Maybe it’s me, but I’m thinking the Bedbug Bible Gang might want to consider rebranding for the urban market. Or, hey, if that’s outside the budget, at least drop the “just itching to” pitch. The scene above is from Esther Fest, in which the “Bedbugs share the story of Esther in a royalty rousing episode.”
At the NYPL next week, Philip Gourevitch and Errol Morris discuss their findings on Abu Ghraib’s Standard Operating Procedure.
Alison Bechdel goes to a Ministry concert to see her little brother perform. Later, backstage, Jorgensen chats about his garden.
After Bookslut directed my attention to the David Foster Wallace cartoon at pictures for sad children, I read through the archives. Much of the story centers on Paul, who has a crush on a coworker and still shows up to his cubicle even though he’s dead. The call center series is especially good. Last month the cartoonist, John Campbell, was . . .
Did David Mamet’s reading warrant the mass audience exodus it inspired? Now you can judge for yourself. (Thanks, AK.)