Metal Hurlant – it means “Howling/Screaming Metal” in French – was a comics institution. You can definitely make a case that you don’t get 2000 AD without Metal Hurlan…| Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy
A Talk with Victor Rees Conducted by John Kenny, July 2025 Victor Rees is a writer, performer, and academic based in London. His PhD focuses on the work of Brian Catling, exploring his oeuvre through the prism of the Weird, the Visionary, the mystic and the grotesque. His short stories and scholarly articles have been […]| Swan River Press
I had the good fortune to interview Victor Rees recently about his and Iain Sinclair’s assembling of a tribute to the late great Brian Catling: A Mystery of Remnant. The book gathers a number…| John Kenny
Los inicios del cómic a finales del siglo XIX derivaron rápidamente (en unas cuatro décadas) en el desarrollo del primer superhéroe, consecuencia de la crisis del periodo de entreguerras, del cine y el pop art, y descendiente del héroe romántico reconvertido en pulp, y de la épica clásica transmutada en la estadounidense del western. Así, […]| Jot Down Cómics
[I originally published this over on my main blog, >SUPERVERBOSE, before >INVENTORY existed. In the spirit of getting all my IF stuff in one place, I’m republishing it here.] In 2019, Steph Cherrywell became only the second person in the 25-year history of the Interactive Fiction (IF) Competition to win it twice. The other person … Continue reading "Three Games by Steph Cherrywell [misc]"| | >INVENTORY
I continue my sabbatical from longform criticism as I write my novel, Major Arcana, which I am now serializing on Substack in both text and audio format for paid subscribers. For now, a brief catalogue of my last month’s reading. My weekly Substack newsletter is always free. I encourage those who haven’t yet subscribed to please do so. Robert […]| John Pistelli
