Cravenomena

As events in our brave new computerized world make clear, technology often impacts on the lives of common men -- especially when it is drafted into service by the petty foibles of human ego.  Submitted as an example is the tragic, true story of the War of the Air Cars -- a story catalyzed by human ambition and pride, but one which could never have been told were it not for the 1950s invention of a substance called "GRP," or "Glass Reinforced ... Read More

Jingle Bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg. The Batmobile lost a wheel and the Joker got away... Hey! -- Ancient proverb Pee-yoo. Batman stinks. As if he needed further proof that he was secretly born on another planet and walks alone bemusing what strange creatures these mortals be, Craven has listened to the accolades and kudos heaped upon THE DARK KNIGHT, Christopher Nolan's latest entry in Warner Bros.' Bat-Franchise, mystified, nonplussed and wondering if the hosannah-singers saw the same movie he did. Even granting that Heath Ledger's final performance ... Read More

A nervous buzz reverberated throughout the judicial chambers as Senator Estes Kefauver slammed his gavel down that April morning in 1954, his eyes obscured by the glare off the thick spectacles perched atop his large, beak-like nose. Kefauver had stared down gangsters and racketeers during his tenure as chairman of the Senate crime investigating committee, but today he faced some of his greatest enemies -- a cartel comprised of the nefarious likes of Superman, Dick Tracy, Mickey Mouse and the Old ... Read More