Today's Washington Post profiles Peter Bagge, best known as the creator of HATE!, a genre-defining comic book that perfectly portrayed the 1990s slacker mindset (and helped many of us laugh at ourselves). The Post doesn't even mention HATE! though, as this piece is about Bagge's current gig writing the strips for libertarian political mag Reason. From the Washington Post:
Previously on BB:
• Peter Bagge on contemporary art Link
• Peter Bagge's libertarian comics for Reason Link
• More on Peter Bagge in Reason Link
Link"I call it cartoon journalism," Bagge, 49, said in a phone interview from his home in Seattle. "I don't know what else to call it."
Over the past six years, Bagge has covered political campaigns, protest marches and, in one hilarious piece, a very earnest convention of polygamists, swingers, sadomasochists and transsexuals, where a panel discussion on legal issues inspired a rather dumpy woman to ask this question: "If I adopt my live-in lovers, would I be violating incest laws?"...
In the current Reason, the one with his hideous self-portrait on the cover, Bagge travels to a gun show, interviews people on both sides of the gun control issue and ultimately concludes that, yes, an American should be able to own a bazooka: "If I don't hurt, threaten or disturb anyone with it, then why can't I own one?"
Previously on BB:
• Peter Bagge on contemporary art Link
• Peter Bagge's libertarian comics for Reason Link
• More on Peter Bagge in Reason Link
Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno is a riotously illustrated history of schoolgirl fashion in Japan, starting with the thousand-strong, razor-wielding biker gangs, all the way up to the cuddly, explosion -in- a- crafter- factory world of decora girls, who cover their fuzzy one-piece character pyjamas with stuffed animals and cute crafted whatsises. The book is packed with telling little anaecdotes about the cultural conditions that gave rise to each subculture, along with fashion tips, interviews with fashion pioneers, and some of the secret histories, including the rise and fall of the mad fashion pioneer who invented gonguru -- Japanese hipster blackface. From Gothic Lolita's creation of an entirely fictional style of "historical" dress to the scandalous sex-rings of the kogals (and the hysterical media circus that followed them), Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno is an incredibly engrossing tour through lightspeed subculture.
Stewart: When the Walkman first came out, I called it the Rudeman: Everybody who's listening to those is rude to me. I think part of the reason I got divorced was because of the Rudeman.
It began as a mistake.
Several years ago, tattoo artist and painter Matthew Amey put together the Skull Reference, a book compiling 151 drawings of a human skull done from every possible angle. Recently Amey gave a copy of that book to 150 artists in 18 countries and invited them to re-interpret a single page from it. The result is a new book called The Skull Project. I haven't seen the book in person so I can't vouch for the quality or production, but I really like the idea! Amey printed 2000 numbered copies and is selling them for $150 each.
This prankster called an electronics store and pronounced acronyms like DVD as "doovde" and JVC as "joovic," which confused, and then angered the proprietor.
I can think of no better form of psychotherapy for inpatients at a mental health center than a live concert by the Cramps. See for yourself. 
Amazon.com: You need a certain stimulation to work off of.
Stadtlounge ("City Lounge") is a public artwork in the financial distrct of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The entire ground -- including cars and the road -- have been covered in red broadloom, as part of a design competition to create a "public living room."
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