Author: Ellen Webre

       Apocalypticism is one of the many fascinating phenomenons have continued throughout the ages. The idea of the end of the world happening within our lifetime has been shaped in imagination through biblical …

Narratives from the oral tradition are the oldest and most integral pieces of culture and history. Writing them down grants them (in our perception) an authority, allowing them to be drawn upon for updates through …

With Hollywood’s rash of fairytale movies, nostalgia for older interpretations can rise up.   Disney’s The Little Mermaid is a well beloved classic among Americans, a sugarcoated version that removes the bittersweet tragedy in Hans Christian …

1816, Switzerland. And 18 year old girl dreamed of what would become the first science fiction novel. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein tells of a scientist who discovers the secret of animating dead tissue. He composites a …

Pu Songling’s Tales from a Chinese Studio is a Qing Dynasty collection of stories of the supernatural. It has been the source material for many movie adaptations, and among them is the beloved 1987 Hong …

Child of the 50’s, your version of fear returns with Haunted Horror #12. Forelock the Warlock affectionately beckons you to an anthology of the strange and supernatural. These once banned pre-code comics are being reprinted with restored …

The end of the world is a desolate wasteland with bodies piled high and nuclear radiation. Apocalyptic settings present lone survivors struggling to cling to hope and their humanity. Romantically Apocalyptic is an ongoing webcomic …

Animated American films have largely been the in the domain of Hollywood. Their productions are the mainstream, so that when they choose CGI animations over classic 2-D, many of us may feel that we have …

Rugged land and dusky skies are familiar images in the heart of our cultural imagination. Guns of Shadow Valley is a webcomic with artwork by Dave Wachter that is so well colored, detailed, and stylized …

Imagine a world where women have subjugated and objectified men, the nightmare of misandry. It’s wrong but cathartic isn’t it? Hong Kong film Blade of Kings indulges this premise in fantasy: a tyrannical queen has enslaved all …