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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.

Herc Your Enthusiasm (7)

By: Adam McGovern

Adam McGovern on The Furious 5’s “Freedom” (1980)

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Wally Wood

By: Adam McGovern

The hyperreal detail of his sci-fi comics anticipated hi-res CGI.

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Crystal Skillman

By: Adam McGovern

Stairways, backrooms, sofas and regular but uncommon stages.

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Lon Chaney Sr.

By: Adam McGovern

A torture-chamber of temporary adjustments.

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Point Taken

By: Adam McGovern

Annie Nocenti’s new DC comic Katana.

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Gilbert Hernandez

By: Adam McGovern

Comics of deceptive simplicity and un-dupli­catable eloquence.

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Frank Miller

By: Adam McGovern

His stoic pulp and stylish brutality elevated superhero comics.

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Cindy Sherman

By: Adam McGovern

The camera never smiled at her, and she’s not looking at you.

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Idoru Jones Returns! (7)

By: Adam McGovern

“Having trouble holding the illusion now?”

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Idoru Jones Returns! (6)

By: Adam McGovern

“The fraud gets so intricate it takes on a life of its own.”

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Idoru Jones Returns! (5)

By: Adam McGovern

“Discarded dreams are everywhere to be found out here.”

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Idoru Jones Returns! (4)

By: Adam McGovern

“You, I sense, are a dream without a dreamer.”

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Idoru Jones Returns! (3)

By: Adam McGovern

“Belief resists reality — that’s what’s so much better about it!”

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Idoru Jones Returns! (2)

By: Adam McGovern

“We know all, yet the code of human contact lies shattered at our feet.”

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Trav S.D.

By: Adam McGovern

He’s heir to the old weird America.

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