The look of the book
(A cross post from my own blog, inspired by yesterday’s cover-art post). THE LOOK OF THE BOOK: Jackets, Covers and Arts at the Edge of Literature by Peter Mendelsund and …
Author: frasersherman
Even reprints need a better cover than this
One of the trademarks of the Bronze Age was Marvel and DC’s increasing use of reprints. They were cheaper than new material, easier than new material and attracted lots of …
Alien as Immigrant: The Brother From Another Planet
(Another repost from my own blog, prompted by yesterday’s post about black film). Alien immigrants and refugees have been around in movies since It Came From Outer Space(1953). There, though, …
Black comedy (and horror and drama and …)
Another repost of sorts from my own blog, collecting various books reviews on African-Americans and film. BRIGHT BOULEVARDS, BOLD DREAMS: The Story of Black Hollywood by Donald Bogle looks at …
Marvel’s “War is Hell” isn’t hell to read but it’s closer to hell than heaven.
As Greg Hatcher has remarked in many of his columns, we live in an age when an astonishing amount of old comic book material is available. I completed my set …
Bill Bixby, I did you wrong
Back when CBS’ The Incredible Hulk was on the air, I was in college and didn’t have convenient access to TV (my freshman dorm had one set, down in the …
What happens after the last lyric?
Most songs are complete in themselves. The New Radicals’ “Someday, We’ll Know,” for example, has the singer in torment from his last breakup, wondering why it didn’t work out, telling …