Where Danger Lives

A black widow without a mate is just another spider.
A man is on the run through the wet, deserted streets of lower Manhattan. He scuttles into the shadows cast by a stairwell just as a prowl car tears by, its siren whining against concrete and brick. As the man hunkers down we hear his voice, “My name...

Ten years, 1,000,000 hits, and a book later!
Just about ten years ago, when this blog was in its infancy, I garnered some attention by counting down the 100 best film noir posters in a series of weekly posts. When all was said and done, the countdown had been featured on more than 100 different...

This interview was originally published in The Comics Journal.
“I’m a terrible writer, is what it is,” Graham Chaffee tells me—but I don’t believe him. The cartoonist, who spends his days working as a tattoo artist in his Hollywood studio, is being too modest. His fourth graphic novel, To Have and To Hold, is a...

Champion is usually described as a cautionary tale about the bitter price of ruthless ambition. Rubbish. The character of Midge Kelly is heroic, admirable, and downright glorious. A rotten son of a bitch? Certainly. But I envy him, and you should too...