Word: publishers
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...sinister was at work. FlyBy's investigation (read: one minute worth of brainstorming) found a pretty obvious perp: the Lampoon. After their overconfettied nonsense last weekend, what else would you expect from the semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine? They sure aren't publishing...
...like waterboarding into sharp focus. Says Legofesto: "The incongruity between the immoral and horrific acts and events depicted and the smiley-faced childrens' toy creates a tension." Legofesto says she decided to recreate images of torture and violence out of LEGOs due to the reluctance of media organizations to publish enough actual, real-life images of what she views as criminal acts. The images range from the death of a protester at the recent G-20 meeting in London to the alleged rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl...
...character self-consciously using a cell phone over a pay phone, or complaining about the steep minority of smokers in American society. Readers don’t laugh at Johnson’s noir-by-the-numbers. They laugh at the absurdity of a noir parody being published in 2009. And even laughing is a stretch.Could Johnson possibly be serious? Was the “Playboy” serialization meant to invoke the memory of past contributors such as Bradbury or Nabokov? Was Johnson pressured to publish a stand-alone edition? It’s not for us to infer...
...FlyBy feel compelled to give credit where credit is due. The Lampoon did a pretty sick job with what could only have been dreamed up during an acid trip of some sort. Bravo, good sirs. Now, if only you would publish more than five times a year...
...website. A few years ago, TCM went online, purchasing the database of the American Film Institute, which used to publish huge volumes detailing virtually every Hollywood and off-Hollywood movie. As an evocative hoard of info it's up there with the Internet Movie Database. This snazzy site also encourages readers to suggest films for airing. Of course it sells stuff, including the TCM-related DVDs produced by Warner Home Video. But you'll find recommendations books and new DVD collections that are issued by competitors. Very collegial...