john fellows

The Friday Review: Tomorrow Stories Volume One
10th May 2002
The imagination of Alan Moore. The creative minds of some of the industry's finest talents. Is this America's best anthology? Ninth Art checks out the tomorrow people.

The Friday Review: Berlin: City of Stones
26th April 2002
What are comics capable of? In the hands of a creator as accomplished as Jason Lutes, it seems comics can build entire cities, right from the tallest building to the smallest dream. Wilkommen bei Berlin.

Jagged Pulp
19th April 2002
Comics have outlived their kissing cousins, the pulp novels, but John Fellows believes the medium can still learn from pulp's often unbending approach to serial protagonists.

The Friday Review: Volcanic Revolver
15th February 2002
VOLCANIC REVOLVER is Scott Morse's elegant tale of Old World customs, superstitions and feuds imposing themselves on 1930s New York. In anticipation of Morse's movie adaptation, Ninth Art went back to the source.

Noble Intentions: An Interview with Jay Faerber
14th January 2002
Renowned for his work on superhero team books, Jay Faerber has begun to make his first steps into the creator-owned paddling pool. Ninth Art talks to him about soap operas, diversification and dodging bullets.

The Friday Review: New X-Men: E Is For Extinction
4th January 2002
NEW X-MEN was one of the most unexpected critical success stories of 2001. Ninth Art looks back at the soap opera quagmire that spawned it, and at the exceptional talents Marvel brought in to push THE X-MEN in a new direction.

Beautiful Loser
7th December 2001
He watched MORTAL KOMBAT. At the cinema. And he enjoyed it. And then he went back for the sequel. John Fellows celebrates crap - the second best alternative to mediocrity.

The Friday Review: American Century: Scars & Stripes
30th November 2001
Communism, conflict and carnal knowledge. Ninth Art ventures into the world of Tischman and Chaykin's political thriller, where lovers will always find a way...

The Post-Premise Premise: A Wildcats Retrospective
12th November 2001
As WILDCATS heads for a 'mature readers' volume three, Ninth Art looks back at the history of the series and the successes - and failings - of volume two.

The Friday Review: The One Trick Rip-Off
28th September 2001
In THE ONE TRICK RIP-OFF, Paul Pope, one of comics' most vibrant and original talents, approaches the kind of manic buzz you'd normally associate with sex, drugs and rock 'n roll.

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