.
The Dismal Science
Doctor Doom explains the zero sum game of Nash Equilibrium.
Rhymes with Blimpy
It’s been over a month since Marvel Comics artist Herb Trimpe, the master of groovy teeth*, died suddenly while out jogging, which is probably how I’ll go, eventually. Herb was a top-notch comic book artist, with a distinctive style and as good an ability to design a page and tell a story clearly as any artist. He was noted for his long run on the Hulk, during which he co-created Wolverine, a character that has been very good for Hugh Jackman’s bank account.
After a stint in the Air Force, Herb was a Marvel mainstay for almost 30 years, until 1996, when Marvel stopped giving work to its veteran artists, in favor of younger talent. (Joe Sinnott retired from full-time artistic duties in 1994.) A few years later, Herb wrote an op-ed about his struggles in The New York Times that received a lot of attention. He kept going by teaching, doing commissions, and drawing sketches at conventions, like the one I embedded above. Herb was a great guy to know, and he is missed personally, as well as professionally.
*Inside joke with Denro
Avengers Assemble!
If you aren’t up for watching the Avengers movie, this is just as good, and a lot shorter. Watch it now, before Disney has it pulled!
I’m still waiting for some sort of official release of these cartoons. Four years ago Marvel announced they would be available for streaming on Netflix, but it didn’t happen.