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Diamonds Are Forever | art by Tony Stella

The Surrealist Bond

Kent M. Wilhelm·
Issue 95: 1971
In the six-decade and soon-to-be-25 film oeuvre of the series, Diamonds Are Forever stands out as the most peculiar entry in the franchise thanks to its unintentional embrace of the surreal and the challenges it poses to its own pedigree and dogma. Read More

Issue 95: 1971

May 2021

THX-1138 | art by Tony Stella

The Heart, Extinguished.

Zach D'Amico·
Issue 95: 1971
Even as the fictional world of Lucas’ painfully personal debut acts as an ode to a man who dares to defy corporate strictures, THX 1138’s very existence is also a dire warning to his future self about the futility of defying such an all-consuming conglomerate.  Read More

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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia | art by Tony Stella

Ain’t No More Chances

Travis Woods·
Issue 66: Food
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia is a skin-flayed, nerve-burst confession, a self-loathing crucifixion of the kind of hyper masculine pathology that poisoned Peckinpah's personal life, but inspired his deliriously compelling art. Read More

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Issue 94: Forgiveness

April 2021

Men at the Edge of the Envelope

Gabe Bullard·
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NASA made the Mercury Seven men into a myth. Tom Wolfe made them into (slightly flawed) idols. Philip Kaufman makes them the prototypes of all the insouciant heroes of the Reagan era, who reinforce the American status quo while still breaking every rule.  Read More
Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny

B Who I Want To B

Frank Falisi·
Issue 93: Dynamic Duos
Bugs and Daffy aren’t all that opposite; Bugs and Daffy just want to be bodies. When collided, they have tremendous chemistry: one unflappable and unflappably committed to mischief, the other subject to seismic outcry at the first whiff of mischief, equally committed to dishing it back in full. Read More