Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen chooses to speak directly to Black America Watchmen is widely regarded to be one of the greatest graphic novels of all time—especially when it comes to superhero stories. In my view, Watchmen was a true achievement for its time—handling the concept and tropes of superhero stories with an adult sensibility and looking … Written in Lightning : (Looking Back at Watchmen)
Quarantine is well… quarantine. Here are a few of the things that kept me occupied this week in the age of social distancing. Click the headings to get there! VOGUE ITALIA ARCHIVE Search through decades of Italian vogue for free. Three free downloads of archival issues per free subscription. PROJECT GUTENBERG Search this library … Hanging Out Here: A few online dwelling places while inside
photo by Alex Smith ig:@alexoteric I got hooked on comics before I could read. My older brother H. T. would recap stories he had read himself—like the one where Colossus picked up a skyscraper, or the one where the Sub-mariner threw a city bus at the Thing. He told me about Captain America and the Super … The Illusion of Change: What Afrofuturism is doing for mainstream comics
On St. Claude Avenue, I was waiting to cross over Elysian Fields with a poet friend of mine, when a vision flew past me on a mountain bike two sizes too small, making their figure loom even larger. They rode one-handed, free arm hoisting an angel’s harp over their shoulders, face slathered in glitter, thick … The Orpheus of New Orleans: Daiquiri Jones Brings Poetry Back to its Roots
“Working with materials that range from books and silent film to ink, ashes and musical scores, artists Manon Bellet, Wafaa Bilal, Garrett Bradley, Adriana Corral, Mahmoud Chouki, Zhang Huan, William Kentridge, Shirin Neshat, Edward Spots and Wilmer Wilson IV propose language as a living and ever-evolving document that can counter more staid and static ways … Bodies of Knowledge: Can Contemporary Art subvert or challenge the status quo without recreating it in new forms?
By the close of its third season, FX’s Snowfall has matured from an uneven, dubiously-paced pot-boiler about the early 80’s crack trade in Los Angeles to an essential narrative exploring the dark side of the American Dream. Multiple factors have fed this transformation, from the masterful anchoring performances of series lead Damson Idris, Carter Hudson … After a Choppy Start, FX’s Snowfall has Grown into a Classic
Join RM 220 editor, Kristina Kay this September 11, 2019 from 1-3pm for an activation of Wafaa Bilal’s interactive installation 168:01 . Featured in NOMA’s exhibition Bodies of Knowledge, the work comprises a large bookshelf filled with blank, white books which symbolize the burning and looting of libraries in Baghdad during the 2003 American invasion of … NOMA: Gallery Activation for Wafaa Bilal’s 168:01 with Kristina Kay Robinson
I’ve been a Hellboy fan for decades. From the beginning of his first miniseries, released in 1994, I knew I was reading something special. I had seen Mike Mignola’s art here and there in high profile comics projects from the Big Two—Some issues of X-Force, Batman: Gotham by Gaslight. Hellboy attracted me because it … Less than The Sum of Its Parts: Neil Marshall’s Hellboy is a bloody, joyless slog.
Vigil: a period of intentional sleeplessness. an occasion for devotional observance on the eve of a holy day. “I’ve traveled. All over. I’ve never seen anything like you. How could anything be put together like you? Do you know how beautiful you are? Have you looked at yourself?’ ‘I’m looking now.” -Toni Morrison, Paradise … Playing in the Dark: 8/28 Vigil for Toni Morrison
JULY 17 AT 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Q&A with Room 220 editor, Kristina Kay Robinson Artist Wafaa Bilal will visit NOMA to interpret his interactive installation 168:01 in the exhibition Bodies of Knowledge. The work comprises a large bookshelf filled with blank, white books which symbolizes the burning and looting of libraries in Baghdad during … NOMA: Gallery Activation for 168:01 with artist Wafaa Bilal
