Monday, March 16, 2015

Link Round-Up: March 16, 2015

Shadow by Chad Gowey

Prints available for purchase from Society6. US$18



12 Nutty Dungeons & Dragons Media Mentions From the 1980s

The 25 Most Murderous Directors by On-Screen Deaths bestows its number one slot to Peter Jackson, but shouldn't the slot go to George Lucas for Alderan and the Death Star?

Fantasywire: wire sculptures with a twist: Inspired by an inexplicable real life encounter, these galvanised or stainless wire sculptures make the perfect statement piece for the bottom of any garden. Every fairy is a handmade sculpture uniquely crafted to your desired pose and installation requirements.



There’s just something irresistible about inserting superheroes into works of art. Perhaps it elevates comics heroes? Perhaps it makes Art itself more accessible? We don’t know, we just think it’s awesome when someone turns Wonder Woman into a Munch, or, as in mumbling2myself’s example, relocates Spider-Man from Forest Hills to the idealized world of Norman Rockwell. You can see more of Worth 100’s Superhero Art gallery here!

Vulture delves into the bizarre, unsolved mystery of “My Immortal,” the vampire-ridden Harry Potter fanfic that has earned the title of worst fanfic ever.  My Immortal is one of the stories that will be discussed as a part of the Princeton course Fanfiction: Transformative Works from Shakespeare to Sherlock. (To access the course web site, which includes links to assigned readings, you can select the view as guest option). The course instructor, Professor Anne Jamison, is the author of the book "Fic: Why Fanfiction is Taking Over the World."  You can find the full text of "My Immortal" on fanfiction.net.


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