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Cult Fiction | R. Sukumar 09:03 PM | March 19,2009
This fanboy has no idea who watches the ‘Watchmen’, but he plans to watch it for sure
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Cult Fiction | Sukumar Ranganathan 10:45 PM | December 05,2008
Legendary comics writer Jeff Smith, who was in India recently, in conversation with our resident connoisseur of the genre
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Cult Fiction | R. Sukumar 11:28 PM | October 31,2008
The last edition of ‘Cult Fiction’ reiterates why these books can never go out of fashion
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Cult Fiction | R. Sukumar 12:44 AM | October 18,2008
Spider is a fictional Gonzo journalist, the creation of comic-book writer Warren Ellis.
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Cult Fiction | R. Sukumar 12:36 AM | October 11,2008
The owner of my neighbourhood bookstore tells me that he ordered 200 copies of Persepolis (the second volume) and managed to sell all
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Cult Fiction | R. Sukumar 12:10 AM | October 04,2008
In a world where the women are increasingly behaving like men, Yorrick Brown chooses to do the womanly thing
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Cult Fiction | R. Sukumar 11:46 PM | September 19,2008
Messrs Ennis and Dillon have featured in the column before, most notably in one that dealt with the writers and illustrators who portrayed violence best in comics
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Cult Fiction | R. Sukumar 12:48 AM | September 13,2008
The English translation of ‘Oldboy’ was considered good enough to win an Eisner Award (sort of like the Oscars for comic books) in 2007
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Cult Fiction | R. Sukumar 01:15 AM | September 06,2008
Promethea is the story of a college girl, Sophie Bangs, who discovers that she is, er, a story named Promethea
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Cult Fiction | R. Sukumar 12:20 AM | August 30,2008
Comics publishers and creators have, in their own way, tried to recognize Jack Kirby’s contribution to the medium
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Cult Fiction | R. Sukumar 11:56 PM | August 08,2008
The best thing about the book is that although there are 34 stories, each is around six pages long
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Cult Fiction | R. Sukumar 12:01 AM | August 02,2008
The over-the-top tone of the earlier books was replaced by a grim, dark, sometimes even postmodern approach
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Cult Fiction | R. Sukumar 11:57 PM | July 18,2008
The enthusiasm shown by A-list comic-book writers and illustrators to adapt Neil Gaiman’s works of prose is probably one indication of the man’s standing
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Cult Fiction | R. Sukumar 10:44 AM | July 12,2008
It doesn’t get any more cultish than the Bat. A week before the new Batman movie’s world premiere, Cult Fiction presents a special review of the books you should read if you have a serious dark hero fixation
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Cult Fiction | R. Sukumar 12:12 AM | June 28,2008
It is not unknown for a writer to tout his own work, but Moore, best known for Watchmen and one of the finest comic book creators around, is not just any writer
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