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Noah's Beat Box
Art from the children's book This is Not My Hat, featuring a huge fish peering at a tiny one wearing the smallest, most adorable bowler on its head.

An Adult Critique of Books for Children

By Noah Springer • September 13th, 2023

You know what doesn’t get enough hate in Noah’s opinion? Children’s books.

Mind Palaces
A screenshot from Pathologic shows buildings with strange conical architecture reaching up into hazy grey skies.

Architectural Intent

By Maddi Chilton • September 6th, 2023

For a book that is nominally about the hubristic imaginings of a genius architect, Rose/House seems to have no actual interest in architecture.

Self-Insert

Mafia

By Amanda Hudgins • September 5th, 2023

KinnPorsche is probably the best example of the mafia alternative universe aesthetic. Everyone is beautiful and darkly dressed and prone to drinking and smoking in dark rooms.

Run It Back
Detail of the Penguin Classics cover of Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust, showing a bright graphic of orange, cream and blue zig-zagging lines and dots.

1934

By Oluwatayo Adewole • July 27th, 2023

In this case it seems dear reader, that the enemy of our enemy is not quite a friend – or at least they’re one who we shouldn’t invite to stay in our home.

Always Autumn
Wakanda Forever's Prince Namor wearing a regal feathered serpent headdress in his underwater domain.

A Golden Halo That Could Be the Sun Part II: The Ones Who Stay and Fight

By Autumn Wright • July 13th, 2023

What does it mean to be born of the dead?

Mind Palaces
Stacks of books on their sides, just begging to be read.

Marathon May

By Maddi Chilton • July 5th, 2023

This is not the best way to interact with art, but it’s also hard to see what the alternative is.

The Unknown

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • June 26th, 2023

The truth is out there!

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