Articles by Jacob Lambert
December 17, 2011
A Year in Reading: Jacob Lambert 2
I felt utterly rabbit-punched. It was the only book I’ve ever read that betrayed me in such a way — like finding that your cousin’s hilarious web video was directed by Adam McKay.
September 22, 2011
The Greatest Story Ever Drawn 3
Despite my initial skepticism, I’m not sure that I’ve read a better graphic novel.
September 8, 2011
Star Wars, Apatow, and the Death of Classic Comedy 2
Judd Apatow and friends, with their hyper-familiar brand of hairy-assed humor, have issued a crushing blow to the suspension of disbelief — and made the gap between old comedy and new unbridgeable.
May 5, 2011
Requiem for a Video Store 9
By the latter half of the decade the slide was irreversible: if Blockbuster had been injurious, Netflix was a cancer. And so was On Demand, Hulu, and the thousand other ways we now put stories before our eyes.
November 24, 2010
The Hot Stove Report: A Parody 3
Now that the 2010 season has ended, it’s time to look at the off-season transactions that will shape next year’s division rivalries and pennant races. Here, then, are a few of baseball’s most notable available free agents.
