Continuing the series that celebrates the centenary of Nosferatu with an overview of German vampire literature.
Roundtable Review: The Bat and the Cat in The Batman
A new Dark Knight rises. The Batman brings a whole new Bat-hero to our screens, along with a new Catwoman, and different takes on familiar Bat-villains and allies. Louis, Doris, and Madeleine discuss the characters and the style of the film, and whether they think this film has the potential to be a series.
Nosferatu’s Kindred, Part 5: Lost in Translation
Continuing the series that celebrates the centenary of Nosferatu with an overview of German vampire literature.
Nosferatu’s Kindred, Part 4: E. T. A. Hoffman’s Tale of Aurelia
Continuing a series that celebrates the centenary of Nosferatu with an overview of German vampire literature.
REVIEW: Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic Gives an Old Genre the Kiss of Life
Mexico, 1950. A young woman named Noemí Taboada receives word that her cousin Catalina Doyle has been acting strangely. Amongst other things, Catalina has been experiencing visions and is convinced that her husband Virgil is plotting to murder her. Noemí’s father suspects that this is merely a ploy for attention, but he is sufficiently concerned…
[Patreon Exclusive] Youth in Crisis: Looking Back at Marvel’s Outlawed
Our Patron-exclusive essay series continues. You can read all of these incredible analyses for as little as a dollar a month on our Patreon. The superhero comic convention of the “event” story can be divided into two main categories. The first consists of cosmic-scale storylines like Crisis on Infinite Earths and Infinity War, where worlds…
Nosferatu’s Kindred, Part 3: Goethe and The Bride of Corinth
Continuing a series that celebrates the centenary of Nosferatu with an overview of German vampire literature.
Women in British Animation: Joanna Quinn
“I’m a feminist, I get angry, but I think humour’s a great weapon. I like using humour to say things.” —Joanna Quinn
Nosferatu’s Kindred, Part 2: Gottfried August Bürger and Lenore
Continuing the series that celebrates the centenary of Nosferatu with an overview of German vampire literature.
Nosferatu’s Kindred, Part 1: Heinrich August Ossenfelder and Der Vampir
A century ago, in March 1922, the silent German film Nosferatu was released, and audiences were given an unforgettable display of the vampire legend’s continued endurance. A full-blooded adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the film showed the advantages that German horror cinema had over its American counterpart: the closest thing to Nosferatu to come out…
Aquaman’s Architect: Robson Rocha in Memoriam
In July 2021, the comics world was hit by the news that artist Robson Rocha passed away, having been hospitalised earlier in the month with COVID-19. Rocha had been working at DC Comics for a decade. During the New 52 era, he drew several issues of Birds of Prey and Earth 2: World’s End; come…
REVIEW: Rulebreakers and a Restless Spirit: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Four young Blackfeet friends — Lewis, Gabe, Cass and Ricky — decide to go elk-hunting in an area of their reservation set aside for elders. The hunting trip is bountiful, and they succeed in bagging nine elk. When the time comes to cut up the bodies for easier transport, however, it turns out that one…