Caught In The Net - Gravity's Rainbow

Lyrical poetry or ostentatious whinge-fest? The debate over Morrissey’s electric Autobiography is likely to run for quite some time so let’s take a lighter approach and partake of the Who Said It: Morrissey Or Alan Partridge? challenge at bit.ly/176cLzV. For the record, we scored a mighty 11 out of 13.

After topping the US box office and winning rave reviews, Alfonso Cuarón’s George Clooney/Sandra Bullock arthouse space flick Gravity continues to whet appetites ahead of its European release (November 8 can’t come soon enough!) with a host of superb fan artwork hitting the web. Check out a handful of truly stunning efforts courtesy of bit.ly/1gjbXc5
Speaking of Ms Bullock, if you missed her good self and the impossibly nice Tom Hanks recreating the famous giant floor piano scene from Big on the new season kick-off of The Jonathan Ross Show, get it at youtu.be/NruWYK-KA6w
Fans of the hilarious Archer won’t need any explanation for the term ‘Danger Zone’, nor will fans of the Kenny Loggins classic. And now, finally, they’re together courtesy of a typically inspired – and official! – mash-up residing at youtu.be/_7HkG6OSo3E
Back to eye-popping imagery now, with 14-year-old Massachusetts native Zev (who also wins Caught In The Net’s ‘succinct and cool moniker of the week’) and his 17-year-old sister Nellie (no contest, really) the creative genuines behind the fiddleoak.wordpress.com photography blog. The pair’s latest creation is straight out of classic science-fiction as human beings are seamlessly reduced to tiny specks as they stroll atop piano keys, construct a house of cards and take in miniature hang-gliding among others. There’s even a bit.ly/16QZXeq how-to guide.
How to make Wes Anderson quirkier? Why, present a bunch of his characters as expressionless ghosts behaving in terribly un-scary fashion, of course. That’s at least what writer, comedian and artist Doogie Horner decided, when assembling his 100 Ghosts: A Gallery Of Harmless Haunts book. Check out his fine work, which also includes takes on Game Of Thrones, Breaking Bad and Orange Is The New Black at bit.ly/GGZpxr
Finally, a trip down memory lane courtesy of a rare, exclusive Mental Floss interview with Bill Watterson, the man behind the just-as-witty-and-sweet-as-it-ever-was Calvin And Hobbes series. Asked why some fans (hello!) find it hard to let go of the pair’s adventures, Watterson notes, “You can’t really blame people for preferring more of what they already know and like. The trade-off, of course, is that predictability is boring. Repetition is the death of magic.” Check out the full piece at bit.ly/19axTT1