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Author: Adam McGovern

Adam McGovern has written for Image Comics (Nightworld; Aquaria), Dark Horse Comics, GG Studio and others. His poems and essays have appeared in venues including The Rumpus and LA Review of Books, and he lectures on comics and culture at institutions including California State University and the Biblioteca Salaborsa in Bologna, Italy. His own blog is at Fanchild and his face is in a book here.

THIS: Match

By: Adam McGovern

“…how deeply, and how long /
the rest of us still here can sleep”

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THIS: Ex-Deus

By: Adam McGovern

The play UNIVERSAL ROBOTS: re-engineering Karel Capek’s story.

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THIS: Mandala Day

By: Adam McGovern

Wars are fought over how wars are remembered.

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THIS: Once Upon Again

By: Adam McGovern

RIP Darwyn Cooke, 1962–2016. He sketched in our destiny and best-ness.

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THIS: The New, Weird America

By: Adam McGovern

UNCANNY COUNTY: A podcast about lost souls, horror clowns, and robot takeovers.

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THIS: Catfood at Tiffany’s

By: Adam McGovern

A review of STRAYS, now playing at The Brick.

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THIS: Lost & Found Worlds

By: Adam McGovern

CRIMINAL: TENTH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION MAGAZINE — a facsimile of something that never exactly existed.

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THIS: Space Goddess-y

By: Adam McGovern

A performance prophet starlighting the way for the rest of us.

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THIS: The Movement

By: Adam McGovern

Velocity is the central phobia of modern humanity.

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THIS: On and Off the Trail

By: Adam McGovern

Merle Haggard died on the same day the Black Panther was reborn.

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THIS: Black Hole Sun

By: Adam McGovern

LIGHT: A DARK COMEDY. Sometimes adults only have to listen in… or inward.

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THIS: What’s the Point?

By: Adam McGovern

A Marx-Brothers-ist anarchy often comes to the fore of THE GOLFER, now playing in Brooklyn.

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THIS: Big Blue

By: Adam McGovern

Q&A with neo-folk tribune and ritualistic rock diva Alexis Thomason.

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THIS: The Bar at the Center of the World

By: Adam McGovern

Horace and Pete’s tavern is like a collective, open confessional.

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THIS: Not Safe for World

By: Adam McGovern

Adam McGovern on DEADPOOL — a rare example of fantasy without illusion.

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