Folklore, broadly conceived, is the study of two things. The first being “folk”: any group of people who share at...
DClarke Jun 24, 2015
Roughly one year ago, I wrote an article about the similarities between Alan Moore's Saga of the Swamp Thing and...
Natalie Sheppard Apr 5, 2015
In the past decade, society has begun to use the phrase "That's so meta" more and more. This idea reflects...
Robert Gilchrist Dec 8, 2014
In Jhonen Vasquez’s seven issue comic series Johnny the Homicidal Maniac (JTHM) the protagonist is a literary monster who takes the form...
Liz Havens Nov 16, 2014
Marvel’s Young Avengers, just by its title, sounds like a cheesy Avengers spin-off that your kid brother or sister would...
Tyler Edwards Oct 23, 2014
Neil Gaiman’s latest novel, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, introduces readers – or, rather, re-introduces readers –...
Monique Jul 25, 2014
When people think about comics, chances are that they envision colorful superheroes flying over the city and through space fighting...
ELelack80 Jul 16, 2014
In the world of graphic novels, Hellboy is a unique and nuanced character who is simultaneously deeply human and very...
Steve Barnold Jun 13, 2014
In mainstream comic books the phenomenon of death is both laughable and engaging. We know that our heroes will never...
Jamie Tracy May 26, 2014
By now, we all know the jokes. What comic fan doesn't? Aquaman being useless is as timeless a stereotype in...
Sean Hodges May 20, 2014
If your aspiration is to write comics, the quintessential question you would ask yourself is how do I create the...
McCaggers May 20, 2014
I took a class last semester during which we read the entirety of Dante's Divine Comedy. It was the first...
Natalie Sheppard Apr 13, 2014
