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  • culture

    ‘JFK’: Oliver Stone’s Emotionally Accurate and Masterfully Crafted Trip Down the Rabbit Hole

    Koraljka Suton

    “I think I was always controversial, provocative. But I can’t help it. I have to go there. It’s my nature. It’s my father’s nature, too..."

  • culture

    Exist As Pure Data: Albert Pyun’s Tech Noir Masterpiece ‘Nemesis’

    Joe Gibson

    When James Cameron made The Terminator in 1984, he included as a sort of nod to his own reference points in making the film a nightclub named ‘Tech Noir.’

  • culture

    The Megazine That Never Was

    Chloe Maveal

    With today marking 30 amazing years of the Judge Dredd Megazine, it's time to look back and appreciate the never-were publications that made that possible.

  • culture

    Hanover Street: The Lost Gem from the Prime of Harrison Ford’s Career

    Joe Gibson

    In 1978, an actor named Harrison Ford was getting his first real taste of movie stardom. He had just portrayed intergalactic smuggler Han Solo in George...

  • culture

    No Names, Just Jobs: Russell Mulcahy’s ‘Silent Trigger’

    Joe Gibson

    What does it take for an audience to identify with an action movie hero? There are some generally accepted tricks of the trade that probably go back...

  • culture

    Scorpio: Michael Winner’s Cynical Thriller About A Spy With A Death Wish

    Joe Gibson

    Burt Lancaster is one of the greatest actors to ever appear in films, but he didn’t hold all his work in high esteem. He is said to have looked down...

  • culture

    Cat Peoples: Feline Femme Fatales On Film

    Joe Gibson

    In 1942, horror movie audiences were treated to what with some historical hindsight now seems clear as one of the greatest horror movies ever made...

  • culture

    William Goldman’s Edgy Novel ‘Heat’ And Its Two Screen Adaptations

    Joe Gibson

    In 1985, famed screenwriter and novelist William Goldman released his novel 'Heat', introducing the world to Nick Escalante, Nevada’s only freelance...

  • culture

    The House Wins: Brian De Palma’s ‘Snake Eyes’

    Joe Gibson

    “Believe Everything Except Your Eyes.” This arguably meaningless phrase was one of five similarly-themed taglines concocted to promote Brian De Palma’s ...

  • culture

    ‘No Country for Old Men’: The Coen Brothers and Cormac McCarthy’s Ruthless Examination of Life

    Sven Mikulec

    That is no country for old men. The young In one another’s arms, birds in the trees...

  • culture

    ‘Goodfellas’ at 30: Martin Scorsese’s Anthropological Goodlife Through a Lens

    Tim Pelan

    As far back as I can remember, director Martin Scorsese has been synonymous with wiseguys, mooks, goombahs, and spin-on-a-dime funny-how guys delivering...

  • culture

    Scorsese On the Ropes: The ‘Kamikaze’ Film-Making of ‘Raging Bull’

    Tim Pelan

    Raging Bull is not your dad’s boxing movie. It’s certainly not a story of conventional redemption or hope overcoming the odds...

  • culture

    How John Schlesinger’s Homeless and Lonesome ‘Midnight Cowboy’ Rode His Way to the Top and Became the First and Only X-rated Movie to Win a Best Picture Oscar

    Koraljka Suton

    A friend of mine, an American painter living in London, had read the book and suggested that I look at it. I read it and thought ‘If I’m going to make a...

  • culture

    Psycho Pension Qu’est-ce que c’est: Richard Donner’s ‘Lethal Weapon’ Is a Real Live Wire

    Tim Pelan

    You think I’m crazy? You call me crazy, you think I’m crazy? You wanna see crazy?…

  • culture

    Once Upon a Time… In the Philippines: Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Apocalypse Now’ Is a Three-Time Prime Cut of Film-Making Largesse

    Tim Pelan

    Meanwhile, the mystique of ‘Apocalypse Now’ lives on. The Marine Corps invited me to Camp Pendleton to watch a demonstration of an aerial ...

  • culture

    Paradise Lost: How Martin Scorsese’s ‘Casino’ Charts the Rise and Fall of a Criminal Empire

    Tim Pelan

    This story has to be on a big canvas. There’s no sense in my getting Bob De Niro and Joe Pesci and making a 90-minute picture about only one aspect ...

  • culture

    Only Connect: K.W. Jeter’s Woefully Neglected Fantasia, ‘Noir’

    Brendan C. Byrne

    "Wake up and smell the burning corpses of your dreams, pal."

  • culture

    Where Are All The Chanukah Comics?!

    Gregory Paul Silber

    Writer and critic Gregory Paul Silber explores the Jewish-American influence on the comics industry and ironic lack of Chanukah comics during the holidays

  • culture

    Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Superhero Influences

    Paco  Taylor

    A look into the subversive use of superhero imagery that infiltrates Jean-Michel Basquiat's art.

  • culture

    Sic Transit Garber’s Subway: ‘The Taking of Pelham One Two Three’

    Tim Pelan

    Only the amazing reaction that that picture has gotten, because at the time I was dreadfully unhappy with the fact that I was going to be doing another ...

  • culture

    The Comic Art of Hip-Hop

    Paco Taylor

    A selection of hip hop album covers done by comic book artists featuring: Wu-Tang, EPMD, Jay-Z, De La Soul, T.I., Kid Cudi, Public Enemy, Pete Rock...

  • culture

    A Joe Kubert cover gallery

    Benjamin Marra

    The thing that I love the most about Joe Kubert’s art is the speed with which it looks like it was made. Each mark embodies...

  • culture

    “MAKE WAR NO MORE”: Marking 75 years post-WWII with Joe Kubert’s war comics

    Chloe Maveal

    A gallery and brief overview of Joe Kubert’s seminal message “Make War No More” found in DC’s War Comics of the 1960’s and 70’s.

  • culture

    Howard Chaykin – A Life in Comics

    Michael Tisserand

    A deep dive conversation between author Michael Tisserand and Howard Chaykin, whose life and career offer an oral history of American comics.

  • culture

    “My God, Fuckin’ Pictures!”: Peeping into the History of the Tijuana Bibles

    Chloe Maveal

    A glimpse into the story behind history's dirtiest comic books

  • culture

    10 Cent Heroes: An Abridged Evolution of American War Comics

    Chloe Maveal

    In honor of Veteran's Day, NeoText takes a look back at the influence and evolution of American war comics throughout the century.

  • culture

    Earl Norem’s Action Figure Art

    Benjamin Marra

    I had the Transformers Big Looker Storybook "The Battle for Cybertron" when I was a kid. Norem's paintings...

  • culture

    ‘Mad Max Fury Road’: The Best Comic Book Movie (That Was Never a Comic Book)

    Chloe Maveal

    With comic book movies in high demand by audiences, perhaps the best one to date isn't a comic book at all, but instead, Mad Max: Fury Road.

  • culture

    In Memoriam: Honoring The Comic Creators We Lost in 2020

    Chloe Maveal

    With 2020 coming to a close, it's time to take a look back on this year and pay homage to the incredible creators we've lost along the way.

  • culture

    Lived All Our Best Times Left With the Worst: Christopher Nolan’s ‘Memento’

    Tim Pelan

    Fractured narrative, skewed perception, compressed timelines—director/writer Christopher Nolan won’t lead his audience in a straight line…

  • culture

    The Jukebox Existentialism of Stirling Silliphant

    Sparrow Morgan

    The interaction between and among human beings is the only story worth telling.

  • culture

    ‘Charley Varrick’ – The Last of the Independents

    Koraljka Suton

    Don Siegal's follow up to *Dirty Harry*, an adaptation of John C. Reese's *The Looters,* and a masterclass in character-driven storytelling

  • culture

    ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’: Lucas and Spielberg’s Epitome of Action-Adventure Films Still Waiting to Be Surpassed

    Sven Mikulec

    Trying to catch a break from all the Star Wars hype, in the spring of 1977, George Lucas was resting on a Hawaiian beach, building sand castles with ...

  • culture

    The Matrix Revelation: How the Wachowskis Opened Our Eyes to a New Kind of Action Cinema

    Tim Pelan

    Few films permeate the gestalt consciousness like Star Wars (“I am your father”, “Use the Force”…

  • culture

    Judge Dredd: The Devil You Know

    Chloe Maveal

    Chloe Maveal provides a comparative look into Judge Dredd as a predictor of unchecked contemporary police brutality.

  • culture

    BIFF! BANG! POW! The Pop Art Revolution of Marvel Lettering in the 1960s

    Chloe Maveal

    The early years of Marvel Comics saw some of the best lettering comics has ever seen. It's time to give credit to the men behind the sound effects.

  • culture

    How A Generation of Creators Has Made Romance Comics Stronger Than Ever

    Chloe Maveal

    While the genre officially died in the 1970s, romance comics are back and have evolved to be stronger than ever.

  • culture

    “Tales of Love That Could Be Yours!”: The Romance Comics of John Romita Sr.

    Chloe Maveal

    Before his iconic work with the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, John Romita Sr. was breaking hearts in romance comics!

  • culture

    The Man Who Shot Hell’s Kitchen: The Story of Phil Joanou’s ‘State of Grace’

    Sven Mikulec

    The story of filmmaker Phil Joanou’s breakthrough in the movie business is basically a pitch-perfect...

  • culture

    Darwyn Cooke: The New Frontier of Cartooning

    Chloe Maveal

    A retrospective on the laid back and exceptionally classic art of Darwyn Cooke.

  • culture

    ‘The Dead Zone’: Cronenberg’s Masterful Adaptation of a Stephen King Classic

    Koraljka Suton

    Many a movie has been based on prolific writer Stephen King's works of fiction. And while quite a few of...

  • culture

    Celebrating 75 years of Hugo Pratt with ‘Asso Di Picche’

    Chloe Maveal

    A reflection of Hugo Pratt's cartooning career on the 75th anniversary of his first comics, Asso di Picche

  • culture

    The Marshall and the Space Miners – In Peter Hyams’ ‘Outland’, No One Can Hear You Punch Out

    Tim Pelan

    George Lucas’ Star Wars in 1977 led to a boom of hasty space opera knock-offs, but there had always been a dogged...

  • culture

    ‘Point Blank’ – John Boorman’s Amalgamation of American, British and French Filmmaking Styles

    Koraljka Suton

    The stories behind director John Boorman and screenwriter Alexander Jacobs brilliant retelling of Donald Westlake's THE HUNTER

  • culture

    Billy Wilder’s Noir Trilogy

    Alan Glynn

    When you’re a teenager, there’s nothing like discovering a new writer or a new movie director – new to you, that is.

  • culture

    Samuel R. Delany’s ‘Babel-17’

    Brendan C. Byrne

    "It's a port city." It's not an opening as famous as, "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel," but it's an equally

  • culture

    ‘Heat’: Michael Mann’s Meticulous Masterpiece of Both Style and Substance That Transcends Genre

    Koraljka Suton

    “Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner."

  • culture

    Front Row Center with Howard Chaykin: Neal Adams

    Howard Chaykin

    Howard Chaykin pries into the secrets behind the legendary art of Neal Adams

  • culture

    “Game Over, Man”: The Alien Franchise as Working Class Horror

    Chloe Maveal

    An essay exploring the ways in which the Alien movie franchise exposes the horrors of the working class.

  • culture

    Nick Abadzis revisits his beginnings with Hugo Tate…with Hugo Tate.

    Chloe Maveal

    Artist and writer Nick Abadzis sits down to rehash the beginnings of both his career and his highly under-recognized British comic strip, Hugo Tate.

  • culture

    ‘The Friends of Eddie Coyle’: Peter Yates’ Crime Masterpiece that Chose to Rely on a Completely Different Kind of Spectacle

    Sven Mikulec

    Published in January 1973, George V. Higgins’ crime novel The Friends of Eddie Coyle was well received by critics and the public, featuring a story ...

  • culture

    Nothing Will Stop Us, Readers!: Celebrating 50 Years of Jack Kirby’s Jimmy Olsen

    Chloe Maveal

    An explanation behind the delightfully unlikely origins of Jack Kirby’s Fourth World Saga

  • culture

    A Michael Kaluta cover gallery

    Benjamin Marra

    When I look at Kaluta's artwork for comic book covers the thing that always strikes me is that the work doesn't...

  • culture

    Horror Magazine: A Selection of Covers

    Benjamin Marra

    Horror was an Italian comics magazine that was a contemporary of the Warren publications in the U.S. These covers are decidedly Italian feel to me.

  • culture

    A Neal Adams cover gallery

    Benjamin Marra

    The history of comics pivots on the career of Neal Adams. He ushered an era of naturalism illustration to comic books. It had...

  • culture

    A Bill Sienkiewicz Cover Gallery

    Benjamin Marra

    These covers by Bill Sienkiewicz are a good chronology of his artistic development through the 80s and 90s...

  • culture

    A Ken Barr Gallery

    Benjamin Marra

    Pulp art doesn’t get much better than Ken Barr’s work. Though his rendering of form is very much in the vein of naturalism, his color palette...

  • culture

    A Paul Gulacy Cover Gallery

    Benjamin Marra

    When I first saw Paul Gulacy's work I hated it. I think it was the Terminator: Secondary Objectives series he penciled...

  • culture

    Jim Steranko’s Mediascene Magazine

    Benjamin Marra

    Like a lot of fans, I often lament Steranko's truncated comics career. It's clear he had bigger ambitions than...

  • culture

    Stephen Fabian: A Gallery of Science Fiction & Fantasy Art Masterpieces

    Benjamin Marra

    Fabian's forms are lyrical in their own sense. The curves are like the language...

  • culture

    Ken Kelly’s Heroes

    Benjamin Marra

    I didn't know that Ken Kelly was Frank Frazetta's nephew until I started researching his work in earnest a...

  • culture

    Frank Frazetta – Iconic Pieces From A Legend

    Benjamin Marra

    I had an illustration professor who said book publishers back in the day believed they could...

  • culture

    Paul Gulacy on Black Widow

    Benjamin Marra

    Before Black Widow was humanized on screen in the MCU Gulacy did it here with this portfolio. She's not a...

  • culture

    John Pound: Heaven and Hell

    Benjamin Marra

    I'm not familiar with John Pound's work. It is staggeringly good though. It's got the right level of...

  • culture

    George Tuska on T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents

    Benjamin Marra

    Every time I look at images of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents I wonder why they weren't a bigger...

  • culture

    Paul Gulacy on Swamp Thing

    Benjamin Marra

    I'm not sure if these Swamp Thing images by Gulacy work if I don't know it's Gulacy who did them...

  • culture

    John Schoenherr’s Dune

    Benjamin Marra

    There's a lot of artwork for Dune out there that's been done since the book was published. A lot...

  • culture

    From Men’s Magazines to Marvel, the Curtis Magazine covers of Earl Norem

    Benjamin Marra

    From Men's Magazines to Marvel, the Curtis Magazine covers of Earl Norem

  • culture

    Bill Sienkiewicz vs. The Shadow

    Benjamin Marra

    A Bill Sienkiewicz portfolio: The Shadow, introduced by Benjamin Marra. "I'm not sure what the exact sequencing of these images is, or what order...

  • culture

    Will Eisner vs. The Spirit

    Benjamin Marra

    When I think of Will Eisner the first thing that comes to mind is not watercolor paintings. The first thing is heavy black-and-white drawings, deep dark...

  • fiction

    Rizzo

    Ho Che Anderson, Benjamin Marra

    They stripped Rizzo of everything. Now he's vowed to take it back.... A Ho Che Anderson/Benjamin Marra novella in the world of ‘Stone.’

  • culture

    Simon Bisley: Dangerous Fantasy

    Benjamin Marra

    I remember distinctly when I first saw Bisley's work. It was the cover of the first issue of the Lobo...

  • culture

    Bill Sienkiewicz vs. Conan

    Benjamin Marra

    Acclaimed cartoonist Benjamin Marra introduces a gallery of Bill Sienkiewicz's Conan illustrations.

  • fiction

    The Questioner

    Andrew Vachss

    An original novelette by Andrew Vachss, author of the acclaimed Burke series

  • culture

    ‘Miller’s Crossing’ at 30: A Lamentation of Losers by the Coen Brothers

    Tim Pelan

    After the success of 'Raising Arizona', Joel and Ethan Coen were given the chance to do something a little more ambitious, with a budget of somewhere...

  • culture

    ‘Miller’s Crossing’ is touching and studiously crafted love letter to American film noirs and the seventh art in general

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    The Coen brothers’ critically acclaimed Miller’s Crossing can be easily studied in two distinct ways. Firstly, it’s one hell of…

  • culture

    Adding it Up: A Discussion of Numerology in Culture

    Avery Kaplan

    From Aleister Crowley to the Gorillaz, writer Avery Kaplan explores the ways that numerology has influenced culture across the centuries.

  • culture

    Thelma Schoonmaker Breaks Down ‘Raging Bull’

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    It’s said that a movie is made three times: once through a script, once on set, and finally in the…

  • culture

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: An Unforgettable and Heartbreaking Exploration of Love, Human Beings and the Nature of Memory

    Sven Mikulec

    Having heard his friend complain about her boyfriend for what seemed to be a hundredth time,…

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