Hamlet
Kid Beowulf and the Blood-Bound Oath (Scene 9)
The Miskatonic Files
A web series called The Miskatonic Files? Yes, please.
You can support them on IndieGoGo, or hit them up on Facebook.
What’s that? You’re afraid that if you support any Cthulhu-related project, you will no doubt go insane from the eldritch revelations that such a project will bring to light, secrets that were best left hidden in the outer darkness?
Fear not! For I, Professor Awesome, will protect you with a remedy found in a 9th century manuscript, Leechbook III (Royal 12.D.xvii), a potion against both devils and insanity. Entry lxiv, as translated by T.O. Cockayne in his Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England:
Put into ale cassuck [hassock], roots of lupin, fennel, ontre [radish], betony, hindheal [water agrimony], marche, rue, wormwood, nepeta, helenium, elfthone [nightshade], wolfs comb [wild teasel]]; sing twelve masses over the drink, and let the man drink it, it will soon be well with him.
Thug Notes: The Great Gatsby
Hip Hop Gilgamesh
So, a hip-hop Gilgamesh is apparently a thing.
Antics presents ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT: a hip hop dance theater interpretation of the Epic of Gilgamesh from Antics Performance on Vimeo.
Special thanks to awesome professor John Jinwright for this find.
Cymbeline
Kid Beowulf and the Blood-Bound Oath (Scene 8)
“Godzilla” — Blue Oyster Cult
Not what would normally be considered nerdcore, but topical today.
How Mael Brigte Almost Started the Zombie Apocalypse
Medievalists.net has this list of the “Top 10 Strangest Deaths in the Middle Ages,” and I’ve always liked #3, in which the severed head of Máel Brigte the Bucktoothed bit Sigurd the Mighty to death.
I’ve often thought that this should have started the zombie apocalypse.
By the way, the cover image is a panel from Patchwork People.
Thug Notes: The Count of Monte Cristo
I’m not saying someone needs to buy me a Thug Notes t-shirt, but here’s the link. I mean, just in case.
Also, here’s an older thug note on The Count of Monte Cristo.