Moebius: 40 Days in the Desert
French comic book artist and illustrator Jean Giraud (1938-2012), aka Moebius, has had, perhaps, a more profound influence on the Continue reading
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Seoul Stories: Han Kang, Violence and Candlelight
The day I stood shoulder to shoulder with hundreds of thousands of my fellow civilians, staring down the barrels of Continue reading
Calvino’s Cosmicomics: Time and the Hunter (or t zero)
To me, there’s virtually no doubt that Italo Calvino is a literary genius. Each one of his works create either Continue reading
Creating a Character, 2: Bernard Malamud and J.G. Ballard
The question remains: How does a skilled writer establish a good character in so few pages? And how does it relate to their overall style and composition?
Creating a Character: Carver and Cheever
The short story, the ever neglected cousin of the novel, requires many of the same techniques used in the composition Continue reading
Philip K. Dick’s Martian Time-Slip and Pragmatic Knowledge
Philip K. Dick is, without a doubt, one of the most interesting writers of the 20th century. His prose is Continue reading
Borges and Murakami: Philosophy in Fiction
Borges and Murakami Philosophy in fiction has had a long and storied history, from the mythology of Ancient Greece to Continue reading
Storie Naturali: The Weird and Wonderful World of Luigi Serafini
Recently I received a book in the post. The words were written by an author I’d never heard of and it Continue reading
Blue Labyrinths 