Essays, art, and comics of the unexpected
Chick on the Draw / Thoughtful Heckler
by Tory · Published August 8, 2014 · Last modified August 19, 2014
This article first appeared in Luna Station Quarterly’s Chick on the Draw column on August 1, 2014. Maybe you’re out of the cartoon loop. Maybe you don’t have cable TV. Maybe you’re a former...
Chick on the Draw / Thoughtful Heckler
by Tory · Published July 11, 2014 · Last modified September 28, 2014
This article first appeared in Luna Station Quarterly’s Chick on the Draw column on July 4, 2014. It’s a pleasure to join Luna Station Quarterly’s new content lineup. I’ll be your friendly neighborhood animation...
What oh my God what. Let’s be clear. The original How to Train Your Dragon (2010) is excellent, structurally and emotionally. Both it and its sequel are gorgeous, imaginative, and animated by some of...
I dug Frozen. I laughed. I cried. I gasped at the third act reveal. In the wake of Dani Colman’s essay for Medium asserting the film has a problem with false feminism, I feel...
(You may also enjoy Another Defense of Frozen: The Subversive Appeal of Disney’s New Breed of Fairy Tale.) Disney’s animated feature Frozen, which opens Thanksgiving, has received some attention for 1) its nearly indistinguishable...
In the American Southwest, a hirsute genius uses science to pursue an impossible blue dream. Holy cats, Walter White is Wile E. Coyote. I still have a lot of emotions from the finale, and...
Amusements / Thoughtful Heckler
by Tory · Published September 20, 2013 · Last modified September 19, 2013
Yes, Thor 2 subscribes to the same messy, silly, Drew-Struzan-starved poster approach as Iron Man 3. But it wins points for most improved anatomy. Sure, it’s the same poster as Iron Man 3, just...
You should see This is The End. It’s an instant comedy classic. As fleet as Pineapple Express. As raunchy as Tropic Thunder. As comfy as Undeclared, with heart, just for funsies. It won’t warrant...
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