Blackstock's Collections What’s the world except a collection of things? And aren’t things sometimes nicer done in marker and crayon? An interview with artist Gregory Blackstock and a gallery from his new book.

Would You Like Havarti With Those Freedom Fries? Embassies have been torched, several people have died, ignorance flows from all corners—all for a few cartoons less intelligible than your average “Cathy” strip. Welcome to the new medievalism.

Carson Ellis Illustrator, artist, and all-around winner Carson Ellis tells us about her work with the Decemberists, collapsed mining towns in Montana, and what’s stuck in her head.

Paris Hilton and the American Cannibal In our continuing series, a profile of the pornographer who put Paris Hilton in your living room, and a fascinating look at “pseudo-events” in our culture and the media that can’t get enough of them.