Comic books tend to favor tightly paced stories with striking visuals and a brief page count, so it makes sense that horror anthologies used to be all the rage in the funny pages before the Comics Code Authority brought an entire artform to its knees. However, while superheroes have since dominated the industry with their (mostly) family-friendly conflicts, there are still a handful of brave indie publishers that insist on putting out edgy media for those with a taste for the macabre.
One example of these persistent entrepreneurs is Blind Cyclops Books, a relatively new Chicago-based publishing house that specializes in dark literature. Their most recent foray into graphic novels comes in the form of Godfly, a self-proclaimed tale of true horror written by Ryan Oliver (founder of Bcb) and drawn by Jeff Kuhnie.
Set in the 1940s and more than a little inspired by the speculative works of Ray Bradbury and Rod Sterling,...
One example of these persistent entrepreneurs is Blind Cyclops Books, a relatively new Chicago-based publishing house that specializes in dark literature. Their most recent foray into graphic novels comes in the form of Godfly, a self-proclaimed tale of true horror written by Ryan Oliver (founder of Bcb) and drawn by Jeff Kuhnie.
Set in the 1940s and more than a little inspired by the speculative works of Ray Bradbury and Rod Sterling,...
- 4/24/2023
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
Chicago – In all film festivals, the real hidden talent can often be found in the Short Films Program. This is the beginning for many great filmmakers, and it is up to the film reporters and programmers to unearth these creative jewels. Film Critic and Writer Collin Souter is the Short Films Programmer for the Chicago Critics Film Festival (Ccff), and the fest will be presenting two separate programs on May 13th and 14th, 2017, during the run of the festival, which takes place from May 12th through May 18th at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre (details below).
Collin Souter has been reviewing films for 17 years in and around the scene in Chicago… he has a weekly radio gig on Wgn 720Am for the Nick Digilio show, and a monthly one on Whpk 88.5Fm. He has written for eFilmcritic.com, and has a monthly column at RogerEbert.com called “Short Films in Focus.
Collin Souter has been reviewing films for 17 years in and around the scene in Chicago… he has a weekly radio gig on Wgn 720Am for the Nick Digilio show, and a monthly one on Whpk 88.5Fm. He has written for eFilmcritic.com, and has a monthly column at RogerEbert.com called “Short Films in Focus.
- 5/12/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – Friday, May 1st, kicks off one of 2015 Chicago’s most special events, the Chicago Critics Film Festival (Ccff) – a film festival as programmed by the members of the Chicago Film Critics Association. The place to be is at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago, and the titles included are an exciting batch of movies making their premiere here.
Many of the films had their world premiere at festivals like Sundance, Toronto and South X Southwest, and HollywoodChicago.com contributors Nick Allen and Patrick McDonald have been sampling the best of the festival, and offer this preview of the kick-off weekend. Each capsule is designated with Na (Nick Allen) or Pm (Patrick McDonald) – to indicate the author – or encapsulates the official synopsis from the festival.
Be sure to check back with HollywoodChicago.com on Monday, when we finish our preview of the festival by looking ahead to the weekday schedule,...
Many of the films had their world premiere at festivals like Sundance, Toronto and South X Southwest, and HollywoodChicago.com contributors Nick Allen and Patrick McDonald have been sampling the best of the festival, and offer this preview of the kick-off weekend. Each capsule is designated with Na (Nick Allen) or Pm (Patrick McDonald) – to indicate the author – or encapsulates the official synopsis from the festival.
Be sure to check back with HollywoodChicago.com on Monday, when we finish our preview of the festival by looking ahead to the weekday schedule,...
- 5/1/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Get ready for 10 truly terrifying nights when Washington, D.C.’s Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival haunts the AFI Silver Theatre on Oct 10-19 for the fest’s 8th annual edition.
Things really jolt alive on the 10th with the Opening Night film Willow Creek, a surprising genre entry by comedian-turned-director Bobcat Goldthwait, who tells the tale about a couple of amateur Bigfoot hunters who get in way over their heads in the woods. Goldthwait will be on hand for a post-screening Q&A moderated by Film Comment‘s Laura Kern. Also playing on this opening night are a program of scary short films and the feature An American Terror, a post-Columbine fright flick by Haylar Garcia.
As for the other nine nights, sticking true to the “International” in the fest’s name are movies such as the Ireland/France/Sweden co-production Dark Touch by Marina de Van about...
Things really jolt alive on the 10th with the Opening Night film Willow Creek, a surprising genre entry by comedian-turned-director Bobcat Goldthwait, who tells the tale about a couple of amateur Bigfoot hunters who get in way over their heads in the woods. Goldthwait will be on hand for a post-screening Q&A moderated by Film Comment‘s Laura Kern. Also playing on this opening night are a program of scary short films and the feature An American Terror, a post-Columbine fright flick by Haylar Garcia.
As for the other nine nights, sticking true to the “International” in the fest’s name are movies such as the Ireland/France/Sweden co-production Dark Touch by Marina de Van about...
- 10/9/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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