Notes of a Defeatist

Every summer my friends and I venture down to Chicago for the Wizard World Comic Con to gorge ourselves on all the pop culture we can find. Without fail every year a good amount of time gets spent checking out the DIY projects of many of the creators in Artist Alley.

The talent pool is [...]

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Looks like it’s been a big week for Dave Eggers.

The Guardian Unlimited talks with him about being awarded one of the coveted $250,000 Heinz awards, given to recognise “extraordinary achievements by individuals”.

And, his novel You Shall Know Our Velocity has been optioned.

From Variety:

Process picks up Eggers’ ‘Velocity’

Miguel Arteta to direct adaptation

By DAVE MCNARY

Process Media [...]

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George Saunders appeared on Letterman last week to promote the release of his new book of essays—The Braindead Megaphone.

Since we lost Kurt Vonnegut this last year it’s a good thing we have George Saunders still knocking around.



tags technorati : George Saunders, humor, David Letterman, The_Braindead_Megaphone, books

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Ever wonder who that other guy credited with creating Lost along side J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof? Check out the mystery of Jeffrey Lieber and his story.

Everyone seems to have forgotten about all the blood, sweet, and tears Scorsese put into making Raging Bull now [...]

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