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You probably know every step and beat of the Michael Jackson trial, up to the media fiasco that is his acquittal. You probably know the Pistons won last night. You probably know Batman Begins comes out today. You've probably also heard of the movie Hotel Rwanda. However, in all likelihood you do not know who or what Darfur is. On the other hand, in all likelihood you know what genocide is. Well if you put the two together you have an infuriating event occurring at this very moment in human history that remains to this very day largely ignored.

Introducing the Way of the Weirdness! So how better to kick it off than with Anne Coulter. You can't get any weirder than her.

We continue our feature on filmmaking. This time Darlene tackles assembling your crew and finally marketing your film. Check out part two in our Independent Short Filmmaker's Guide with Darlene Lim.

In a place I see by Terence and Andrew Chung

Sometimes numbers can be worth a thousand words. So we present you with the first installment of Just the Numbers. When it comes to death however, nothing more ever needs to be said.

Do you like colours, animals, large bodies of water, and enclosed white rooms? Well Carl Jung sure does. Join us for some Jung and Fun.

JXM caught a screening of Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven. The verdict on the latest epic created by one of Hollywood's most respected directors may not be what you'd expect. Spoiler Warning.

Film aspirants of the world! You've probably read all the books on film theory, immersed yourselves in the banal technicalities of cameras & lighting, or made a few small films through the impractical school system. But now you're finally ready to turn your beloved idea into a reality. Using her experience with short films, local Toronto director Darlene Lim took time out of her schedule to ease the transition from film education to film reality. Check out part one in our Independent Short Filmmaker's Guide with Darlene Lim.

Will Eisner put it best, "For reasons having much to do with usage and subject matter Sequential Art has been generally ignored as a form worthy of scholarly discussion. While each of the major integral elements, such as design, drawing, caricature and writing, have separately found academic consideration, this unique combination has received a very minor place (if any) in either the literary or art curriculum. I believe that the reason for this sits as much on the shoulders of the practitioner as the critic." But really when it comes down to it, comic books are just a no-brainer.

We're back from the Toronto Comicon and it was a wonderful success! We met a lot of people, did a lot of sketches, and gave out a lot of freebies. Up next for us is the Canadian National Comic Book Expo 2005 in August, which is being hailed as the third largest show of its kind in North America. We hope to see all of you there, as we'll definitely have some new and exciting things for you!

In A Mind's Eye by Melanie Chung. Paranoia to the nth degree? Or something more ominous?

Head banging Japanese dolls, opera singing eyeballs, evil plants, and swimming cubes. This is the outrageous imagination of Tokyoplastic. We spoke with Sam Lanyon Jones, one of the founders of Tokyoplastic, in an effort to explore the mind behind the madness.