These Western animated shows somehow captured the spirit of anime, from action-packed adventures to bold, emotionally mature ...

In his lyrical masterpiece "Playboy of the Western World," J.M. Synge found comedy even in lives as hard as the rocky coasts and granite mountains of Western Ireland. Certainly the play's rich folk ...

The classic folk tale "Little Red Riding Hood," popularized by the Brothers Grimm in the first half of the 19th century, is known to many: Good girl meets bad wolf and drama ensues. But few have ...

Gu Mengjie is helping to popularize Western painters in China by using humor and anecdotes. Born in Shanghai, the 32-year-old former graphic designer was first noticed in 2013 for his long posts on ...

“How to Cuss in Western (And Other Missives from the High Desert)” by Michael P. Branch (Boulder: Roost / Shambhala, 2018. 198 pp. $14.95) The deft essays in Michael Branch’s “How to Cuss in Western ...

What happens when Doc Brown and Lucca decide to grant one aspiring, rock obsessed developer’s dream of creating an RPG homage to the SNES generation of games? We get Dragon Fantasy Book II, and ...