Articles by John Zachariah
Small Press Expo-sed
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
It's embarrassing to admit this now, but I had narcissistic expectations for the Small Press Expo held September 15 to 17 in Bethesda, Mary...
Reach for the Top Shelf
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
One of the most refreshing things about discussing comics with Top Shelf co-publishers Chris Staros and Brett Warnock is that they never se...
One Man's Splendour
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
It's difficult to come up with questions for comics writer Harvey Pekar, because back issues of his long-running autobiographical comic Ame...
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Kevin Williamson
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
Leigh Ann (Katie Holmes), the smartest girl in high school, and two friends push their way into their teacher Mrs. Tingle's house, begging...
The Five Senses
Jeremy Podeswa
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
Jeremy Podeswa leads the audience into his film The Five Senses the same way he guides his characters through their various trials and cris...
E. Elias Merhige
E. Elias Merhige
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
The credits for Shadow of the Vampire appear over images of a primitive battle painted in a spiky, controlled art deco idiom, suggesting mu...
Eye On Montreal
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
While gathering funding for the independent comics anthology Cyclope, Montreal comics impresario Marc Tessier ran into a problem. He applie...
Cooper's Future
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
Reading through an issue of Ottawa cartoonist Dave Cooper's Weasel feels like walking through a greenhouse. A steamy nimbus of creative ene...