Bright Blue Bloomers With the Monkeyfeather Cuffs

The best of August and September 2009, according to Back of the Cereal Box:

• DC comics supervillains and geometrically arranged salad plates
  
• The surreal wonder that is Hausu
• Evidence that Marion Davies had a sense of humor
• Encyclopedia Drew and the Mystery of the Unclaimed Canvases
• Betty Wright has a grudge against her gender
• Etymologically speaking, coriander and cilantro are the same word
• An Atypical Slideshow for a Family Reunion
• The question mark that at least one person thinks belongs at the end of the title Where the Wild Things Are
• The two sisters to deja vu: jamais vu and presque vu
• Naming conventions in Pushing Daisies
• The lack of a decent gender-neutral alternative to frontman
• A whole mess of Netherlandish proverbs, thanks to Ponyo, Spencer and Bruegel the Elder
• Beware the whore spider

And the visual index: