* A gigantic Jack Kirby art exhibition curated by Dan Nadel and Paul Gravett? Sure, I’ll eat it! Or I would if it weren’t in Italy. Love the dig at that MoCCA Archie show, too.
* New trailer for The Expendables! Good gravy. I’m actually a little upset that my brother is getting married the weekend this and Scott Pilgrim come out.
* I’m not sure if anything fills me with the joy of my film-student days like a good Gregg Toland/Orson Welles deep-focus shot from Citizen Kane. David Bordwell traces the technique’s antecedents and parallels.
* Zak Smith is trash-talkin’ Tolkien a bit too much for my taste in his post on the H section of the D&D Monster Manual, but the Hell Hound entry makes up for it.
* I like the way Todd VanDerWerff has become my “food taster” for the opinions (usually negative) of Lost fandom at large–he bravely samples them and makes me aware of their overall flavor, and I am free to push away from the table.