MAUS: A Tragicomic, Tragic Comic
When Maus first came out, many people were shocked not just at how well Art…
Year of the Month: SCALPED Pt. 2 – Paradox on the Prairie
That’s a diverse and distinguished stew of influences, but one of the most important is…
Year of the Month: The Scope of SCALPED (Pt. 1)
If any comic book got off to a better start than this, I’ve yet to…
Year of the Month: ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
It’s easy to forget with movies like Bohemian Rhapsody going through the paces so exactly…
Year of the Month: THE SCARLET EMPRESS
If The Black Cat and Dames show Hollywood entering the Code Era so suddenly you…
Year of the Month: THE BLACK CAT
History will tell you that German Expressionism died with the rise of Fascism, but that’s…
DAMES: When Showing and Telling Clash
When The Jazz Singer introduced sound to Hollywood in 1927, it opened up the possibility…
Year of the Month: Galactus, the Silver Surfer, Stan the Man, and King Kirby
Fifteen years ago, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four stories of 1966 were my…
The Mesmerizing Wrongness of MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE
The story behind Manos: The Hands of Fate is almost as legendary and unintentionally fascinating…
Year of the Month: BLACK MONK TIME
Studios, at the time, were not equipped to play our kind of music. – Eddie…