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Portraits In Alienated British Youth Circa 1989-90, Part Five: Aim For The Head (Of State)

Ryan C. — Sat, 09 May 2015 11:00:16 +0000

The fourth and final installment—this time un-numbered, as we’re through counting down to the day and find ourselves at it—of St. Swithin’s Day begins with the most painfully obvious line you could imagine: “today’s the… [more]

Portraits In Alienated British Youth Circa 1989-90, Part Four: Way Too Calm Before The Storm

Ryan C. — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:00:03 +0000

First off, apologies to those of you who may be following this series for the delay between our last segment and this one. I wanted to wrap up on my OMAC retrospective here at Sequart… [more]

Portraits In Alienated British Youth Circa 1989-90, Part Three: Every Day Is Like Sunday

Ryan C. — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 12:00:48 +0000

I can’t stand Morrissey, but when I was between the ages of, say, 16 and 19, I thought he was pretty cool—which is precisely what I was supposed to think, given that his music has… [more]

Portraits In Alienated British Youth Circa 1989-90, Part Two: Trident Makes Its Mark—But Ultimately Gets Speared

Ryan C. — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 12:00:46 +0000

Trident Makes Its Mark—But Ultimately Gets Speared" title="Portraits In Alienated British Youth Circa 1989-90, Part Two: Trident Makes Its Mark—But Ultimately Gets Speared" style="float:left;" />In August of 1989, a modest little anthology series with some serious “A-list” talent appeared on British comic store shelves and, presumably, at a few newsstands (or newsagents, as they’re called across the pond) as… [more]

Portraits In Alienated British Youth Circa 1989-90, Part One: Introduction

Ryan C. — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 12:00:31 +0000

Maybe it was something in the water—or something in the air—or just something floating around in the larger cultural zeitgeist of the time—but whatever the reason behind it all may have been, from the late… [more]

Grant Morrison’s Day-Glo Years: St. Swithin’s Day

Patrick Meaney — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:00:25 +0000

St. Swithin’s Day" title="Grant Morrison’s Day-Glo Years: St. Swithin’s Day" style="float:left;" />During the early ’90s, Grant Morrison was wrapping up his acclaimed runs on Doom Patrol and Animal Man and moving away from mainstream super-heroics. It was a time when an increase in self-publishing heralded an… [more]

Comics Published on 30 October 2002

Matt Martin — Tue, 05 Nov 2002 17:12:50 +0000

St. Swithin’s Day Oni Press – Grant Morrison (w); Paul Grist (a) This is sort of a first for me and the column: my first retro review. I thought it’d be a bigger deal, like… [more]