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Image: Union Square/NetflixEvery author who wants their work adapted for the screen would probably hope that it is done with care and respect for the source material. But when you find yourself in charge of your own adaptation, do you stick to every word or do you use it as an opportunity to make something new?Dead End: Paranormal Park was an adaptation of an adaptation of an adaptation. While primarily based on my DeadEndia graphic novels series (which are receiving deluxe, expanded reprints from Union Square, on sale…

Helen of Troy was the face that launched 1,000 ships and a Shiba Inu named Kabosu is the face that birthed 1 million memes (and a cryptocurrency). Unfortunately, the famous dog is likely reaching the end of her life—signaling the end of an internet era.Kabosu, named after a citrus fruit popular in Japan, is sick. Specifically, the pup is suffering from acute cholangiohepatitis, a type of liver disease, and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a form of blood cancer, according to an Instagram post from the dog’s owner, Atsuko…

San Francisco, Firefox and Tumblr have teamed up to support Mastodon, the open-source social network, amid Elon Musk's efforts to disparage the rival platform. On December 16, Twitter suspended Mastodon's @joinmastodon account after it shared a link to the newly-registered Mastodon account of @ElonJet, an account that broadcasts public flight path data of Elon Musk's private jet, which was previously suspended from the micro-blogging platform itself. According to The Guardian, Musk admitted the apparent move to prevent…

Firefox and Tumblr have teamed up to support Mastodon, the open-source social network, amid Elon Musk's efforts to disparage the rival platform.On December 16, Twitter suspended Mastodon's @joinmastodon account after it shared a link to the newly-registered Mastodon account of @ElonJet, an account that broadcasts public flight path data of Elon Musk's private jet, which was previously suspended from the micro-blogging platform itself.According to The Guardian, Musk admitted the apparent move to prevent Twitter users from…

Firefox developer Mozilla disagrees with Musk`s view and has joined the rush to create a presence on the platform. (Image: Reuters)Firefox and Tumblr have teamed up to support Mastodon, the open-source social network, amid Elon Musk’s efforts to disparage the rival platform. On December 16, Twitter suspended Mastodon`s @joinmastodon account after it shared a link to the newly-registered Mastodon account of @ElonJet, an account that broadcasts public flight path data of Elon Musk's private jet, which was…

While some advertisers were pulling back from Elon Musk’s Twitter Inc. last month, Tumblr began a new ad campaign to encourage users to return to its once-popular social-media platform.“Welcome back :)” one ad on Twitter read, linking to Tumblr’s website. As the commotion surrounding Twitter’s new ownership leads some users to consider moving to smaller social-media sites, Tumblr is pitching its free-to-use microblogging service as a welcome throwback to the early internet: a place where people can be as weird, creative…

If you were online, and specifically on Tumblr, over the weekend of November 18-20, you’ve definitely heard of Goncharov (1973). Widely considered one of Martin Scorsese’s lost masterpieces of Mafia cinema, it was released in 1973 but suppressed in the states for various reasons. Alternatively, it was never released. Or, in another timeline, Goncharov won several awards and is already in the Criterion Collection. Everyone agrees that all this is true.With complete sincerity, Goncharov (1973) is (if you hadn’t guessed…

Buckle up babes, we’re all in tonight. In a ridiculous moment of hubris a few weeks ago, I posted on Twitter that I was debating between writing fanfic and doing work while on a plane home from a work trip. My editor saw it, and now, wouldn’t you know it, I’m doing a whole slideshow to introduce you to fanfiction,…Read more... Buckle up babes, we’re all in tonight. In a ridiculous moment of hubris a few weeks ago, I posted on Twitter that I was debating between writing fanfic and doing work while on a plane home from a…

Image: AMC | Alfonso BrescianiAlmost as soon as we began our interview, Interview With the Vampire star Assad Zaman leaned forward and asked, “Oh, what’s happening? What’s the fandom saying?” On the video chat with me were two actors from AMC’s Anne Rice adaptation: Zaman (who plays Rashid/Armand) and Eric Bogosian (Daniel Molloy). I had just mentioned that Rashid has caused quite a stir online, and Zaman was clearly eager to find out more.This is where I exhibited what I would describe as extreme restraint and many of…

Lesser-known sites Mastodon and even Tumblr are emerging as new (or renewed) alternatives of Twitter. Here’s a look at some of them. Twitter has been a bit of a mess since billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the helm, cutting the company's workforce in half, upending the platform's verification system, sparring with users over jokes and acknowledging that “ dumb things ” might happen as he reshapes one of the world's most high-profile information ecosystems. On Thursday, amid an exodus of senior executives…