Pete Kastanes, the founder of Vanished Chicagoland, has died at 62. Kastanes, who had a passion for telling stories of pastimes from across the city of Chicago, had amassed more than a quarter-million followers on social media. blockclubchi.co/3OyIx4h

Please help Reggie if you can. It'd mean a lot to me. I can't afford to contribute anything significant and that hurts. Reggie gave me a formative experience as a young horror fan when he just chatted with me at a convention, being a friendly guy to a wide-eyed kid. Thank you, Reggie.

Beware my Billy Mitchell Lego guy, keep him away from your Donkeys Kong

Cigarette smoking should be prohibited except for Marla

Summer camp is back and very strange. Sleepaway Camp: The Midnight Mass Experience hits the road with Peaches Christ, Felissa Rose, and Michael Varrati. Live show, drag, costume contest, then the film. VIP meet & greet available. Dates + tickets: PEACHESCHRIST.COM @midnightmasspod.bsky.social

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Celebrated Earth Day by checking out Lee Gambin's excellent commentary for the still-terrific DAY OF THE ANIMALS! bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...

Was thinking today how my best job advice came from the maintenance man at my teenage cashier job. Apologize when you're wrong. Admit when you don't know something. Treat everyone with respect. Twice as important when you're in a position of power. Shout out to Hayward at Burlington Coat Factory.

"Mrs. Talley Ross was just 14 when she began singing with her cousins as the Darling Sisters. After a period as Ronnie and the Relatives, the Bennetts’ mother came up with the name that stuck." Nedra Talley Ross, Last Surviving Member of the Ronettes, Dies at 80 (gift link):

Then: Think outside the box Now: Here is a box that thinks only the things inside it, use it for everything

Looking for online tutorials like "Making your awkward movements look imtended" or "Sports: How to talk to people about them just enough to not alienate them"

UFOria is a treasure and I'm so glad it's finally available again

Check out my latest physical-media column for Leonard Maltin dot com: #filmsky 📽️ leonardmaltin.com/whats-new-on...

I am sitting in the morning at the café on the corner I am waiting at the counter while some girl is drinking coffee that she brought here from the Starbucks even though this is a café and she's having strong opinions fav'ring gen'rative AI

Whey you're trying to find out what the Cenobites want

THREAD on the gutting of the Voting Rights Act

The bacon trend was the one time in felt in sync with society, and all of those who fell off of it are traitors, rooting for the team only when they're in the playoffs

For Screen International's "The Future of Cinema" issue, I spoke to programmers at BFI, the Music Box and the American Cinematheque to find out why audiences, especially the young, are flocking to screenings of movies shown on actual film.

When I have more than one thing to do

Peter Strickland remains my favorite non-critic critic. More information about his film series here: uppcinema.com/directors-cu...

I don't necessary want to have the forced middle aged white dude confidence of others but it would be nice to feel like I can fake it sometimes for special occasions

I'm hosting this screening tonight Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove. We'll talk about the film afterwards. Come join us for Rob Reiner's The American President. www.classiccinemas.com/f/the-americ...

Roger Sweet, who created and named He-Man while working at Mattel in the '70s, has died at the age of 91.

You keep telling me a software update is ready to install and I keep telling you it's working fine and I don't want to to work break or have to learn new stuff, eventually we will destroy one another

23 May, #Manchester. Nigel Kneale obsessions! Weird music! #Horror shorts! Jörg Buttgereit! Get your tickets here for our 35th anniversary event: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/headpress-... #bookevents #authortalks #headpress #manchesterevents #indiepublishing #indiepublisher

Stealing blatantly from Lauren cause it’s a great idea! Right now, I’ll be at PAX West, hoping to still make #GenCon (I’m invited back as part of the Writer’s Symposium), and PAX Unplugged. Want me on your PAX West panel or live show? Throw me a DM 📸 by @lauren-urban.com at PAXU last year 🥰

Comedy Month wraps up as Mike talks with Rob St. Mary and Heather Drain about Tom Green's Freddy Got Fingered (2001) and Producer Lauren Lloyd joins Mike for an interview about working on the film that was almost universally trashed on release. Green wrote, directed, and stars as Gord Brody,...

HOLLYWOOD CINERAMA DOME FRIENDS UNITE!

R.I.P. Len Strazewski. Such sad news. His comics credits are many and laudable. Round this way, his creative collaboration with Mike Parobeck et al on 1992’s Justice Society Of America resulted in my favourite ever super-team book. I still love it & reread it every year. Thank you, Mr Strazewski.

New today on the site! The Comedy Happy Place issue continues, with @carriecourogen.bsky.social on the “couch movie” comforts of TROOP BEVERLY HILLS

Newsarama was my first professional comics gig, way back in 1999. I was the first employee Mike and Matt hired. I learned a ton about the industry and it opened many doors. Lots of great names had bylines there. www.thepopverse.com/comics-newsa... @chrisarrant.bsky.social @popversesays.bsky.social

GODZILLA MINUS ONE (2023) is returning to AMC theaters Fri May 22. And it's playing for a week, so all of us who missed it the first time will get a second chance before the sequel drops in Nov. www.amctheatres.com/movies/godzi... #FilmSky #Godzilla

“Marvel Comics announced the news on social media on behalf of Conway’s family, remembering him as ‘a tremendous icon in comics who shaped pop culture itself,’ as well as ‘a dear friend, partner, and mentor.’ He was 73 years old.”

The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi... Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...

Really enjoyed going to the Midwest Gaming Classic yesterday, and the advantage of bringing a kid is (a) they have fun and (b) I'm too distracted to spend money

As many of you my pal & host of the excellent comics podcast The Oblivion Bar Chris Hacker is under going cancer treatment right now & because of it is financially unable to attend his beloved SDCC. I’d really like to give him a boost & help him to attend. Can you help too? gofund.me/9fb94811b

Ohio’s senate and governor races are getting all the attention, but Dems are on a dramatic losing streak in Supreme Court races there — and they really want to stop it here.

Performers should get extra money if their name is partially hidden by the Skip Intro button

When MTV News shut down, it felt like decades of culture vanished overnight 🕳️ But over 470,000 pages were already preserved. That history was archived. 📚 Read VANISHING CULTURE to see why it matters 📖 Download: archive.org/details/vani... 🛒 Purchase: www.betterworldbooks.com/product/deta...

On the way to the Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee! 80% parenting and 20% gaming but STILL! Excitement abounds!

I lived 4 blocks from Jeffrey Dahmer as a teenager and you don't see me blaming the Milwaukee police department for--- Okay that's not a good example but still

Starting a rumor that the journalists hired a guy to do this in order to get out of having to look like sycophants. What are they going to do, research it to prove me wrong? HAHAHA BOTH SIDES HAVE THEIR POINTS

Half expecting it's someone pissed off that they're using a mentalist, like a disgruntled entertainer, or Bill Maher

*incredible* ten minutes for this rule

Jeez some people will do anything to get out of having uncomfortable dinners

Watching NEVER CRY WOLF with the kiddo and (1) I miss when Disney made stuff like this and (2) I see where my thing for nerdy, disheveled intellectuals with facial hair came from

OH DOES IT LOOK LIKE THAT?

Happy birthday to the great Johnny Craig. Creator of the most infamous of EC Comics covers.

You can post live comments tonight during “How to Make a Monster” on MeTV- just use the hashtag #svengoolie - and don’t ask to be made up as Sven!