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Black Ship Books Interviews Matthew Horak

July 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

BLACK SHIP BOOKS: Your line work and use of shadows reminds me of the works of Mike Mignola. Can you tell us about some of your artistic influences? MATTHEW HORAK: Mike Mignola, Art Adams, and Michael Golden all had a huge impact on me as a young [...]
Studying Sequential Art Part 2: Panel Structure

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Black Ship Books Interviews The Sweet Dreams Cthulhu Team

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The Shadow Hero: Green Turtle’s Troubled Americanism

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Studying Sequential Art Part 1: Onomatopoeia

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Notes on Punk: Blade Runner, Transmetropolitan, The Flintstones

July 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

While that title above might be a mouthful, it poses a straightforward question: ‘What makes something punk?’ Unlike the genre of music, punk as it pertains to fiction is somewhat loose. In fact, it’s not even a genre but rather a [...]
Ghost in the Shell: A Case Study in Bad Adaptation

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Does Every Comic Book Adaptation Have to Be an Action Movie?

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Fall Movies That Might Not Suck

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Anomalisa – Searching for Love Among the Automatons

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Ratchet & Clank, Star Wars, and the Never-Ending Joke of Merchandising

July 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

Ratchet & Clank is better than Star Wars. This is (deliberately) an incendiary claim. It is also (deliberately) a somewhat silly claim. Star Wars is a multibillion dollar ur-juggernaut of a franchise, having dominated American pop culture [...]
Will PoGO Stick?

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Life After City of Heroes: Playing Superheroes Online

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OXENFREE: A Debut Game from Night School Studio

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Resident Evil : Revelations 2 And The Bad Mother Syndrome

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Comics to Spite Fascism: March

March 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

Welcome back to another installment of Comics to Spite Fascism. We aim to give comic readers great titles turn to in their day-to-day reflections during these times of political upheaval — radical and diverse comics that will empower people to [...]
“Happy Holidays from Another World” – The Story

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“Let’s Stir Up Some Drama” – The Story

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F3, Week 70: Happy Holidays from Another World

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F3, Week 69: Let’s Stir up Some Drama

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HORROR HAIKUS #2 – Official Call for Submissions

April 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

Black Ship Books is seeking comic creators and aspiring comic creators of all stripes to join us for the long-awaited issue two of Horror Haikus! The book, coming to digital comics platforms and print-on-demand later this year, will bring together [...]
Horror Haikus: CALLING ALL CREATORS

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SPARK: A Flash Fiction Anthology now available for Kindle

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CUCKOO coming soon

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Artist Lee Lightfoot Makes Trading Card Waves in 2014

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