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Happy New Year!

Posted on 1 January 2016 by Robert

Happy 2016! For all of my readers (all 20 or fewer of you!), I hope the new year brings you much happiness and joy and some strangeness as well.

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Magpie Monthly — December 2015

Posted on 28 December 2015 by Robert

Welcome to the final Magpie Monthly of 2015!

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged Atelier Kastelic Buffey, Batman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Ben Affleck, Benedict Cumberbatch, book collecting, book hoarding, book repair, breakfast, Christopher Claremont, Christopher Reeve, Daniel Titz, Doctor Strange, Dorian Lebherz, ElfQuest, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Forest Rogers, Gal Gadot, Gerry Turnbull, Henry Cavill, Jesse Eisenberg, John Byrne, Johnnie Walker, Juan Santapau, Michael Zee, Paul Smith, Peter Hooten, Renato Garza Cervera, snow gl, Starbucks, Superman, sushi, The Morrigan, The New Teen Titans, The Secret Knots, The Story Pod, The Uncanny X-Men, Trina Merry, Twin Peaks, Won't someone please think of the polar bears?, Wonder Woman | Comments Off

Magpie Monthly — November 2015

Posted on 30 November 2015 by Robert

I love this little thief by Niroot Puttapipat. If you like his work (and you should—it’s phenomenal), please check out his beautiful cut-paper holiday books: The Night Before Christmas (US 2007), Jingle Bells (US 2015), and The Nutcracker (UK 2015). … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged Alejandro García Restrepo, Amazon bookstore, Andy George, Arrow, Baba Yaga, book blurbs, centaurs, Chris Pine, dance mashup, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Dominic Purcell, Edward Gorey, Elena Anaya, Gabriel Joseph Marie Augustin Ferrier, Gal Gadot, Ganymede, George Méliès, Hedi Xandt, Ina Garten, Kate Beaton, Kate Bush, Keep Calm, Legends of Tomorrow, Mad Libs, Mallory Ortberg, Mikhail Bulgakov, miniatures, Moerkey, Moscow, Niroot Puttapipat, Robin Wright, Roman Papsuev, The Barefoot Contessa, The Flash, The Gay Agenda, The Master and Margarita, The Simpsons, Tim Fitzgerald, trash, Wentworth Miller, Wonder Woman, Zolloc | Comments Off

Magpie Monthly — October 2015

Posted on 19 October 2015 by Robert

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged All Hallow's Read, Baba Yaga's Assistant (2015), Benedict Cumberbatch, Boxcar Press, Brian Michael Bendis, Daryl Toh, Disney Princesses, Ed Harrington, Elizabeth Hand, Emily Carroll, House Hunters, IKEA, Intoverted Wife, Jeffrey Thomas, Jessica Jones, John Kenn Mortensen, Juan Santapau, Krysten Ritter, Mallory Ortberg, Marika McCoola, Martin Freeman, Mary Rickert, Matt Bellassai, Michael Gaydos, Mike Colter, Sherlock, Shirley Jackson, The Magicians, The Memory Garden (2014), The Secret Knots, Whine About It (webseries), Wylding Hall (2015) | Comments Off

Magpie Monthly — September 2015

Posted on 14 September 2015 by Robert

“Magpie to the Morning” by Neko Case A post of shiny bits for your ocular jellies’ pleasure, mostly art. Enjoy!

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged Batgirl, Charlie's Angels, Christopher David White, Désiré Grisard, Devon Avery, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, Emily St. John Mandel, Fairytas, Fritz Zuber-Bühler, Jessica Jones, John Constantine, Kate Beaton, Laurent Pernot, Lynda Carter, masks, Neko Case, Oh Mighty Isis!, One-Minute Time Machine, Pride and Prejudice, Robert Eggers, Robert Karjel, Sandro Botticelli, Tatsuya Tanaka, tea, temul, The Bionic Woman, The Firefly Path, The Witch, Turn Down the What, Twin Peaks, Wonder Woman, Yves Helbert, Yvonne Craig | Comments Off

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"How should we be able to forget those ancient myths that are at the beginning of all peoples, the myths about dragons that at the last moment turn into princesses; perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.” ~Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet, trans. M.D. Herter Norton