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In Times of Trouble - Read Some Horror: Sixties Magazines by Warren Publishing

Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Jürgen Kober
Horror Classics
horror, vampire, magazine, underground, Bernie Wrightson, independent

Few publishers influenced the 1960s horror comics genre quite like James Warren. For almost 25 years, he published all things horror, fantasy, and scifi - smartly utilising the magazine format to avoid censorship imposed on US comic books by the Comics Code Autority. Even today Creepy, Vam...

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Not a Family Film: "White God" - Beware this Army of Dogs

Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Andrea Härtlein
Film
film, independent

Each year in March the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, presents New Directors/New Films screening the work of emerging filmmakers from around the world. In 2015 White God by Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó received much attention. When thirteen-y...

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bilderundworte - The Magazine - Japan

Thursday, July 30, 2015
Andrea Härtlein
Pop Culture
cool, anime, japan, Junko Mizuno, magazine, fun toys, independent, art&culture, magazin

Our e-magazine for Japan nerds - bilderundworte magazine issue #0, revised in 2016:

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Peter Bagge

Monday, July 20, 2015
Andrea Härtlein
Artists
humour, humor, independent

American cartoonist Peter Bagge (Dec 11, 1957, New York) is probably best-known for his comic book Hate. His sense of black humor is supported by his exaggerated cartoon style - ideal for portraying the middle-class American youth, which he was part of: "We were the weirdo outcast kids of...

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"Shield your brain!" – Mind MGMT

Saturday, April 21, 2012
Andrea Härtlein
Comics
adventure, retro, Matt Kindt, vintage, independent, creator owned

"Akira meets Heart of Darkness." Matt Kindt has finally released his new comic book series "MIND MGMT" at Dark Horse! Meru, a young journalist stumbles upon the incredible secrets of a Mind Management Program of psychic spies while she investigates "The Bear" – which turns out to be "a Sov...

Sklavenarbeit, die sich lohnt: Slave Labour Graphics

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Really worth it: "Slave Labour Graphics"

Thursday, April 19, 2012
Andrea Härtlein
Comics
independent, creator owned

California based SLG Publishing – or Slave Labour Graphics – was founded in 1986 by Dan Vado while he was looking for a way to publish his own works. Their creator owned comics are mostly known for their funny-weird, dark, and sometimes quirky topics and if you have ever read "Johnny The H...

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Matt Kindt

Thursday, April 19, 2012
Andrea Härtlein
Artists
adventure, retro, Matt Kindt, vintage, independent, creator owned

Matt Kindt (born 1973, St. Louis, Missouri) is a most outstanding American independent comic book artist and illustrator. He started working on comics at an early age and self-published his own copyshop zines starting 1990. His first graphic novel "Pistolwhip" got published by Top Shelf Pr...