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The majority of my critical work is currently being done on UDDER MADNESS, a Top Cow-focused podcast I co-host with fellow critic Tegan O’Neil. I edit this podcast; she edits the visual uploads we’re gradually adding to Youtube.
Top Cow hit the scene in 1993, making it big in ‘95 with WITCHBLADE. We discuss the art, the legacy, the context, the feelings. Hear an overview in our guest appearance on Thick Lines.
Here we are on Spotify; here we are on Patreon (with twice-monthly exclusive bonus art by me).
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Recent critical releases: comics
Okazaki Mari’s romance comic “&” is about romance as a connection that springs from sensual experience.
— November 2022 (repost)
Tony Daniel's creator-owned comics, from 1999 to early 2000, are an attack on the mind.
Miss Don't Touch Me was released in two volumes, and each of those volumes ends with the most perfect, brutal, audaciously challenging set of panels.
Sexual attitude and miracle of line in Lupin III’s Greatest Heists
Void Warrant is where I think Milne hit his first plateau of perfect craft in a long and fascinating career.
Adverts in comic books, and how to get around the fact that they super suck
Working towards a post-fandom appreciation of serial works and commercially owned characters
Double Features for Dozy Creatures is a twice-monthly film critique feature where I suggest and discuss two movies that are linked by a theme. It’s great for critical development, for making weekend viewing easier, and reading for a fun new perspective on all kinds of film!
Recent critical releases: Film
DOUBLE FEATURES FOR DOZY CREATURES: Mad people have always been most of us, with Demons of the Mind and The Birthday Party
DOUBLE FEATURES FOR DOZY CREATURES: The economic Woman, with The Life of OHaru and Marriage Italian Style
DOUBLE FEATURES For DOZY CREATURES: What lies beneath, or, Why a Fantastic Four Movie Will Never Be Good (Probably), with Quatermass and the Pit and The Core
DOUBLE FEATURES FOR DOZY CREATURES: Optimised language, not a moment wasted, with Sea of Love and Getting Even with Dad
DOUBLE FEATURES FOR DOZY CREATURES: Making the same movie twice, with Dog Day Afternoon and Airheads
I am Vengeance... I am the Night. Of the Hunter (a rhythmic comparison of Night of the Hunter and The Batman)
Disappointing, Cinematically, Unfortunately (DCU): on not enjoying The Batman or Netflix’ Sandman
DOUBLE FEATURES FOR DOZY CREATURES: Movies to make your vagina lock up, with Teeth & Oldboy
DOUBLE FEATURES FOR DOZY CREATURES: inescapable emotion through maximalism, with Casshern and Goemon
Re-introducing Crispmas for 2022: Crispin Glover critical double features throughout December
—November 2022; look over last year’s block, from December 2021