Barb Wire: Is It Really That Bad?
The 1996 comic-book movie Barb Wire and its star Pamela Anderson have long been dismissed – but the film might be worth a second look.
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The Girl From Rio – Jess Franco’s Comic Book Romp
The Girl from Rio, the 1960s comic book super villain brought to exotic life by Jess Franco in a high camp classic.
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The Marvel Super Heroes Top Trumps Of 1977
The comic book heroes – and villains – of the Mighty World of Marvel make their fascinating and occasionally baffling card game debut.
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The Meandering Pleasures Of Smoking Causes Coughing
Quentin Dupieux’s superhero satire has some interesting moments but is not the gut-busting comedy classic that you might have expected.
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Merry Christmas From The Publishing World
Looking back at the glory days of the festive magazine and comic book cover.
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The Double Life Of Oliver Frey
The artist responsible for some of the most iconic magazine cover art of the 1980s was also a prolific illustrator of sexually explicit comic strips.
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My Mate Ollie
Proof that loveable Great British eccentrics are still very much among us.
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Maybe Some Things Are Just Not All That Good
The cancellation of movies and TV shows might seem like a personal vendetta against fans but it is usually for rather more basic reasons.
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Tales From The Creeper’s Crypt: Creepshow Remembered
George Romero and Stephen King’s loving tribute to the glory days of EC Comics.
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We Don’t Need Another (Super) Hero
The case of the Phantom Patriot shows that Real Life Super Heroes are not something that we should be encouraging.
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The Wild World Of Johnny Cougar
The wrestler from Tiger comic whose adventures sometimes went bonkers.
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Noirvember: Youth Of The Beast
Continuing our crime movie season with a look back at what is perhaps the most outrageously delirious Japanese underworld film ever made.
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