ELEKTRA ASSASSIN
The Frank Miller scripted, Bill Sienkiewicz illustrated ELEKTRA ASSASSIN, from Marvel’s adult-oriented offshoot Epic Comics, was a vital yet largely unheralded entry in the comics renaissance of the 1980s.
EL DIABLO
This is a 4-issue comic series, in other words, and a violent, horrific and often downright strange one.
The 2010 San Diego Comic-Con
Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past couple weeks you probably know that the 2010 Comic-Con has just occurred
AMERICAN GOTHIC
The utterly distinctive photographic artwork of Carlos Batts, as presented in this book, falls somewhere between the harsh naturalism of Weegee and the horrific surrealism of J.K. Potter. Over the past 15 or so years Batts has provided illustrations for numerous album covers, magazines and comics…
THE CITY
A rare foray into graphic novel scripting by novelist James Herbert, and the fourth part of Herbert’s Rats saga (which commenced with the novels THE RATS, LAIR and DOMAIN). In truth this book is pretty slight, coming off as a so-so short story presented as a 64-page comic. Yet I do recommend it. Why? Because the illustrator is the immensely talented Ian Miller, who was quite inspired here.
BLOOD AND SHADOWS
This isn’t the best comic miniseries scripted by the great Joe R. Lansdale, but it is almost certainly the craziest. It’s safe to say that in this time-tripping, epoch-spanning 4-issue epic about the fearsome God of the Razor (introduced in Lansdale’s novel THE NIGHTRUNNERS), Lansdale has gone clear over the top in every possible respect.
Me: A Schizophrenic Self-Interview
Here we have the first-ever interview with me, Adam Groves, on the occasion of an important (to me) anniversary
The Comics of 1986: Then and Now
It’s an unequivocal fact that 1986 was the pivotal year of the adult comic book renaissance
THE ART OF S. CLAY WILSON
An absolutely essential acquisition for lovers of Underground Comics, or, I contend, anyone with an interest in the visual arts
WEIRD BUSINESS
Joe R. Lansdale, the chief editor of this ambitious graphic anthology, proclaims it “one of the most unusual and outstanding books ever done in the field of comics.” I’m not entirely sure I agree