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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.

Bowieology (2)

By: Adam McGovern

The Passion of Ziggy

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Bowieology (1)

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Midcentury Postmodern

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Sarah Silverman

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It’s never too late to be too soon.

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Spellbound

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Annie Nocenti’s new DC comic, KLARION

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Mark Rothko

By: Adam McGovern

He painted the portrait of everything our eyes always miss.

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People You Meet in Hell (5)

By: Adam McGovern

Hotspot’s debt to Burt Ward

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People You Meet in Hell (4)

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Hellena’s debt to Eva Peron

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People You Meet in Hell (3)

By: Adam McGovern

Underboss’s debt to F.W. Murnau’s FAUST

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People You Meet in Hell (2)

By: Adam McGovern

Lidia’s debt to Scilla Gabel

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People You Meet in Hell (1)

By: Adam McGovern

Plenilunio’s debt to, among others, actor Germán Robles.

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Michael Jackson

By: Adam McGovern

Not just a magic spirit but also his own changeling.

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Lilli Carré

By: Adam McGovern

It’s the make-believe that we keep living in.

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Kern Your Enthusiasm (2)

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Adam McGovern on DATA 70

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Fourth World (5)

By: Adam McGovern

In which we come full-circle to Kirby’s source.

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Fourth World (4)

By: Adam McGovern

The Fourth World’s undiscovered testaments

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