Forrest J Ackerman died Thursday. Ackerman was the B-movie High Hefner of Horror and King of sci-fi/pop culture. I first heard of him when an archivist friend showed me a copy of Famous Monsters of Filmland and told me that not only had Ackerman invented the term sci-fi but he preferred to speak in Esperanto. MORE»
I come back from seeing everyone wearing keffiyehs in Iraq to seeing everyone wearing keffiyehs in California. The term Urban Outfitters has never been more ironic. MORE»
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