Book Review: Maidenhair
Russia has one of the world’s great literary traditions, which for many is defined by bearded sages who write philosophically and morally committed mega-tomes. Aleksandr Solzheni
Early Jodo Vs. Late Jodo
Looking for more bande dessinée lunacy? Then read on… Recently I reviewed The Incal, the epic psychedelic space opera from the all-round holy madman Alejandro Jodorows
Book Review: ‘In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire’ examines the roots of Islam
Since the 1990s, when Islamic extremism replaced the Soviet Union as the main geopolitical foe of the West, there has been an explosion in publishing about Islam. Some of those boo
Pussy Riot and Russian “Art Protest”
In April a shitty punk band with the excellent name of Pussy Riot attained worldwide fame by performing their less than awesome track “Holy Shit” inside Moscow’s Church of Ch
Russian Author Dmitri Kosyrev, aka Master Chen, on His Asian Alter-ego
MOSCOW: Russia’s Dmitri Kosyrev is a journalist and has written primarily about Asia for such publications as Pravda, Independent Newspaper, and New Newspaper. He also occasional
Yale U. Press Digitizes Stalin’s Massive Personal Archive
Over the last two years Yale University Press and the Russian State Archive for Social and Political History have been quietly digitizing Stalin’s personal archive, consisting of
The Incal
There comes a point in every individual’s lifetime when he or she must face the inevitable question: should I read a 307 page mystical- psychedelic Chilean-French science fiction
Review: Whispers in the Walls and Pandemonium
My interest in comics ebbs and flows. So much that is published is embarrassingly bad, but I still love the medium, and so I want there to be books that are good. English language
The Post-Moebius Upholders of a Proud French Comic Book Tradition
In March, Jean “Moebius” Giraud died. This was a sad day for comic readers as Giraud was probably the finest artist ever to work in the medium. He could draw