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Podmass Jonathan Katz makes the podcast rounds and J Mascis opens up on WTF

The best podcasts of the week of November 22-28.

November 30, 2012 | 12:00am -
Great Job, Internet! Neil Patrick Harris and The Henson workshop team up for a new web series

Is this the Neil you know?

November 29, 2012 | 10:00am -
Back Issues The sixth Sandman collection collects tales of grasping kings and a questing werewolf

Our collective look back at Neil Gaiman’s groundbreaking comics series continues with a variety of storytellers filling in the blanks between larger arcs.

November 20, 2012 | 12:00pm -
Great Job, Internet! Here's a clip from the new Antony And The Johnsons movie

Antony And The Johnsons will release a movie called Turning today (but only in New York so far).

November 16, 2012 | 11:40am -
Podmass Maria Bamford shines on Never Not Funny and You Made It Weird turns 100

The best podcasts of the week of November 8-14.

November 16, 2012 | 12:00am -
Podmass Best Show rebounds from Sandy, and Professor Blastoff gets the best-of treatment

The best podcasts of the week of November 1-7

November 9, 2012 | 12:00am -
Podmass How Was Your Week celebrates Halloween in style and Zach Galifianakis makes it weird

The best podcasts of the week of October 25-31.

November 2, 2012 | 12:00am -
Back Issues The third Sandman collection considers the power of story in 4 distinct tales

Our collective look back at Neil Gaiman’s groundbreaking comics series continues with Calliope, cats, Shakespeare, and Element Girl.

October 30, 2012 | 10:00am -
Book Review R.L. Stine: Red Rain

The Goosebumps author has extended his reach into adult horror, but his latest book for grown-ups shows much of the simplicity of his kids’ books.

October 29, 2012 | 12:00am -
Podmass Chelsea Peretti enters the podcast fray and Lizzy Caplan does it live on J.V. Club

The best podcasts of the week of October 18-24.

October 26, 2012 | 12:02am -
The Catch-Up Dissecting the repetition and hidden messages of A Series Of Unfortunate Events

A veteran fan and a reluctant newbie pick apart Lemony Snicket’s bestselling kids’ series—all 13 dour, ironic volumes.

October 25, 2012 | 10:00am -
Book Review Lemony Snicket: Who Could That Be At This Hour?

Snicket in the shadows.

October 22, 2012 | 12:00am -
Back Issues The first Sandman collection plants the seeds for Neil Gaiman's series

We begin our collective look back at the groundbreaking fantasy comics series that made Neil Gaiman’s name.

October 16, 2012 | 11:00am -
Great Job, Internet! Felix Baumgartner's jump gets the Lego treatment

free fallin

October 15, 2012 | 2:34pm -
Great Job, Internet! This strangely inappropriate heart-attack PSA features zombies

Blow me one last kiss

October 10, 2012 | 11:55am -
Book Review Hank Phillippi Ryan: The Other Woman

This political mystery is packed with smart threads and exciting twists, but leans too heavily on the romance angle.

October 8, 2012 | 12:01am -
Back Issues Read The Walking Dead along with The A.V. Club: issues #19-24

We conclude our early Walking Dead retrospective by getting philosophical about what this series says about humanity, and how it fails and succeeds.

September 18, 2012 | 11:00am -
Book Review Stephen Miller: The Messenger

This story of a terrorist spreading smallpox through America seems inspired by thrillers, but is more delicate and personal.

August 20, 2012 | 12:01am -
Book Review Barry Fantoni: Harry Lipkin: Private Eye

The age of the geriatric detective in this murder mystery puts a new pressure on the familiar Sam Spade archetype.

August 6, 2012 | 12:01am -
Book Review J.I. Baker: The Empty Glass

A Condé Nast editor and Time Out New York founder moves into fiction with this flat, tasteless fictional explication of Marilyn Monroe’s last days.

July 30, 2012 | 12:00am -
The Gameological Society This month’s Best Of Sawbuck Gamer has 12 free or cheap games you can play right now

Kill untold hours of time with this month's selections from our daily Sawbuck Gamer reviews.

July 3, 2012 | 12:00am -
The Gameological Society April’s Best Of Sawbuck Gamer has 13 free or cheap games you can play right now

Angry bees, twisted Pong, and more

May 1, 2012 | 9:30am -
Sawbuck Gamer March 5, 2012

Our periodic roundup of new cheap or free videogames looks at young love at a school for the disabled, a zombie corporation, and chain reactions in the sky.

March 5, 2012 | 12:00am -
Sawbuck Gamer February 13, 2012

Tetris takes over Boggle, and cats take over everything else.

February 13, 2012 | 12:00pm -
Book Review Graeme Kent: One Blood

The second installment in a mystery series set in the Solomon Islands is as fascinating for its setting and its politics as it is for its murder case.

February 1, 2012 | 12:00pm -
Book Review Lene Kaaberbøl, Agnete Friis: The Boy In The Suitcase

Two Danish writers move from children’s lit to dark thriller material, but have trouble maintaining tension or sticking the landing.

January 25, 2012 | 12:00pm -
Sawbuck Gamer January 23, 2012

An infamous boss from the NES era gets his star turn.

January 23, 2012 | 12:00am -

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