I just published an article on the rise and fall of Cry for Dawn, the influential Outlaw Comics/horror anthology from the late 80s/early 90s. Co-creators Joe Monks and Joe Linsner were kind enough to provide lengthy answers to my questions. There was far more material than I could use in the article, so I’m publishing … Read more
I just published an article on the rise and fall of Cry for Dawn, the influential Outlaw Comics/horror anthology from the late 80s/early 90s. Co-creators Joe Monks and Joe Linsner were kind enough to provide lengthy answers to my questions. There was far more material than I could use in the article, so I’m publishing … Read more
Cry for Dawn was the third of the original “Big Three” Outlaw Comics, along with Faust: Love of the Damned and The Crow. The series was a horror anthology with stories initially written by Joseph M. Monks and Joseph Michael Linsner and illustrated by Linsner. In the early issues, Linsner provided black-and-white illustrations for Monks’s … Read more
Special thanks to John Ekleberry and his website The James O’Barr Collector and John Bergin and his Instagram account. Part 1: The Crow Creator James O’Barr’s Early Years Part 2: The Crow and Caliber Years Part 3: After The Crow: The Later Works of James O’Barr Note: I might receive a cut of any referrals … Read more
This article was written by Michael Crisman and originally published in 2019 at steemit as part of his Michael’s Longbox series. It’s republished here with permission from Mike and updated/clarified information on Mystery Graphix. For more on Mystery Graphix, see the following Instagram posts: 1, 2, 3, 4— KF. So for the past few months … Read more
Podcast: Miguel Ángel Espinoza on Nahual, His RPG Adaptation of Mexican Outlaw Comic Operación Bolívar This month I’m joined by Miguel Ángel Espinoza, creator of the urban fantasy tabletop role playing game Nahaul. Nahaul is based on the Mexican outlaw comic Operación Bolívar by Edgar Clément, originally published in Mexico in the 90s and recently … Read more
Jon Renzella is the creator of the Sunderland series of graphic novels that he’s illustrating entirely in woodcuts. The second book in the series, Solitude, was published in February, takes the already weird dystopian future story into even weirder territory. Themes range from environmentalism to right-wing news networks to hippie communes to conspiracy theories and … Read more
This article was written by Michael Crisman and originally published in 2019 at Peakd as part of his Michael’s Longbox series. It’s republished here with permission. — KF. If you know anything about James O’Barr and Everette Hartsoe, then you already know why this project had been waiting to happen for almost ten years. Both O’Barr and … Read more
Welcome to Sewer Mutant, the podcast that takes you way underground to excavate comics you won’t find anywhere else. You’ve probably heard of The Crow, James O’Barr’s tale of revenge that became a film, TV show, and pop culture phenomenon. But O’Barr did a few lesser-known works that I’ve been obsessed with for years. For … Read more
This article was written by Michael Crisman and originally published in 2018 at Peakd as part of his Michael’s Longbox series. It’s republished here with permission. — KF. I’ll be the first to admit that as a dude so white he inspired a Cool Whip diss track, I’m the wrong person to write this article. Despite that, … Read more