Read pages from Michel Gondry's upcoming comic book

By Sean Gandert at 2:35 PM on August 8, 2008

We kind of thought the next work from prolific music video and film auteur Michel Gondry would be his contribution to the upcoming triptych Tôkyô!, but it looks like he's going to surprise us once again. New York magazine's Vulture blog posted a lengthy excerpt of Gondry's upcoming comic book We Lost the War But Not the Battle that is just as trippy as might be imagined.The comic tells the story of four friends enlisted to defend France from "beautiful muscular and sexy communist girls." ...  read more

Lost (and found) in Translation

By Gary Gach at 12:00 AM on August 8, 2008

A statistic to consider: About 50 percent of world literature derives from English, but less than 3 percent of English-language publications are translations into English from the rest of the world. And that figure is closer to 0.3 percent if you consider only adult literature and poetry...  read more

Queen's Brian May finally publishes astrophysics thesis

By Henry Freedland at 10:37 AM on August 7, 2008

[Above: Brian May with his Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University]Between this day and the next, an ethereal luminescence will pour down from the sky, twisting into view just after sundown in the west, before sunrise in the east. Some will imagine it a false dawn; the more paranoid will assume UFO. But astronomers now understand this nightly celestial secretion, the Zodiacal Light, to be sunlight reflected off space debris near the center of the solar system. ...  read more

Haruki Murakami

By Jesse Jarnow at 1:30 PM on August 6, 2008

"What do you jot down about jogging?” late comedian Bill Hicks sneered...  read more

What wholesome sitcom should get its own tell-all book?

By Paste Staff at 6:30 AM on August 4, 2008

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Murakami's Norweigan Wood to see screen adaptation

By Henry Freedland at 1:30 PM on August 1, 2008

Japanese author Haruki Murakami crafts his books in playful, winding prose less conducive to cinematic adaptation than, say, your average dialogue-driven whodunnit. ...  read more

New Harry Potter text to be released this December

By Henry Freedland at 3:00 PM on July 31, 2008

We know: post-Harry Potter shock can be difficult. ...  read more

Juliana Hatfield talks memoir, (maybe) final album

By Julia Askenase at 7:00 AM on July 28, 2008

With years of simplistic and sincere songcraft, raw vocals and '90s malaise under her belt, Juliana Hatfield still has a lot to say...  read more

This Week on PasteMagazine.com: 7/21-7/25/08

By Austin L. Ray at 5:40 PM on July 25, 2008

Someone just started blasting the DuckTales theme song (and Tiny Toons and Animaniacs and Jem...apparently the weekend has officially begun) here in the office, so it must be time for This Week on PasteMagazine.com. ...  read more

Dustin Diamond to pen Saved By the Bell tell-all

By Veronica Sepe at 9:58 AM on July 25, 2008

Oh no he didn't. It was recently announced that Dustin Diamond, perhaps better known as his alter-ego Samuel "Screech" Powers, will pen a Saved By the Bell tell-all, entitled Behind the Bell, and ghostwritten by Alan Goldsher. ...  read more

Fadhil al-Azzawi (Trans. William M. Hutchins)

By Nick A. Zaino III at 3:12 PM on July 22, 2008

It’s easy to...  read more

Jarvis Cocker to compose for Wes Anderson's Fox

By Henry Freedland at 8:35 AM on July 21, 2008

It's been 30 years since Jarvis Cocker formed Britpop should-have-been-a-sensation Pulp, seven since the band broke up, three since he appeared in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as the lead singer of wizard band, The Weird Sisters, two since he entered his solo career phase with Jarvis. The man is unquenchable....  read more

Watchmen trailer released online

By Adam Daniels at 1:10 PM on July 18, 2008

It seems only appropriate that no more than two weeks after Merriam-Webster added "fanboy" to its dictionary ("boy who is an enthusiastic devotee, such as of comics or movies," if you're scoring at home), the trailer for the most celebrated graphic novel in history, Watchmen, debuted online (as well as at showings of some little-known arthouse flick called The Dark Knight). ...  read more

Bridges, Gyllenhaal, Duvall and T-Bone get Crazy

By Henry Freedland at 10:07 AM on July 18, 2008

Be warned: isolated coincidences aside, this is not Walk Hard 2. No, Crazy Heart, which will begin shooting this August in New Mexico, is a somewhat more serious tale, based on Thomas Cobb's much-hailed novel of the same name....  read more

Catching Up With... Michael Ian Black

By Valentina Tapia at 7:00 AM on July 18, 2008

Actor, director, pop-culture commentator and self-described "retarded basic cable comedian" Michael Ian Black has finally tossed his hat into the author ring. My Custom Van …And 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays That Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face came out on...  read more

This Week on PasteMagazine.com: 7/7-7/11/08

By Austin L. Ray at 5:58 PM on July 11, 2008

Welcome to PasteMagazine.com's new weekly round-up feature. I'm your host, Austin, and I edit and assign the content around these parts. Each week I plan to offer up an overview of the stories, blogs, photos, reviews and etceteras we've presented on the site over the last five days. Should be a good time, if I manage to stay on top of it. As of right now, this is just a baby idea that I imagine will evolve from week to week, but one thing is for certain: Expect a ton of links. Call it service journalism of sorts (service round-upism?)...  read more

Nick Cave releases mini-book, wants you to Dig it

By Valentina Tapia at 1:24 PM on July 11, 2008

Nick Cave has released a limited edition four-inch, hardcover book detailing the conception of his last album, Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!, in addition to explicating and illustrating the story of its title track. ...  read more

Pirate's Dilemma to bring piracy to TV?

By Henry Freedland at 2:57 PM on July 9, 2008

To hear Matt Mason tell it, if you want to change the world your best bet is not realpolitik, but innovative piracy. ...  read more

Tim Winton

By Cristina Martin at 5:39 PM on July 8, 2008

The adventure of surfing gets a big ride in Tim Winton’s latest literary feat...  read more

iTunes offers DC Comics' animated series

By Julia Askenase at 12:46 PM on July 8, 2008

Holy digital downloads, Batman!  DC on my iPod!?Before your mind goes totally kablam-o from childhood comic nostalgia, head safely to the iTunes-mobile to enjoy some good ol' good-vs.-evil instant gratification. Yes, the iTunes store recently added a selection of gems from DC Comics animated history, from relative newbies like Batman Beyond to the original Max Fleischer Superman cartoons. ...  read more