“Ray Bradbury was the kind of person who would give half a day to a kid who wanted to be a writer when he grew up.” Neil Gaiman pays tribute to Ray Bradbury at The Guardian.

Nitsuh Abebe on the battle over the idea of “real hip-hop.”

Michael Kimball chats with Dawn Raffel about her new book, The Secret Life of Objects.

Melissa Smith took in an opening of new work from Rashaad Newsome.

Becky Cloonan, interviewed at Comics Beat.

Jordan Anderson on Eric Chevillard’s Prehistoric Times, which features Proust, cave paintings, and more.

FN Dish chats with comics-writing power couple Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick.

A new Three Mile Pilot EP? Excellent.

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