Ingersoll Lockwood: the novelist who predicted the terrifying Donald Trump dynasty
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‘Rock Wars’: The super-trippy 1979 sci-fi graphic novel about the quest to reunite the Beatles
The psychedelic sci-fi graphic novel Rock Wars concerns a group of twelve volunteers from Galaxcentra (the center of the galaxy), who have been sent to…
Breathtaking comix panels inspired by Nick Cave’s first novel
But Now by God, it ROARS! You might remember the name Tom Neely for his whimsical tribute to punk rock’s most famous gay couple, Glenn…
Average Joes, not Fabios: Regular people recreate cheesy romance novel covers (and it’s perfect!)
The longing gazes and lusty embraces. The bodices bursting with boobies. And Fabio. Lots and lots of Fabio. Such are the elements of your standard…
Stripping and Kissing: Ukrainian singer has a novel approach for winning Eurovision 2017 (NSFW)
Well, where do I begin with this little gem? Probably the history…. So, the Eurovision Song Contest that tacky annual sing-a-long started off as a…
‘Aleister & Adolf’: Douglas Rushkoff on his new graphic novel, Crowley and magical warfare
Aleister & Adolf is a new graphic novel from Dark Horse Comics, the product of the creative pairing of media theorist Douglas Rushkoff–Professor of Media…
Pulp friction: Vintage matchbooks transformed into tiny pulp novel book covers (and more)
Matchbook art by Jason D’Aquino based on the rather terrifying looking cover for the vintage pulp novel ‘The Hungry Ones’ from 1968. I’ve been a…
‘The Armageddon Rag,’ George R.R. Martin’s rock-and-roll occult fantasy novel
In 1983 Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin published a standalone novel drenched in classic rock that featured the following: a sorceress marshaling a…
‘Beatlebone’: The witty cult novel of the year imagines John Lennon living in Ireland, 1978
If you ask me, the most audacious and amusing novel of the year is Beatlebone, by Irish novelist Kevin Barry. Beatlebone posits a charged confrontation…