The internet, and the webcomics community especially, is today inundated with crappy reviews and untrustworthy sources. On top of this, webcomic popularity can be a red herring when the sophisticated Modern Humor Authority reader attempts to find a new webcomic of choice. How, then, does an intelligent reader sate his lust for quality? […]

Blood Canticle
Anne Rice
hardcover, 30.95 USD
With fatted tick-like teats filled with sanguine and clotted liquor, Anne Rice has returned to nurse her avid readers with latest offering from her dripping coppery pen. Her heart surging and in proper beat with her natural voice she is writing to her own ear.
This, the latest and purportedly last […]

Interpol“C’Mere”3 minutes, 11 seconds
It’s always too late to be locked inside yourself. It’s something that the band Interpol innately understands — they’ve recorded what amounts to a two-chord opera (or operetta, given the pop single length) in “C’Mere,” with undeniable allure. If I hadn’t known it to be Interpol, I’d have said Joy Division headed […]

The Sims 2, Maxis’ sequel to the best-selling computer game of all time, has already moved one million in its first week. Is there anywhere to go but up? It is one of very few games that can claim true cross-market appeal, joining the ranks of Super Mario Brothers and Tomb Raider in terms of […]

Vera Brosgol’s enormously successful Return to Sender has taken the webcomics world by storm in less than three months, surprising everyone with its deft approach to humor, gentle insight, and glorious, multipage battle scenes. Perhaps most surprising about this potent creation is the auteur’s age–at 17, she’s both a prodigy and a fresh-faced newcomer […]

“Applegeeks”Drawn by Mohammad Haque, Written by Ananth PanagariyaUpdates vary weekly to bi-weekly
How can one realise the full beauty of life, without first stomaching the bitter bile of disappointment?
I believe life can be distilled to one basic strand, an eternal rule: one has to take a few roughs with the smooth. I was to learn this […]