Weekly Discoveries 04.10.2015 – Justin Hager and Berserk

Alex Berserk I'd like to preface this week's discovery with a statement: I am not what you would call a "manga fan." Sure, I read Dragonball in middle school and watched Cowboy Bebop in high school, but Japanese comics and/or animation are generally…

Weekly Discoveries 04.02.2015 – Aled Lewis and Flannery O’Connor

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Mahlon War & Pizza by Aled Lewis Everybody knows the Shredder couldn’t beat the Turtles in a pizza eating contest. But, for the nonbelievers, artist Aled Lewis has recreated the scene of the famous showdown here with pixel art pulled…

Weekly Discoveries 03.27.2015 – Laudate Solis and Joshua Ketchen

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Alex Judson Cowan's Laudate Solis Two weeks ago, a massive illustration of Lordran from the video game Dark Souls started making its Internet rounds. Everyone from Polygon,to Edge and Kotaku covered the piece, but I remember it as a work in…

Weekly Discoveries 03.13.2015 – Ryan Duggan and The Dash/Plus System

Mahlon Ryan Duggan Ryan Duggan is a Chicago based artist whose work I stumbled upon while I was checking out Mike Mitchell's work. In 2014, he did a series called “Poster of the Week,” a series in which, you guessed it, he created a poster…

Blackwings in the New Yorker’s Comma Queen Series Premiere

Yesterday, the New Yorker launched Comma Queen, a web series "devoted to language in all its facets" starring none other than New Yorker editor and Blackwing aficionado Mary Norris. The inaugural episode is dedicated to the series' namesake,…

Weekly Discoveries 03.06.2015 – Ryan Cullwell, Hyperview and Mike Mitchell

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Alex Title Fight - Hyperview When Hyperview dropped last month, I didn't give it a fair shake. I listened to it and dismissed it as a band trying to do "too much,"  before really letting the music sink in. Title Fight's evolution from one…

Weekly Discoveries 02.27.2015 – Ready Player One and Midori Traveler’s Notebooks

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Mahlon Ready Player One This little surprise showed up in my Loot Crate this month. Although I haven’t gotten a chance to start this yet, I’m a huge fan of anything that deals with gaming and/or Science fiction and this book has both!  The…

Weekly Discoveries 02.20.2015 – Bradley Mountain Adventure Logs & Bellroy Wallets

Alex Bellroy Wallets I have what is commonly referred to as "a Costanza," a wallet so large, it causes back pain. I don't know how it happened, or when my wallet reached its critical mass, but it did. Thankfully, my wonderful wife recognized…

Clive Thompson on the Typing vs. Writing Debate

“Type as quickly as you can, and always carry a pencil.” We’ve weighed in on the struggle between typing and handwriting before. We found research that showed how handwriting was better for retaining information. We also showed the…

Weekly Discoveries 02.13.2015 – Snarky Puppy, New Blacklisted Album, Future’s Monster

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Mahlon Snarky Puppy Snarky Puppy is an instrumental  jazz fusion band based in Brooklyn and is one of the funkiest groups I’ve heard in a long time. The core group is made up of about 18 musicians and several different instruments. They are…