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Best Of
The Outbreak: An Autobiographical Horror Blog
The Outbreak Broken Down: An Interview by Sam Costello
Where the Monsters Go: A 31-Day Horrorblogging Marathon, October 2003
Blog of Blood: A Marathon Examination of Clive Barker's Books of Blood , October
2005
The Blogslinger: Blogging Stephen King's The Dark Tower series, October-November 2007
The Things That Should Not Be: The Monumental Horror-Image and Its Relation to the Contemporary Horror Film (introduction) PDF
My 35 Favorite Horror Films of All Time (at the moment)
The Year in Mainstream Comics, 2007: An Interview by Tom Spurgeon
My David Bowie Sketchbook, MoCCA 2007
My David Bowie Sketchbook, SPX 2007
My David Bowie Sketchbook, MoCCA 2008
My David Bowie Sketchbook, San Diego 2008
My David Bowie Sketchbook, SPX 2008
The Manly Movie Mamajama
Presidential Milkshakes
Horror and Certainty I
Horror and Certainty II
En Garde--I'll Let You Try My New Dumb Avant Garde Style, Part I
Part II
Evil for Thee, Not Me
Phobophobia
The 7 Best Horror Movies of the Past 7 Years (give or take a few films)
Keep Horror NSFW, Part I
Part II
Meet the New Boss: The Politics of Killing, Part I
Part II
130 Things I Loved About The Sopranos
In Defense of "Torture Porn," Part I
Part II
At a Loss: Lost fandom and its discontents
The 11 Most Awful Songs from Geek Movie Soundtracks
The 11 Best Songs from Geek Movie Soundtracks
My Loch Ness Adventure
The Best Comics of 2003
The Best Albums of 2003
The Best Albums of 2004
The Best Comics of 2005
The Best Comics of 2006
The Best Comics, Films, Albums, Songs, and Television Programs of 2007
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Movie Reviews
Barton Fink (Coen, 1991)Batman Begins (Nolan, 2005)Battlestar Galactica: Razor (Alcala/Rose, 2007)Battlestar Galactica : "Revelations" (Rymer, 2008)Beowulf (Zemeckis, 2007)The Birds (Hitchcock, 1963)The Blair Witch Project (Myrick & Sanchez, 1999)The Bourne Identity (Liman, 2002)The Bourne Supremacy (Greengrass, 2004)The Bourne Ultimatum (Greengrass, 2007)Casino Royale (Campbell, 2006)Children of Men (Cuaron, 2006)Cigarette Burns (Carpenter, 2005)Cloverfield (Reeves, 2008), Part IPart II
Part III
Part IV
Daredevil (Johnson, 2003)The Dark Knight (Nolan, 2008)Dawn of the Dead (Snyder, 2004)Della'morte, Dell'amore [Cemetery Man] (Soavi, 1994)Doomsday (Marshall, 2008)Dragon Wars [D-War ] (Shim, 2007)Eastern Promises (Cronenberg, 2007)The Exorcist (Friedkin, 1973)Eyes Wide Shut (Kubrick, 1999)Eyes Wide Shut revisited, Part IPart II
Part III
Gossip Girl (Savage, Schwartz et al, 2007-08)Grindhouse [Planet Terror /Death Proof ] (Rodriguez & Tarantino, 2007)Heavenly Creatures (Jackson, 1994)Hellboy (Del Toro, 2004)Hellraiser (Barker, 1987)A History of Violence (Cronenberg, 2005), Part IPart II
The Host (Bong, 2006)Hostel (Roth, 2005)Hostel: Part II (Roth, 2007)Hulk (Lee, 2003)I Am Legend (Lawrence, 2007)The Incredible Hulk (Leterrier, 2008)Inside (Maury & Bustillo, 2007)Iron Man (Favreau, 2008)It (Wallace, 1990)Jeepers Creepers (Salva, 2001)King Kong (Jackson, 2005), Part IPart II
Part III
Land of the Dead (Romero, 2005)Let the Right One In (Alfredson, 2008)The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003)Lost Highway (Lynch, 1997)Match Point (Allen, 2006)The Matrix Revolutions (Wachowski, 2003)The Mist (Darabont, 2007), Part IPart II
Night of the Living Dead (Romero, 1968)Pan's Labyrinth (Del Toro, 2006)Paperhouse (Rose, 1988)Poltergeist (Hooper/Spielberg, 1982)Quantum of Solace (Forster, 2008)Rambo (Stallone, 2008)[REC] (Balaguero & Plaza, 2007)The Ring (Verbinski, 2002)The Ruins (Smith, 2008)Secretary (Shainberg, 2002)The Shining (Kubrick, 1980)Shoot 'Em Up (Davis, 2007)The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991)The Sopranos (Chase et al, 1999-2007)Speed Racer (Wachowski, 2008)The Stand (Garris, 1994), Part IPart II
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Hooper, 1974)There Will Be Blood (Anderson, 2007)The Thing (Carpenter, 1983)300 (Snyder, 2007)"Thriller" (Jackson & Landis, 1984)
28 Days Later (Boyle, 2002)28 Weeks Later (Fresnadillo, 2007)Twilight (Hardwicke, 2008)War of the Worlds (Spielberg, 2005)The Wicker Man (Hardy, 1973)The Wire (Simon et al, 2002-2008)Zombi 2 [Zombie ] (Fulci, 1980)
Book Reviews
Books of Blood (Barker, 1984-85)The Dark Tower series (King, 1982-2004)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling, 2003)Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Rowling, 2005)Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Rowling, 2007)It (King, 1986)Mister B. Gone (Barker, 2007)The Monster Show (Skal, 2001)The Ruins (Scott Smith, 2006)The Stand (King, 1990), Part IPart II
The Terror (Simmons, 2007)
Comics Reviews
Abe Sapien: The Drowning (Mignola & Alexander, 2008)The ACME Novelty Library #19 (Ware, 2007)Across the Universe: The DC Universe Stories of Alan Moore (Moore et al, 2003)Action Comics #870 (Johns & Frank, 2008)The Adventures of Tintin: The Seven Crystal Balls (Hergˇ, 1975)Against Pain (Regˇ Jr., 2008)Alan's War (Guibert, 2008)Alex Robinson's Lower Regions (Robinson, 2007)Aline and the Others (Delisle, 2006)American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Pekar et al, 2003)An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories (Brunetti et al, 2006)An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories Vol. 2 (Brunetti et al, 2008)The Aviary (Tanner, 2007)Aqua Leung Vol. 1 (Smith & Maybury, 2008)Bacter-Area (Keith Jones, 2005)Bald Knob (Hankiewicz, 2007)Batman (Simmons, 2007)Batman #664-669, 672-675 (Morrison et al, 2007-2008)Batman #681 (Morrison & Daniel, 2008)Batman and the Monster Men (Wagner, 2006)Batman: Hush (Loeb & Lee, 2002-03)Batman: The Story of the Dark Knight (Cosentino, 2008)Battlestack Galacti-crap (Chippendale, 2005)The Beast Mother (Davis, 2006)Big Questions #10 (Nilsen, 2007)Big Questions #11: Sweetness and Light (Nilsen, 2008)The Black Diamond Detective Agency (E. Campbell & Mitchell, 2007)Black Ghost Apple Factory (Tinder, 2006)Blankets (Thompson, 2003)Blar (Weing, 2005)Bone (Smith, 2005)Bottomless Bellybutton (Shaw, 2008)Boy's Club (Furie, 2006)Boy's Club 2 (Furie, 2008)Brilliantly Ham-fisted (Neely, 2008)Burma Chronicles (Delisle, 2008)Capacity (Ellsworth, 2008)Captain America #33-34 (Brubaker & Epting, 2007-08)Captain Britain & MI:13 #5 (Cornell & Oliffe, 2008)Cartoon Dialectics Vol. 1 (Kaczynski, 2007)Chance in Hell (G. Hernandez, 2007)Clive Barker's The Thief of Always (Oprisko & Hernandez, 2005)The Chunky Gnars (Cornwell, 2007)Cold Heat Special #3 (Santoro & Shaw, 2008)Cold Heat Special #5 (Santoro & Smith, 2008)Cold Heat Special #8 (Santoro & Milburn, 2008)The Complete Persepolis (Satrapi, 2007)Core of Caligula (C.F., 2008)Daredevil #103-104 (Brubaker & Lark, 2007-08)Daredevil #110 (Brubaker, Rucka, Lark, Gaudiano, 2008)Daybreak Episode Three (Ralph, 2008)DC Universe #0 (Morrison, Johns et al, 2008)Death Note Vol. 1 (Ohba & Obata, 2005)Death Note Vol. 2 (Ohba & Obata, 2005)Don't Go Where I Can't Follow (Nilsen & Weaver, 2006)Dr. Seuss Goes to War (Seuss/Minear, 2001)Eightball #23 (Clowes, 2004)Fatal Faux-Pas (Gaskin, 2008)Fight or Run: Shadow of the Chopper (Huizenga, 2008)Final Crisis #1 (Morrison & Jones, 2008)Fires (Mattotti, 1991)Forlorn Funnies #5 (Hornschemeier, 2004)Fox Bunny Funny (Hartzell, 2007)Galactikrap 2 (Chippendale, 2007)Ganges #2 (Huizenga, 2008)Goddess Head (Shaw, 2006)The Goddess of War, Vol. 1 (Weinstein, 2008)The Goon Vols. 0-2 (Powell, 2003-2004)Hellboy Junior (Mignola, Wray et al, 2004)Hellboy Vol. 8: Darkness Calls (Mignola & Fegredo, 2008)How We Sleep (Davis, 2006)I Killed Adolf Hitler (Jason, 2007)I Live Here (Kirshner, MacKinnon, Shoebridge, Simons et al, 2008)I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! (Hanks, Karasik, 2007)The Immortal Iron Fist #12 (Brubaker, Fraction, Aja, Kano, Pulido, 2008)Incanto (Santoro, 2006)Incredible Change-Bots (Brown, 2007)The Incredible Hercules #114-115 (Pak, Van Lente, Pham, 2008)Invincible Iron Man #1-4 (Fraction & Larroca, 2008)Jessica Farm Vol. 1 (Simmons, 2008)JLA Classified: Ultramarine Corps (Morrison & McGuinness, 2002)Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer (Katchor, 1996)Justice League: The New Frontier Special (Cooke, Bone, Bullock, 2008)Kick-Ass #1-4 (Millar & Romita Jr., 2008)Kid Eternity (Morrison & Fegredo, 1991)Kill Your Boyfriend (Morrison & Bond, 1995)Kramers Ergot 4 (Harkham et al, 2003)Kramers Ergot 5 (Harkham et al, 2004)Kramers Ergot 6 (Harkham et al, 2996)The Last Call Vol. 1 (Lolos, 2007)The Last Musketeer (Jason, 2008)The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier (Moore & O'Neill, 2007)Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga (Levitz, Giffen, Mahlstedt, Bruning, 1991)Little Things (Brown, 2008)Look Out!! Monsters #1 (Grogan, 2008)Love and Rockets: New Stories #1 (Los Bros Hernandez, 2008)The Mage's Tower (Milburn, 2008)Maggots (Chippendale, 2007)Mattie & Dodi (Davis, 2006)Mesmo Delivery (Grampa, 2008)Micrographica (French, 2007)Mome Vol. 9: Fall 2007 (various, 2007)Mome Vol. 10: Winter/Spring 2008 (various, 2008)Mome Vol. 11: Summer 2008 (various, 2008)Mome Vol. 12: Fall 2008 (various, 2008)Monster Men Bureiko Lullaby (Nemoto, 2008)Mother, Come Home (Hornschemeier, 2003)Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 (Petersen, 2008)Multiple Warheads #1 (Graham, 2007)My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Heatley, 2008)The Mystery of Woolverine Woo-Bait (Coleman, 2004)Never Ending Summer (Cole, 2004)Neverland (Kiersh, 2008)New Avengers #44 (Bendis & Tan, 2008)New Construction #2 (Huizenga, May, Zettwoch, 2008)New Engineering (Yokoyama, 2007)New X-Men Vol. 6: Planet X (Morrison & Jimenez, 2004)New X-Men Vol. 7: Here Comes Tomorrow (Morrison & Silvestri, 2004)Nil: A Land Beyond Belief (Turner, 2007)Olde Tales Vol. II (Milburn, 2007)Or Else #5 (Huizenga, 2008)The Other Side #1-2 (Aaron & Stewart, 2005)Paradise Kiss Vols. 1-5 (Yazawa, 2002-2004)Pixu I (Ba, Cloonan, Lolos, Moon, 2008)Pizzeria Kamikaze (Keret & A. Hanuka, 2006)Planetes Vols. 1-3 (Yukimura, 2003-2004)Pocket Full of Rain and Other Stories (Jason, 2008)Powr Mastrs Vol. 1 (C.F., 2007)Powr Mastrs Vol. 2 (C.F., 2008)Real Stuff (Eichhorn et al, 2004)Ronin (Miller, 1984)Scott Pilgrim Full-Colour Odds & Ends 2008 (O'Malley, 2008)Scott Pilgrim Vol. 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together (O'Malley, 2007)Service Industry (Bak, 2007)Seven Soldiers of Victory Vols. 1-4 (Morrison et al, 2004)Shenzhen (Delisle, 2008)Skyscrapers of the Midwest #4 (Cotter, 2007)Strangeways: Murder Moon (Maxwell, Garagna, Gervasio, Jok, 2008)Superman #677-680 (Robinson & Guedes, 2008)Tales Designed to Thrizzle #4 (Kupperman, 2008)Tales of Woodsman Pete (Carre, 2006)Tekkon Kinkreet: Black and White (Matsumoto, 2007)Teratoid Heights (Brinkman, 2003) ADDTF versionTeratoid Heights (Brinkman, 2003) TCJ versionThey Moved My Bowl (Barsotti, 2007)Thor: Ages of Thunder (Fraction, Zircher, Evans, 2008)Three Shadows (Pedrosa, 2008)Travel (Yokoyama, 2008)Watchmen (Moore & Gibbons, 1987) Part IPart II
Water Baby (R. Campbell, 2008)Wet Moon, Book 1: Feeble Wanderings (Campbell, 2004)Wet Moon, Book 2: Unseen Feet (Campbell, 2006)Where Demented Wented (Hayes, 2008)Wormdye (Espey, 2008)Worn Tuff Elbow (Marc Bell, 2004)The Would-Be Bridegrooms (Cheng, 2007)Your Disease Spread Quick (Neely, 2008)The Trouble with The Comics Journal 's News Watch, Part I
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Comics Time: Powr Mastrs Vol. 2 (Attentiondeficitdisorderly Too Flat)
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My goodness, this is a filthy book! Powr Mastrs Vol. 2 is a "fantasy" in both the generic and sexual senses. A throughline of eroticized mayhem only briefly glimpsed in Vol. 1 (Aphasia the Witch's boob-bearing corset, and of course the Jellyfish Emperor/Lady Minirex hentai sequence) emerges as the dominant mode of C.F.'s odd indie epic of magic, mad science, and violence. Maybe that's what makes the violence here so memorable and disturbing--a certain sexualized vulnerability for the victims and animalism for the perpetrators.
The bit everyone's going to remember from this volume is Ajax Lacewing's Midnight Express /28 Days Later style dispatch of a giant. The eye-gouging and decapitation are gory enough on their own, but when accompanied by genuinely upsetting smack-talk ("I know you can't see now, but you can hear me: You're trash. Giants are trash.") and Ajax's erect penis in full money-shot mode, they're a true violation. The savagery here and throughout (Buell Kazee introduces us to Viskoser Tod, Tetradyne Cola battles Darman Orry) is palpable, as is the sexuality (the Bosch-like construction of Cool George Herc's nude body, Minirex's masturbation, the languid psychedelic sensuality of Aphasia and Windlass Wendy Wheetah the Witches, the Sub-Men's underwater dalliances). And it all makes sense in a way, given that we learn that the plot's prime mover is the exploitation, and subsequent rebellion, of the sentient creations of the aloof Mosfet Warlock. It's a strange and sinister mythos, based on the use and abuse of people's bodies by other people; I can't help but feel that outside of the world of artcomics there are hardcore SFF readers who would take to this like ducks to water. I'm not entirely convinced that it justifies a $18 price point for what is essentially one-sixth of a larger story, but this is impressive work.
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