culture You Can Call Me Al’s Baby: The Bundle of Joy in a Throwaway Title Chloe Maveal While Judge Dredd remains Wagner and Ezquerra's greatest dramatic feat, early 90s title Al's Baby remains one of the most remarkable.
culture Pop Cult(ure): Examining the Evolution of Cults as Entertainment Avery Kaplan From the horrors of the Manson Family to the laughs of Kimmy Schmidt, we examine the idea of American cults as they have evolved on our screens.
culture In The Blood: The Tragic Eroticism of Jean Rollin Sam Moore Discussing the beloved French directors ability to embody a cinema of blood -- both as a product of pain and of sensuality and revitalization.
culture Coloring Outside D’Lines: On D’Israeli and the Continued Evolution of British Cartooning Robert Smith A look inside what makes British artist D'Israeli such a perfect example of color and the evolution of British comics cartooning.
culture An Assortment of Really Great Bowties: The Art of Steve Lieber Chloe Maveal After just a moment of taking stock, it's undoubted that Steve Lieber is one of the best illustrators working today.
culture Quality Jollity: The Moldable Forms of Kyle Baker Tom Shapira From Why I Hate Saturn to Plastic Man to The Shadow, Kyle Baker is an artist who is as uncompromising in his form as he is masterful of it.
culture Bill Savage VS. a Twelve Year Old Girl: Examining Gender Norms in 1970s British Comics Charles EP Murphy With boys and girls comics of mid-20th century Britain split down the middle, how did writers handle the difference with identical topics?
culture Packing Power: The Art of June Brigman Chloe Maveal A celebration of the legendary artist June Brigman, whose crisp linework has helped shape comics as a medium
culture Nixon’s Favorite Sci-Fi: A Peak of the Genre During Turbulent Times Keith Roysdon A look into the pinnacle of sci-fi movies particular to the era of Richard Nixon's time in the White House
culture Rolling Back the Clock: ‘Wednesday Comics’ and Bringing Comic Anthologies Back to America Chloe Maveal Through list of powerhouse creators, DC Comics revived the American superhero anthology through the 12 issues of Wednesday Comics.
culture Bona To Vada: How John Smith Mastered Queer Code Switching In Comics Chloe Maveal From Devlin Waugh to Indigo Prime, queerness is a theme that permeates John Smith comics...even when audiences weren't ready for it.
culture We Shall Fight Them in The Strips: Dudley Watkins, Lord Snooty, and the Battle of Britain Charles E.P. Murphy From air raids to making Hitler a giant baby, Dudley Watkins offered comfort and vigor to the children of Britain in WWII with his comics