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Watch a once-lost silent neorealist gangster movie made by the Clash
In the summer of 1983, Clash frontman Joe Strummer decided to make a movie. The band had recently parted ways with drummer Topper Headon, and tensions were boiling between the remaining members of the...
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Jazz Maynard: European comics at their finest
Are you looking to take a sabbatical from the superhero exploits of American comics? Maybe the manga tropes you've come to love are starting to get a little too repetitive. If so, boy, do I have a...
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The art of Juanjo Guarnido
Aren't European comics just the best? Aside from the plethora of genres accessible to European comics, its craftsmanship consistently rests at the apex of the medium. The book that served as my gateway...
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Secret Identity is a fantastic crime novel set in the seedy 70s comic book...
Alex Segura has his roots deep in comics. He's worked at Wizard and DC, even served as the Co-President of Archie Comics before his current role as a Senior VP at Oni Press. And all the while, he's...
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Pulp Power is a gorgeous tribute to the art of classic crime serials
Pulp Power: The Shadow, Doc Savage, and the Art of the Street & Smith Universe [Amazon] is an absolutely stunning new coffee table book celebrating the art of old pulp heroes like The Shadow and...
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Nicolas Winding Refn's neo-noir thriller series, Copenhagen Cowboy, coming to...
Nicolas Winding Refn, aka NWR, is known for his neo-noir films (Driver, The Neon Demon). From this Netflix trailer, it looks like he'll be bringing his hyper-stylized, neon-lit sensibilities to...
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The Other Barrio, a San Francisco noir crime-buster movie
The short-story-to-movie genre is one of my favorites. The already challenging genre of a compact and capacious story-telling, condensed dialogue, or rendering of the calendar as an inadequate and...
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Take a lurid look at LA noir
Right from the get-go Taschen's massive 475 page book "Dark City: The Real Los Angeles Noir" is visually arresting. The 50's black & white crime scene photo on the triple-thick book cover is shot...
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Secret identities, pulp storytelling, and audio comic books with Alex Segura
Alex Segura has always been a busy dude, and since committing himself to writing full-time last year, he's only gotten busier. Still, he found a little time to chat with me about a burst of books that...
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