“Boy Scout” is a common shorthand for decency. Or at least a specifically American brand of decency, one which prioritises punctuality and obedience, grafting virginal pluckiness onto wilderness preparation. Frontiersman…
What can you say about COVID-19? The ongoing pandemic has been the first thing on just about everyone’s minds for almost a year now, the absences and changes to “normal…
How big is a billion? Don’t be fooled by the banal numerical stats that it’s simply “1000 million”, for beneath those small ovular zeroes lies an exponential explosion of wealth….
Francois Combe is a mobile figure. A rich French-Belgian author of detective stories (nicknamed the “French Edgar Wallace”), Combe has transplanted himself to a ranch in Arizona, raising his son…
Ethan Reckless, freelance enforcer, operates out of an abandoned cinema. Despite his current shortage of funds, he is not eager to rent it out. The El Ricardo is a temple,”…
Last month, the hotly anticipated Image series Crossover landed, causing minor ripples throughout the comics community. Some found it filled with sparkling potential to address the nature of comics and…
Erik Dieter always felt on the outside of things. He could never get close to his mother Alana, and when he returns home for her funeral in Blue in Green,…
“Who is more real: Us? Or Superman?”. This is the provocative question that opens the anticipated new Image series Crossover by Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe and John J….
Jim Terry never understood why his parents drank. “They never seemed happier when drunk”, Terry reflects in his autobiography Come Home, Indio, “just sad or angry. And mean”. Alcohol only…
Artistry and mountain climbing might seem like radically different interests. One is physical and dangerous, requiring tactile grasping with Nature, while the other is quiet, contemplative and achieved through reflecting…
Nobody is in Control begins with retired radio-host Richard Savre surveying the vast Georgia forest he lives within. The comic provides infographic captions of the local wildlife, identifying Barn Swallows,…
Even casual observers can tell Neil Gaiman likes myths. From The Sandman to American Gods to even Beowulf, Gaiman keeps returning to these ancient legends as metaphors for storytelling itself….
One of the many problems facing aging freelance writer Max Winter is that his pulp-magazine publisher has taken the rights to his cowboy character, the Red Rover Kid, away from…
“Quite Simply, We’re Here to Hook Up Good People with Good Comics” – Celebrating 20 Years of a Leeds Comics Shop Institution with Jared of OK ComicsMarch 14, 2023
“Enjoy Whatever You’re Working on Now and Get it Out There” – John-Paul Kamath on Self-Publishing and the Landmark Tenth Issue of ‘London Horror Comic’February 22, 2023
Retroflect: Wasteland – An Appreciation of DC’s Forgotten 1980s Horror Anthology SeriesFebruary 17, 2023
Inside Look: Blackward – Lawrence Lindell Talks About His Graphic Novel About Black Love, Joy, Rebellion and the Power of CommunityFebruary 15, 2023
“We Never Learned That We Shouldn’t Be Doing This” — A Conversation with Los Bros Hernandez Looking Back on 40 Years of ‘Love and Rockets’February 10, 2023
