Tobe Hooper agrees to a showing of the first movie he ever made--one he doesn't remember making--because the money offered will help him make his next film. The thing is, the film appears to be a catalyst. People who've seen it go crazy and beat the shit out of people, or turn into zombies and make more zombies, or become insane with lust and ( Read more... )

Three ancient creatures called the Norn declare that an ogre must be killed and a princess rescued, and a group of creatures (and one young boy) find themselves volunteered on the basis that they had no money for snacks and couldn't sneak out ( Read more... )

When Leonard kicks the shit out of some guys at a bar, no charges are pressed and the picture of the guy with his head through the sheet rock is cracking up the police station. This does not turn out to be the end of it, though ( Read more... )

Gary and his girlfriend, Joan, go to the Burning Man festival with three friends. On the last day of the festival, Joan is abducted ( Read more... )

I love this book! It is mostly about drawing and the creative process, and it is full of neat art and exercises. Mostly, though, I love how much fun to read and look at the book is. Lynda Barry is AWESOME.

A collection of lovely, disturbing stories. It is hard to figure out anything to say about this book other than it is REALLY good.

This novel is a completely different take on the minotaur/labyrinth myth. It's all very separate-the-truth-from-the-myth, but with a little bit of mysticism thrown in there. (The guy still has a bull's head, after all ( Read more... )