Mutts, a delightfully retro, self-aware comic strip by Patrick McDonnell is not your usual humourous newspaper diversion. First published in 1994, and described by the immortally-great Charles M. Schulz (Peanuts) as “one of the best comic strips of all time”, Mutts has always had a keenly-felt beating heart at the Continue Reading
The City in the Middle of the Night: Charlie Jane Anders’ new futuristic tale
SNAPSHOT January is a dying planet—divided between a permanently frozen darkness on one side, and blazing endless sunshine on the other. Humanity clings to life, spread across two archaic cities built in the sliver of habitable dusk. And living inside the cities, one flush with anarchy and the other Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Romance is undeniably alive and well in A Date in 2025
SNAPSHOT In the year 2025, a young man’s super-intelligent AI system tells him that he must go on a date or face certain suicide from loneliness. (synopsis via Vimeo) Going online has really made a huge change to the way we find the love of our life. (Exhibit A Continue Reading