R. Crumb Means Some Offense September 20, 2022
THERE’S A COMIC by Robert Crumb from 1979 called “A Short History of America.” It’s 12 panels, all portraying a single spot of land. In the first, we see a bucolic field abutting a forest, birds flying overhead. In the second, there are fewer trees a...
Streaming Neil Gaiman's Dreamworld September 09, 2022
The Sandman is a heady mix of symbols, occultology, Greek mythology, and dream psychology, invoking Dante’s Inferno, Milton’s Paradise Lost, history, horror, dark fantasy, and even theology. It is one of the most audacious cultural creations of moder...