Year of the Month: More Comics by John Stanley
If John Stanley’s an unsung genius, his collaborator Bill Williams might be even more so.…
Baby Jane Isn’t the Only Looney Has-Been in this Gloriously Weird Camp Classic: Joey Lee on What Ever Happened to Baby Jane
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? succeeds because it knows what kind of movie it…
Year of the Month: The Comics of John Stanley
Comics history, like all history, was written by the winners, and in this case, the…
PLANET OF STORMS (Year of the Month)
How’s this for serendipity: exactly a week ago today, in the midst of heightened tensions…
Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on Dr. No
“Bond. James Bond.” Here’s where it all starts, where a character from a relatively…
Year of the Month: Persia on Twistin’ the Night Away
Sam Cooke’s story is not unfamiliar if you follow early rock and roll: his father…
Year of the Month: Michael Guarnieri on PANIC IN YEAR ZERO!
What would you do if everything you understood, everything you took for granted, was ripped…
Year of the Month: Jake Gittes on Harakiri and The Trial of Joan of Arc
Japan, 1630. A lone samurai appears at the gates of the Ii clan, in Edo.…
Year of the Month: ADVISE AND CONSENT
Advise and Consent is a notable example of subtext—Gay Panic—overpowering the text. Envisioned as a…
