R. Crumb: The Art of Comics, No. 1
An interview with R. Crumb on how he adapted Genesis into comic form.
An interview with R. Crumb on how he adapted Genesis into comic form.
R. Crumb, Ted Widmer The Paris Review Jun 2010 45min Permalink
Inside the conflict that has caused more deaths than any since WWII—with no end in sight.
The world’s population is rapidly getting older. How China and other countries stocked with young workers are taking advantage.
Ted C. Fishman New York Times Magazine Oct 2010 10min Permalink
Nicky Louie and the Ghost Shadows.
Mark Jacobson Village Voice Jan 1977 15min Permalink
What happened next for Harry Whittington, the guy Cheney shot in the face? Not an apology.
Paul Farhi Washington Post Oct 2010 10min Permalink
A profile of Anas Aremeyaw, an investigative journalist in Ghana who’s willing to do anything–and pose as anyone–to get the story.
Nicholas Schmidle The Atlantic Nov 2010 10min Permalink
Featuring the debut of the “Ghost Sex Defense.”
Josh Levin Slate Jun 2008 Permalink
The “Shaggy Defense,” the “Little Man Defense,” and more—live from R. Kelly’s 2008 child pornography trial.
Josh Levin Slate May 2008 Permalink
A profile of Canadian politician Jamie Lee Hamilton.
Michael Harris The Walrus Jun 2010 15min Permalink
After nearly a year in Afghanistan—during which almost half of their unit was killed or injured—paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne have one more mission before they go home.
Brian Mockenhaupt The Atlantic Nov 2010 35min Permalink
During his career, Josh Luchs gave college athletes thousands in cash, meals, and trips. Now he’s retiring and coming clean.
George Dohrmann Sports Illustrated Oct 2010 30min Permalink
Diapers.com has a stripped-down business model, a massive warehouse staffed by robots, and a legitimate chance to outsell Amazon.
Bryant Urstadt Businessweek Oct 2010 Permalink
A report from Camp Hope, the tent city that’s sprung up next to the Chilean mine where 33 men have been trapped since early August.
Sean Flynn GQ Oct 2010 25min Permalink
The life and times of female comedy LP sensation Rusty Warren, whose bawdy hits like ‘Knockers Up’ commanded the charts and the lounges of the 1960s Midwest.
Kliph Nesteroff WFMU Blog Jun 2010 20min Permalink
How a London con man turned a struggling painter into a master forger, sold more than 200 fakes, and exposed the art industry as its own worst enemy.
Peter Landesman New York Times Magazine Jul 1999 30min Permalink
The narcocorrido-immortalized Pacific coast traditionalists, the kidnap-crazed Gulf coast Zetas, and massacres that no longer seem tied to a discernible purpose; inside the ruins of the Mexican-American border.
Alma Guillermoprieto New York Review of Books Oct 2010 20min Permalink
A profile of Nick Denton.
Ben McGrath New Yorker Oct 2010 40min Permalink
A rare co-mingling between Hasidic Jews and their Crown Heights neighbors within Brooklyn’s ‘Basil Pizza & Wine Bar.’
Frank Bruni New York Times Magazine Oct 2010 Permalink
Full six-part series on the rise and fall of Viktor Bout, the most notorious arms dealer of the modern era.
Spiegel Staff Der Spiegel Oct 2010 20min Permalink
The godfather of experimental psychedelics and his many occasionally imprisoned followers.
Charles Shaw Alternet Oct 2010 Permalink
Notes from the California recount.
Michael Lewis New York Times Magazine Sep 2003 30min Permalink
Tony Kaye was one of the biggest commercial directors of his time. Then he directed American History X and, by his own admission, completely lost his mind.
Adam Higginbotham The Telegraph Jun 2007 15min Permalink
The story of a young man killed in Juarez.
Eric Nusbaum Pitchers and Poets Mar 2009 Permalink
Four years after a disastrous MTV performance had led him to avoid the public, Rose was back on stage.
John Jeremiah Sullivan GQ Nov 2006 35min Permalink
The story of two Canadian artificial intelligence visionaries who became bitter rivals and then both committed suicide in the same month.
David Kushner Wired Feb 2008 Permalink