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 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 Pink Seas and Grey Areas: The Weight of Ambiguity In Sam Kieth’s My Inner Bimbo Chloe Maveal Despite its title, Sam Kieth's 2009 series My Inner Bimbo reveals itself on a sea of pink to be one of the most psychologically rewarding comics of the era
culture Known But to God: Visions of DC Comics’ The Unknown Soldier Tom Shapira From the 1966 series to 2008, the story of DC Comics' The Unknown Soldier is one that holds a steady importance despite its many different iterations.
culture The Devil’s Interval: The Visual Jazz of “Blue in Green” Katie Liggera Somewhere in between sight and sound is Ram V and Anand Rk's "Blue in Green", the 2020 comic that brings jazz to life in a terrifying way
culture Ten Out Of Ten: A Personal Reflection on Glyn Dillon’s The Nao of Brown Chloe Maveal Chloe Maveal shares their connection to Glyn Dillon's 2012 graphic novel The Nao of Brown
culture The Only Hope of Salvation: Omega the Unknown and Finding Yourself in the World Around You Hagai Palevsky Critic Hagai Palevsky talks both the 1976 and 2007 iterations of Omega the Unknown and finding one's self within an otherwise untethered world.
culture HO DROKKIN’ HO, CREEPS: Four Decades of 2000 AD Christmas Covers Chloe Maveal Wrapping up gifts is one of the joys of Christmas, and British weekly anthology 2000 AD has been providing the perfect Christmas covers for decades.
culture It’s a Comic Book, You Idiot!: A Thank You To Cartoonist Evan Dorkin Robert Smith Robert Smith begs us as readers to revisit the work of cartoonist Evan Dorkin and maybe, just maybe, remember that comic nerds are worth making fun of.
culture A Talent Near Criminal: The Alluring Noir of Artist Sean Phillips Chloe Maveal A celebration of British artist Sean Phillips whose work and keen eye for deep inks and noir flare have graced the pages of comics for over 40 years.
