Horror as a genre is an unusual beast. It is on the surface just a way to illicit scares, to give you a momentary burst of adrenalin. Other times it is a way to repulse you – to disgust you with macabre and grotesque imagery. But when horror is utilized to its best effect,
In 1954, at the height of McCarthyism, the comic book industry was under scrutiny for being a corrupter of youth and an inciter of crime. And according to the book Seduction of the Innocent by Fredric Werthram all of the issues of teenage delinquency could be traced back directly to the reading of comics. Senate
The Collected Edition is a comic book podcast hosted by Paul Matthew Carr and Brian Reese. These are some recent episodes we think you will enjoy. Collected Edition: Episode 87: Bone We talk about the classic, brilliant, iconic, beautiful, glorious, and wonderful comic BONE. We
Hey everyone, the next "real" episode is taking a bit longer to research than I had anticipated so my timeline has been set back a little. Also, I have been traveling quite a bit for work-related projects – which is a good thing for my wallet, but not conducive to sitting in front of a
Today on the program: Giant-Size Man-Thing #2 And we're back! The long-awaited return of the Nexus of All Realities, the world's favorite Man-Thing podcast when it's actually updated! And on today's program, we're talking about the second of the Giants Size issues where Man-Thing gets captured and taken to New York to be exhibited in
Comics are a business. Amid the artwork and the writing, the beloved characters and detailed worlds and universes it is easy to forget that these guys* also want to make money. And in doing so certain ideas and concepts get … let’s say borrowed … from time to time. But every once in a while
Been a while, eh? Yeah, I know...sorry about that. But this is an announcement to let everyone know that The Nexus of All Realities will resume in one week's time with all-new episodes, special guests, a few surprises along the way. And if you're not careful you may just learn something along the way! Spoilers:
I have been crazy busy recently so this post covers two weeks of reading. But to be fair in addition to two full collected editions of comics and 5 individual issues there is also a full novel. A short novel granted, but have you ever read Kerouac? There's a lot to take in I
I didn't do much reading this week comparatively speaking. I am still doing my deep dive into Buddhist thought and philosophy, something I have been interested in since my teenage years when I read Jack Kerouac's Dharma Bums for the first time. You'd think I'd be an expert at this point, but sadly no,
This is something new I'll be trying out. On any given week I'm reading a handful of things; novels and comics, historical non-fiction, and various essays and articles as research for sundry projects. So I am going to post what I read or am in the process of reading on a weekly basis in
