Author: Ellen Webre

The painter Hokusai is one of the most famous Japanese artists, known for his gorgeous wood block prints. Keiichi Hara has directed an animated film adaptation of the historical manga Miss Hokusai by Hinako Sugiura. …

Look at these wolves. Look at them! “Storks have moved on from delivering babies to packages. But when an order for a baby appears, the best delivery stork must scramble to fix the error by …

Anthologies are fine ways to bring artists and writers together in collaboration. The short stories are united through themes or motifs, and each one has their own original flavor to add to the collection. Amazing …

Celtic religion is one of the most popular European pagan traditions still alive and well in the United States. They invoke the fires of Samhain and Beltane, Wiccan rituals of divination and protection. Magic is …

Modernization and scientific learning often leads to a secularization of belief, and does away with folk faith in the unseen. Faeries, elves, and pagan gods of old are no longer as widely powerful in this …

October has arrived, and scores of the undead are emerging from their graves. The world has called for diverse female-centric video games, and independent artists are proving to be the answer. Sketchy Panda’s Aberford is …

Grave robbing is a the bane of the archaeological world. When civilians delve into the tombs and crypts of the ancient dead seeking treasure, they take away from the science of excavating history. Nevertheless, it has been …

Art makes life worth living; it is the fruit of imagination, the soul of a creator. They are depictions of dreams and ideals, desires that can pull so strongly they become…obsessions. Literature has reveled in the …

Flesh is the medium by which divine hands have sculpted human beings. The body has culturally been a vessel of purity, so that the idea of it bubbling, twisting, morphing, into inhuman forms is the …

Superheroines have historically gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to objectification. Broken­back pinup poses and damsels in distress still have an occasionally skin­crawling popularity today. Adam Warren was once a desperate artist commissioned to …