Utilitarian Review 5/6/11

On HU

Erica Friedman talked about the Girl Prince in Yuri manga.

Alex Buchet discusses children’s book illustrator Benjamin Rabier.

I talked about Starship Troopers and Osama Bin Laden.

Richard Cook provided a history of Storm in comic book covers.

I talked about manga, Celine Dion, Mickey Mouse, Alain Badiou, and globalization.

Anja Flower talks about Edward Gorey, surrealism, and queerness.

And we’ve had a long discussion about prostitution and legalization and gay marriage and other things if you missed it.

Utilitarians Everywhere

At Splice Today I review Steve Earle’s latest.

I also review Emmylou Harris’ most recent album.

Other Links

Robert Stanley Martin reviews Godard’s A Woman Is a Woman; Ludovic Debeurme’s Lucille; and Godard’s Le Petit Soldat.

Shaenon Garrity on webcomics; and on the marginal notes of manga-ka.

Nina Stone on brightest day.