Todd Haynes' biography reads as if he were an unlikely mix between Cheech Marin, John F. Kennedy Jr., and Quentin Crisp. Haynes was born in Los Angeles and educated at Brown University, where he was awarded an honors degree in Art and Semiotics in 1985. He is also the first -- and possibly only -- ar

Anxiety, Funny, Neurotic, Queer

Brothers Max and Dave Fleischer, the sons of European immigrants, arrived in New York City in 1887. As a teenager, Max attended various trade schools and art programs before he began work as a cartoonist, photographer, and photo-engraver for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Both brothers took up animation a

Candy, Charming, Ebullient, Funny, Pioneering

There are few artists whose animation style is instantly identifiable, no matter what the character or situation. Whether it's Bugs Bunny falling through the sky only to skid to a stop in mid-air, or Daffy Duck's bill spinning furiously around his head, people across the globe recognize the kinetic,

Erotic, Fantastic, Funny, Ironic, Sophisticated

Irvine Welsh was born in 1958 in Leith, an area that had been incorporated into Edinburgh in much the same way that Scotland itself had been colonized by England. So his -- and his characters' -- congenital resentment towards the world in general is not too surprising. After dropping out of school at

Dystopic, Funny, Gritty, Low realism, Postmodern fiction, Profane, Slangy, Urban