Holy cow! What do you get when you combine classical Hindu mythology, a 1920s blues chanteuse and a female animator/newspaper comic strip artist whose work includes illustrations of particle accelerators and supercolliders? Give up? You get the Sitayana, part sacred text and part Betty Boop. The creation of the multitalented Nina Paley, so far three chapters of Sitayana are online in QuickTime format. Nina’s art is so on point, you’ll be salivating for action figures at www.ninapaley.com/ Sitayana/.

Comments? Michael Citrome