Tag: comics history

In A Time Of Dark Nostalgia

“Create new loves for the person suffering from love sickness; find new joys to ease the domination of the old.” ~ Dr. Hippolyte Petit There was a time when nostalgia was an illness, not a pleasantly bittersweet feeling that arises when contemplating another time. Nostalgia was an illness […]

An Interview with Karen Berger

Former Vertigo Editor Karen Berger talks about Vertigo, the upcoming Berger Books and her life in comics with Paul Levitz. “As someone who came into comics from outside, what attracted me to comics was this amazing storytelling, this hybrid medium.  There’s nothing quite like it.  The mazing mix […]

The Snake Women of Kazuo Umezu

That darkness is a part of me. Living in a world without streetlights allows you to understand the true meaning of utter darkness. White indicates a lack of matter, while black shows an abundance. It makes you think that something is lurking just beyond, hidden in the blackness. […]