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The Golden Age Girls: Understanding Age and Identity: Insights from Comics

An examination of ageing in comics via Cliff Chiang’s Catwoman Lonely City, Jaime Hernandez Locas and Alison Bechdel’s The Secrets of Superhuman Strength. Ursula K. Le Guin was one of the greatest authors of the Twentieth Century. She was thoughtful, critical and often years ahead of her time. Her astonishing book The Left Hand of Darkness written in the 1970s imagined a society with no … Continue reading The Golden Age Girls: Understanding Age and Identity: Insights from Comics

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With a KMRIA – Poguetry in Comics

The music of The Pogues and comics. When people think of the Pogues and especially the band’s astonishingly gifted Bacchanalian frontman Shane MacGowan, they might think of drunken Irish jigs with a sprinkling of censored Christmas tinsel. But look beyond the greatest hits served up by the algorithm and you will find songs of astonishing beauty, poignancy and sometimes anger. I personally consider The Pogues … Continue reading With a KMRIA – Poguetry in Comics

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John Constantine – the City and the Swamp

John Constantine is not a typical hero. Grubby trenchcoat and scruffy blonde hair. Good looking (strangely reminiscent of the young Sting). A smoker, who likes a drink and often to be found in the company of the type of woman who likes a bad lad, or thinks she can change him. There are often transformations of various types when you get involved with John but … Continue reading John Constantine – the City and the Swamp

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This Book Could Be Your Life

Love and Rockets – Punk, Pettibon and the Birth of the Cool I recently commissioned James Corcoran to draw me his version of Maggie and Hopey from Love and Rockets. A very tall order I know as Jaime Hernandez is one of the greatest comics artists of all time. I loved his wrestling themed drawing and the extra sketch of Penny Century was absolutely amazing. … Continue reading This Book Could Be Your Life

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