SF Improv Fest kicks off tonight with Emo Phillips, performing with Bassprov and 3 For All, at the Buriel Clay Theatre. Get tickets in advance here. Show starts at 8pm, 762 Fulton St, SF. more ›

Oh how we hate that high-pitched whine generated by held-open subway doors. It hurts, but of course, that's the -- it's supposed to make you let go of the door so the whole train doesn't have to wait for your giggling gasping slowpoke friends. more ›

Doctor DeBunko is awash in fools. The creation of local artist Chris Wisnia, Dr. DeBunko's comics follow a familiar pattern: a group of hysterical idiots, foaming at the mouth over some unexplained phenomena, are patiently condescended to by a skeptical pipe-smoking intellectual with slick 1950s hair and a passing resemblance to Vincent Price. A farmer wails over the eviscerated corpse of a cow, "it's the paranormal mystery crime of the century! Is this the work of aliens out to steal cow DNA?" And the doctor replies, "I see you've got a number of poisonous plants growing on this property. Are there many scavenging animals nearby?" Oh, what a spoilsport. more ›

What mysteries lurk in the minds of men? Well, there's the one about the all-knowing ham. And then there's the mystery about Vincent Price insisting that someone put an imaginary shoe on his foot. And the one where the letter L was killed in a shoot-out, and who can forget when Lucky the Leprechaun had to wear white bell bottoms? Oh, what a turgid threshhold we cross when pondering the hauntings of the psyche! Well, WE don't ponder them per se, but Jesse Recklaw, author of "Slow Wave," (now available in adorable zine form!) does. You might have trouble finding the handcrafted booklet -- but as always, all of the titles that we review are available at Isotope Comics in Hayes Valley. more ›