Examining artist Maggie Hall’s golden age inspired works.
Jungle Girl Spotlight: Lorna, The Jungle Queen
While the title of Jungle Queen isn’t official per se, Lorna certainly embraces the worst stereotype of a royal, like exerting her power in whimsical […]
Reading Druuna, Part 2: Morbus Gravis II
Morbus Gravis II begins on a vacant beach. Though she cannot remember coming to this place, Druuna gleefully splashes through the shallows, taking delight in […]
Jungle Girl Spotlight: Cave Girl
Cave Girl distills the jungle girl genre down to its base ingredients: a scantily-clad blonde in the hot sun, solving the tribes’/nations’/continent’s problems. Even the […]
Reading Druuna, Part 1: Morbus Gravis I
Druuna Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri’s Morbus Gravis I is an erotic horror science fiction graphic novel. Split into two volumes, Morbus Gravis introduces Serpieri’s recurring heroine, […]
Brutal Reflections
At Contemporary Calgary’s Brutal Visions show last year, I had the chance to attend a talk by featured artist Clemens Gritl. The talk explored the […]
Immortal: Enki Bilal’s greenscreen cyberpunk (almost)masterpiece
What the hell? It’s a naked guy with a bird’s head!