Debbie Harry will forever be the Queen of Cool. Since her rise as the frontwoman of Blondie in the early ’70s, Harry became an iconic force of the New York City punk scene. In addition to being one of the era’s most accomplished songwriters, she’s acted, modeled, and helped water the burgeoning art scene that…
Horror is a deep-seated fandom often tracing back to childhood, a collection of formative years where our young minds are sponges, thirsting for our next greatest influence or obsession. When I was a kid, my mom nurtured my love of reading, often letting me gallivant around Waldenbooks in search of the latest Fear Street or…
Last week, I learned that another Nick Caruso—a Nick Caruso who is not me— wrote a book called, Does It Fart? The Definitive Field Guide to Animal Flatulence. I jokingly tweeted that I was going to tell all my friends the book was mine because 1) the book’s concept is hysterical and 2) the obvious same-name gag. (Public…
The enigmatic Prince gave fans everything he had: his endless talent, his unique perspectives, and all that music, from funky jams to searing guitar crooners. He dared to be different and carved his own path, his music serving as a grand unifier of this fragmented world. Like David Bowie, Michael Jackson and Tom Petty,…
When Prince passed away on April 21, 2016, it was a communal suckerpunch felt around the world. Fans were left reeling at the loss, mourning the man, the music, and his impact on the arts at large. While The Purple One was often shrouded in mystery, it only added to his allure. Despite his enigmatic…
Riley Sager’s Final Girls modernizes a horror trope and spins it into a character piece about what happens after horror hits home. The “final girl,” a notion well known to slasher fans, is the sole survivor of a horror film. She’s the one woman who bests the killer to survive whatever horrifying ordeal was laid out…
Mötley Crüe exploded onto the 80’s LA scene in a tornado of drugs, booze, glam and girls, girls, girls. In between platinum-selling records and sold-out club and arena tours, Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars and Nikki Sixx struggled through addiction, jail sentences, inner-band turmoil, rehab, you name it, making the band’s 30+ years one…
Go Set a Watchman, the unexpected and controversial sequel (of sorts) to Harper Lee’s classic To Kill a Mockingbird isn’t a bad read – I’ll say that up front – if it’s taken with a grain of salt. Maybe you need to tip the salt shaker upside down, pull out the little rubbery stopper, and…
Guest post by Jessica Lyn Toman from What’s Write About This I, like The Littlest Winslow, am a lover of horror. As the Halloween season approaches you can find it in comics as well as movies. One such comic, Wytches, by Scott Snyder with art by Jock, is a must read for horror…
Fifty-five years after her first novel, Harper Lee is finally releasing a follow-up: her publisher announced that it would be releasing a new book by the reclusive author and that the book would be a sequel to the beloved classic To Kill A Mockingbird. The book was completed in the 1950s, and was Lee’s attempt at telling the…