Metal Hurlant Comic Strips in English
Tom LennonA list of English-language translations of classic Métal Hurlant comic strips that are currently in print or available digitally
Hotel Pennsylvania and Other New York Stories
Tom Lennon"The Hotel Pennsylvania hosted the world’s first Star Trek convention in 1972, although that was later retconned to 1997 by JJ Abrams." Once upon a time I took my dear oul Irish ma to New York City...
Moebius: Tangled up in Blueberry
Tom LennonMeet Mike S. Blueberry, Jean 'Moebius' Giraud's criminally underrated Western comics hero
Alejandro Jodorowsky: A ‘Jodoverse’ Comics Reading Guide
Tom LennonAn overview of Alejandro Jodorowsky's magnificently insane 'Jodoverse' comics
Gig of My Life: Tom Waits, Grand Rex Paris, 29th May 2000
Tom LennonSomewhere between the dawn of this century and the tail-end of the last I went to see Tom Waits in Paris. It's still the best gig I've ever been to.
Christopher Lee to the Sixth Degree
Tom LennonForget Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon - Christopher Lee was the real Centre of the Hollywood Universe, a Prince of Darkness who almost became a Prince of Comedy
The Odd Job
Tom LennonThe weirdest job I ever had: ‘I get messages from the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit tells me that you’ll make a perfect Editorial and Research Manager’
Métal Hurlant: the French comic that changed the world
Tom LennonSome comics are defined as ‘classics’, while others are regarded as innovative titles years ahead of their time. Then there’s Métal Hurlant, possibly the most influential comic ever published...
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The Comics Universe of Alejandro Jodorowsky
Tom LennonCult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky moonlights as the author of the most crazed, uncompromising, visually stunning comics you're ever likely to read...
Krazy Kat: It Started with a Brick
Tom LennonIt was the original Itchy and Scratchy Show, a comic saga of love, bricks and misunderstanding that featured the strangest romantic triangle ever...
The Grandfather Clock
Tom LennonApril 24th is my youngest daughter's birthday. It would have been my Dad's, too. Here's something I wrote about the two of them.