Tag archive: Sci Fi
The Museum of Cultural Waste: In the Land That Invented the Future
A week or two ago, while she sat diligently at her desk attending to her many labours, my wife’s gaze passed over an object that instantly made her think of me. What was this strange and captivating artefact? A leather-bound… continue reading »
Balloons of Doom & Balls of Hate
Like a deep, dark, weirdness-filled mirror the world of Bunty (and girls’ comics in general) continues to hold fustar.info in its thrall. The more I look, the more wonders (and terrors) I see returning my gaze. Two weeks ago we… continue reading »
The Flights of Flopear
Due to popular demand, or, more precisely, the demand of a single individual (“graylien”), I hereby present another offering from the Bunty Book for Girls 1983. “More Flopear content! More Flopear content!”, he begged. Wish granted. “The Flights of Flopear”,1… continue reading »
Another World
There was an interesting piece by Joshua Glenn in last Sunday’s Boston Globe, dealing with the urgent need (as suggested by Frederic Jameson and others) to rethink ‘Utopian’ impulses at “this moment of neoliberal triumphalism”. The focus is mainly on… continue reading »
