Weekly Movie Watch: Oscar October

The fall has officially arrived. The wind and rain are here to remind us that staying inside and watching a film with a steaming mug of tea is part of the season’s traditional activities. Gone are the days of goopy white cream (SPF 50+ sunscreen), bad tan lines, sweaty nighttime sheets and not knowing how […]

“Comic Book Confidential”: Framing the Underground

Comic books have largely been misunderstood for years, viewed by the average non-comic reader as a product for children featuring the escapades of caped crusaders. Needless to say, this outlook misses some of the finer points of comic history, and the entire movement of underground comics. In 1988, along came Comic Book Confidential, which cleared […]