Archive for the 'Comics' Category

Sep
29

The Zombified’s Hallowhaus: Q & A with Artist Krystal Fancey Beck

Posted in Comics, Halloween, Art, Q & A, Horror, Current Faves |

By Less Lee Moore

Hallowhaus tells the tale “of a newly undead girl, risen from the grave on one Halloween midnight, soon to discover she’s not quite as alone as she’d first assumed.” In this issue of Popshifter, we chat with artist and creator Krystal Fancey Beck about the comic as well as The Zombified website.
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Sep
29

The Abyss Gazes Into Thee: Batman, The Dark Knight, and Modern Gothic

Posted in Halloween, Comics, Books, Horror, Film |

By Less Lee Moore

“He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.”
Frederick Nietzsche, Beyond Good & Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future

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Jul
30

Out Of My Shell: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Me

Posted in Comics, Cartoons, Retrovirus, Television, Toys and Collectibles, Film |

By Megashaun

I was in the sixth grade, eleven years old, and I didn’t understand why I wasn’t cool. I only knew I wasn’t. I liked Ninja Turtles and Batman in a time when everyone else in my class was into MC Hammer, Technotronic, and Public Enemy. I didn’t own any albums. I didn’t try chasing the girls. One of my classmates—a boy—asked me which girl I liked and I said I didn’t like any (which was a lie; I didn’t want that secret getting out and risk being made fun of for it) and he asked me if I was gay.
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Jul
30

A Funny-Animal Comic Book: Cerebus

Posted in Comics, Underground/Cult |

By Christian Lipski

I am reading a funny-animal comic book called Cerebus.

That’s what I imagine people say when I try to explain what Cerebus is all about. There are so many questions to get past before you can really get down to why the epic is worth reading, but here are a few answers to those questions. . .
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