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Comic Books
When in our hometown Chicago, visit Quimby's and Chicago Comics, two very cool stores! They would most certainly carry work by the deep-thinking Scott McCloud. If spooky stuff and classic monster tales are more your speed, check out the weird world of Dan Brereton. Not everyone will like Kieron Dwyer's comic Lowest Comic Denominator, so is Too Much Coffee Man. Our favorite publishers include Slave Labor Graphics, Top Shelf, and Fantagraphics Books. Our site is listed with Comic Book Resources, the Comics Media Achive, the History of Superhero Comics, Sequential Tart, and Friends of Lulu.
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Music
Paul believes that digitally transferring recordings directly from 19th-century wax cylinders to 21st-century CDs, then offering them for sale, makes the Cylinder Music Shop one of the most valuable resources on the web! |
Literature
When listening to tunes from the 19th century, read the period's dime novels, which were as popular as movies, radio, and TV rolled into one. Today, they're forgotten by all but hardcore enthusiasts. What does that portend for current pop culture?
Many of science fiction and fantasy's most familiar elements were created in the 19th century, from space travel to robots--even the first English-language vampire story.
Check out the extraordinarily well researched Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana.
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It's Science!
Anina reads Science News every seven days or so. She and Paul both like NASA.
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Aviation
At Oregon's Tillamook Air Museum, more than 30 vintage aircraft (many from WWII) can be seen in one of the only two remaining wooden airship hangars in the world. The structure is also the world's largest free-span wooden structure. (Don't ask us why we remember stuff like this!)
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I'll Buy That!
12", cloth-costumed, articulated figures (okay, they're dolls!) are Paul's current toy obsession. Sideshow Toys produce the finest examples. The WWII figures from Dragon are particularly nice, but Paul's favorite 1/6th-scale figures are The Seven Samurai, which also happens to be his favorite film.
Paul likes to shop at Dr. Tongue's 3-D House of Collectible Toys (hey, he's an SCTV fan!). Custom figures from Planet of the Apes can be found at ApeJoe.
One day, Paul hopes to drive around in a full-scale replica of the 1960s TV Batmobile.
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