Comics’ Secret History: Outside Now!
Tom LennonSilver Age Superhero Comics were made by tough, no-nonsense guys who could throw a punch and hit a deadline. This is their story.
Comics’ Secret History: Toxic Fandom
Tom LennonA harrowing tale of kidnapping and comics. Contains cheap humour.
Blade Runner: The Cyberpunk Nexus
Tom LennonI've contributed an essay about the film Blade Runner to a new book called The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe
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...
Five Great Comic Book Parodies of Daredevil
Tom LennonTo celebrate the return of Marvel's Daredevil to Netflix, here's a timely look at comics that have poked fun at everyone’s favourite visually-impaired vigilante.
Jaws 5: The Pool Shark
Tom LennonAn inflatable promotional 'Jaws' shark from 1995 contains a foul and potentially deadly cargo…
Twin Peaks Video Shop of Horrors
Tom LennonIn which David Lynch and a VCR plotted together to humiliate me in Hull...
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...
This is Captain Midlands
Tom LennonMove aside Captain America - here comes Marvel's shield-slinging Brummie, 'Captain Midlands'