Category: Occult Reading List
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The Occult Triangle Lab Reading List: From Hell
When I first came across From Hell (by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell) in a bookstore, I took one look at the sketchy, back-of-a-napkin-sketch art, the spindly, difficult-to-read lettering, and the sheer thickness of the book and decided it was one of those weird, high-concept, avant-garde graphic novels that get lauded by critics and ignored…
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Occult Reading List: Vagabond & Berserk
This past June, I was at a panel discussion on fantasy literature and worldbuilding and was surprised when an audience member asked what the panelists thought about worldbuilding in manga series. In my experience, most people keep discussions of novels and manga separate, but it seems like the two mediums are overlapping more in people’s…
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Occult Reading List: Taschen’s “H.R. Giger”
Recently, I’ve been reading Taschen’s H.R. Giger, and I’ve really been enjoying it! I thought I’d share some of my thoughts on it, as a writer and worldbuilder. My first encounter with H.R. Giger came in high school, when my friend Joel (the same person that created the artwork of body modification styles in the…