Medium Download
By Sami Shah
Comics and the internet have a burgeoning, but often troublesome, relationship. Sami Shah looks at the history of that relationship and asks, where do we go from here?

Flying Colours: A History of Uniforms in Sequential Art
By Lindsay Duff
For comics, the uniform is more than just a superhero convention. Distinctive character designs have always been a vital element in sequential art, as Lindsay Duff explains.

Creative Discipline: An Interview with Chris Dows and Colin Clayton
By Alistair Pulling
From Morrison's INVISIBLES to Alan Moore's PROMETHEA, magic in comics seems to be big news. Ninth Art spoke to Chris Dows and Colin Clayton, the writing team behind Image's magical maxi-series THE DISCIPLES, about the mysteries of conjuration and collaboration.

Triple A: It's A Long Way Down
By Wheeler, Johnston and Watson
Is DC's Vertigo imprint still working? The Ninth Art editorial board considers the milking of SANDMAN, the death of madness, and Being Ed Biukovic, in this month's round-the-pub-table discussion.

On The Use and Abuse of Fandom
By Gene Phillips
Nietzsche argued that there are three modes for viewing history. Gene Phillips believes these three modes can be applied to comics fandom through the vehicles of Comic Book Artist, Alter Ego and The Comics Journal.

Club Forteana: Parasyte
By Alasdair Stuart
In the third part of his series on Fortean comics, Al Stuart looks at the body horror of Hitosi Iwaaki's manga series PARASYTE, the tale of a schoolboy who becomes the host for a murderous parasitic alien.

Travelling Man: An Interview With Rick Smith
By John Fellows
Comics newcomer Rick Smith has begun one momentous journey after only just completing another, as he chronicles his Middle Eastern adventures in a web comic. Ninth Art caught up with Rick to discuss his journey, and his attempts to widen the comic book audience.

Ripping Yarns: An Interview with David Hitchcock
By Alasdair Stuart
David Hitchcock is the self-published creator of SPIRIT OF THE HIGHWAYMAN and the new Jack the Ripper comic WHITECHAPEL FREAK, which hit the shelves last week. Al Stuart talked to him about history, nationality and going it alone.

Heart Beats
By Bryan Talbot
Acclaimed British author and illustrator Bryan Talbot presents a sample of the in-depth annotations from the CD-ROM version of his superb political fantasy series HEART OF EMPIRE, including his musings on Princess Diana, magic mushrooms and why rats are better than pigeons.

Hit Back: A Hitman Retrospective
By John Fellows
PREACHER got the glory, but HITMAN had the real guts, argues John Fellows, looking back over the sixty issues of Garth Ennis' other magnum opus.

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