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Imagine waking up in the morning and heading off to work. Except, instead of an office you spend your day chained up in a wet, dirty basement. And instead of a boss snooping around your desk, your biggest concern is whether or not you're next in line to be sliced, diced and devoured by the pearly...

Darick Robertson was previously best known for co-creating Transmetropolitan with Warren Ellis. He is also one of the comic industrys most realistic artists, sometimes disturbingly so. Not that his artwork is photorealistic like Alex Ross or overly detailed like Neal Adams but his characters just...

Little did I know that the Scottish guy that took over Howard Hessemans role on Head of the Class, Billy Connolly, would go on to become one of the funnier comedians working today. But over the past ten years Connolly has gotten more acclaim as an actor in films like Lemony Snicket's A Series of...

Karin Weiner received her MFA from Hunter College in 2003 and recently relocated from Brooklyn, New York to Vermont. She has held solo exhibitions at ZieherSmith in New York, including the gallery's project for Art Rock 2006 at Rockefeller Center, and Lisa Boyle Gallery in Chicago as well as group...

With Spent, autobiographical cartoonist Joe Matt has finally laid to rest his pornography and masturbation addiction. Jerking off 20 times a day will do that to you. In the grand tradition of Robert Crumb, Matt has been exploring his suburban-like depravity for years in his autobiographical comic...

Ive had a crush on Sandra Bernhard ever since her spread in Playboy years ago. But even before that I loved her comedy and her work in films like Hudson Hawk (Ball! Ball!) and her great role on Roseanne. But Bernhard is best known for her acerbic comedy showcased in the many CDs she has released....

Masters of Horror: The Screwfly Solution is Joe Dantes best film yet. Thats high praise for the man who has directed such classics as Gremlins 2, The Howling and last seasons gem Homecoming. But it is not hyperbole. Leanring from his days working on B-movies to the heights of the studio system,...

Johnny To is one of Hong Kongs most respected filmmakers. He has done films in nearly every genre from romantic comedies to horror films. His latest to be released in the US is Triad Election. Every two years in Hong Kong a new godfather must be elected but this time the old leader isnt ready...

Howard Chaykin is a comic book legend. Being the self deprecating cat that he is, Chaykin might disagree with that but it is undoubtedly true. He first appeared on the comic book scene during the 70s boom. He did a lot of work for the big two including drawing the influential Star Wars comic series....

After co-creating characters like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Kevin Eastman could have just sat back on his laurels and collected very large checks for the rest of his life. But first and foremost Kevin Eastman is a comic book fan and creator and when you give those guys funds, great things...