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After the success of The Passion of the Christ, critics forecasted a Second Coming of Christian blockbusters. Well, a funny thing happened on the way to the rapture. Eric Kohn investigates.

"Oh my God!! Listen to this!" Kristen Schaal squeals in her appealingly cartoonish voice. She jumps off her bed, which is covered by the kind of faded, old-fashioned quilt you'd only have if you, like, grew up ...

You may know Jeff B. Cohen from his turn as Chunk in The Goonies, though these days the retired child actor hardly ever performs the truffle shuffle for his friends or ransacks damp cellars for ice cream. Now a...

Whether it's number one, number two or some hellacious hybrid thereof, using public restrooms can be, pardon the pun, a real pain in the ass. We're all used to the comforts of our bathrooms at home—fuzzy toilet...

What shadowy figures warm the dinners and light the homes of Orthodox Jews on the Sabbath? Adam Bright delves into the world of the goys behind the curtain.

Zach Galifianakis's new Brooklyn apartment is almost bare. There's a couch and a table with a vase of sunflowers, some books and papers. Taped up on the adjacent wall are three maps of the Middle East. "Oh, don...

"Something is very wrong with me," says Frank Einstein in the first issue of Mike Allred's cult-classic comic book series, _Madman_, published sporadically since the early '90s. Frank's insecurity stems from hi...

When Josh Swiller traveled to Africa to build a well, he never intended to dig himself into a hole.

Camille Paglia has offended the greatest minds of her generation. Now the cultural critic is defending religion from its critics.

*Rhymes With "Chagall"* Jewdar has long followed the career of martial artist, action star, PETAphile, energy drink entrepreneur, environmentalist, musician, reincarnation of a Tibetan lama and all-around awes...

_PulpHope_ (AdHouse Books, 2007), modern mythmaker and comic-art giant Paul Pope's new 250-page graphic monograph is part autobiography, part retrospective and part pornographic sketchbook. The oversized volume...