Looking back at the glory days of the festive magazine and comic book cover.
Tag: horror comics
The Classic Monsters Meet The Superheroes
In the outlandish and fantastical world of the superhero comic, it should come as no surprise that little is off-limits, even a foray into gothic and literary horror.
Remembering Martin Barker
The academic author who was the lone defender of Video Nasties and horror comics during the cultural dark ages of the 1980s.
Strung Up! The Golden Age Of Comic Book Bondage Covers
The outrageous kinkiness of classic comic books and their BDSM-inspired creators.
Would You Wish Your Servant To Read This? The Elitism Of Moral Panics
The class war raging behind every call for ‘something to be done’ about the dubious pleasures of the great unwashed.
Harmful Publications: The British Horror Comic Scare
The story of Britain’s first horror moral panic and the odd role that the Communist Party played in it.
