Sequence: The State Of Comics In Kansas City
By B Clay Moore
The Kansas City Comic Creators Network sprang up in a coffee shop a year ago. Now it's planning to launch America's answer to the Angoulême festival, with its first step being this year's Sequence exhibition. B Clay Moore tracks the journey to the exhibition's opening night.

The Rucka Memorandum: An interview with Greg Rucka, part two
By Andrew Wheeler
As Greg Rucka prepares to take over writing WONDER WOMAN and WOLVERINE, Ninth Art gets the inside word on his approaches to sex, sexuality, strong women and superhero icons.

The Rucka Memorandum: An interview with Greg Rucka, part one
By Andrew Wheeler
He's the novelist who came in from the cold to face the cosy intimacy of comics fandom; Ninth Art talks to QUEEN & COUNTRY creator Greg Rucka about keeping up with the news and communicating through comics.

Comic Book Babylon: The Shape Of Comic Book Reading
By A David Lewis
Words are the reigning currency in the study of narrative theory - a world of learning that already presents scholars with an intimidating Library of Babel. A David Lewis explores how narrative theory is affected when visual signs are added to a text.

Triple A: Wonderland
By Wheeler, Johnston and Watson
The 9A round table turns its attentions to that most nebulous of comic book concepts, the sense of wonder. Is it something today's creators are actively seeking, and if so, are they succeeding?

Snake Charmer: An interview with Alan Moore, Part Two
By Frank Beaton
Between his groundbreaking comic work and his psychedelic occult performances, Alan Moore has acquired a reputation as a rather odd fellow. He talks to Ninth Art about urban legends, collaborating with Eddie Campbell and Jose Villarubia, and the end of his comics career.

Snake Charmer: An interview with Alan Moore, Part One
By Frank Beaton
He's the most respected name in comics, but he's leaving it all behind to focus on multimedia performance and magic. To mark our 100th week, Ninth Art talks to Alan Moore about sorcery, opera, and psycho-geography.

Drinking In The Kitchen
By Frank Smith
Take a walk through the scenery of Alex Maleev?s DAREDEVIL. Frank Smith visits Hell?s Kitchen and a few other reference points besides, and stops for a drink or two along the way.

The List: Sci-Fi
By Ben Wooller
From Paul Pope's artpunk extremists to Katsuhiro Otomo's dystopian ultraviolence, science fiction aficionado Ben Wooller offers his view of some of the very best social comment in comics - all with a futurist bent.

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By John Mazzeo
He's the man who brought together Green Lantern and Green Arrow - not to mention Superman and Muhammad Ali. Ninth Art profiles one of comics' first superstar artists, the revolutionary Neal Adams.

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