The best of Steven Cloud’s Boy on a Stick & Slither (BOASAS) comics recall Calvin & Hobbes, and Linus’ existential philosophizing in the glory days of Peanuts. The strip has reached new heights lately — “Champions of Winning” is a recent favorite — but it’s always been good. “Conformity” has hung on the Maud Household’s pantry since 2002. “Don’t forget! . . .
The lovely Blue Girl hosts an Oscar weekend at New Critics. I’m with Mark: never again.
Scrotum is not a dirty word: the t-shirt. (Via; for background, go here.)
At first I thought this Guardian story was titled “Hail Auden: [New] York cabbies to recite poet’s work.” Although I realized my error right away, my brain felt funny for hours afterward.
John Freeman writes beautifully about the savage genius of Frederick Seidel, whose Ooga Booga is a poetry collection to savor.