MINOR AT HEART
Ray Bradbury’s The Autumn People and its classic EC horror comics
In October of 1965, eight EC horror comics based on stories by the Fahrenheit 451 author were collected in a paperback called The Autumn People.
Behind the hip hop flyers of the 1970s: Art Deco, comics, and more
JSTOR Daily looks at how Art Deco influenced the young graffiti artists and graphic designers of New York and their flyers for pivotal proto-hip hop parties in ‘70s-era Bronx.
The Eternaut comic and Héctor Oesterheld
In 2016, I wrote for Hyperallergic about The Eternaut and creator Héctor Oesterheld, who was kidnapped by Argentine death squads in 1977. Ahead of the debut of Netflix’s adaptation of The Eternaut, here are some notes on its history.
A connection to time and space
Rome, Italy-based label owner and lifelong record hound Pierpaolo De Sanctis talks to Dust & Grooves.
Freddie Hubbard and a new era at CTI Records
Writer Robert C. Gilbert zeroes in on CTI Records—in particular, three albums that mark “the beginning of a brief, brash era for the label.”
Liz Pelly and Spotify’s “ghost artists for hire”
Journalist Liz Pelly discussed her new book on Spotify with WYNC’s John Schaefer at the New York Public Library.
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Dominic Umile lives, writes, and drinks in Brooklyn, NY. His criticism and features have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Reader, Hyperallergic, and more. Get in touch.