In Defense of Gay Assimilation

So-called queer studies is no stranger to provocative titles. I might be better off defending a more modest program of Continue reading →

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 →

Jan Svankmajer: Surrealism in the Contemporary World

Following the much documented downfall of Surrealism as a movement we find numerous contemporary artists working in its idiom but 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 →

Calvino and the Codex Seraphinianus: A Psychedelic Mystery

On a cloudy Friday afternoon, sometime at the end of March, we were sat huddled on the floor of a Continue reading →