Melissa Leons – hunting fairies incontemporary culture Doctor Melissa Lenos, an Assistant Professor of English at Donnelly College in Kansas City, Kansas, is inviting submissions for an edited collection of essays on contemporary uses of fairy tales in popular culture…. Read More ›
Day: March 19, 2013
In Review: Hit-Girl
By Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.Publisher: Titan BooksOut: NowWarning: Contains swearing and extreme violence. Not for younger readers The Book: Hit-Girl spins off into her own blood-soaked saga in this prelude to the Kick-Ass 2 film. Mindy McCready tries… Read More ›
Dave Gibbons ‘Whaat’ art challenges Lichtenstein’s dubious ‘legacy’
Watchmen artist and co-creator Dave Gibbons was interviewed on a recent BBC TV documentary about the Pop Art painting ‘WHAAM!’ by Roy Lichtenstein, which is currently on show in a major retrospective at Tate Modern, London. Gibbons was probably the… Read More ›