This comic about archaeologists uncovering the secret history of pop culture took Warren Ellis and John Cassaday 10 years to complete. We discuss its interrogation of genre, intellectual property and history, in light of the cyclical nature of the comics industry some 20 years after the project started.

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• Planetary
• League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo Trilogy
• StormWatch
• Black Summer
• All-Star Superman
• New X-Men
• RED
• Transmetropolitan
• Castlevania

Additional Resources:

• WHY PLANETARY RULES THE WORLD
• The cynical superheroics (and hopeful humanity) of Warren Ellis' Planetary
• Beautiful and Unique Snowflakes: Warren Ellis' 'Planetary'
• ‘PLANETARY': DIGGING UP THE BONES OF THE GENRE COMIC
• Telling Stories About Storytelling: The Metacomics of Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and Warren Ellis

This Amazon television show is about comedian Tig Notaro dealing with tragedy in her Mississippi hometown. But we discuss how its theme of demystifying the South was partially derailed by the corporate pivoting of its distributor and the sexual misconduct of some of its producers.

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• One Mississippi
• Nanette
• My Dead Parents
• The Electric Woman
• Fun Home
• Are You My Mother?
• Bleachy-Haired Honky Bitch: Tales from a Bad Neighborhood

Additional Resources:

• Review: Have You Heard the One About the Grieving Daughter?
• The Heartbreak Comedy of “One Mississippi”
• Why Tig Notaro Took on Sexual Assault in Her Amazon Series
• Is One Mississippi Tig Notaro’s Love Letter to Her Hometown?
• Tig Notaro: Louis C.K.’s Forced Departure from ‘One Mississippi’ Was ‘A Huge Relief’
• tig notaro and stephanie allynne's 'one mississippi' showed me the love i was feeling
• Why Did Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu Kill a Bunch of Alternative Comedies?

This first part in the Jerry Cornelius saga is literary science-fiction that challenges the politics of its time through transgression. But we find eerie parallels to our current zeitgeist and wonder if Cornelius is the perfect device to question our thoughts about subversion and morality.

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• The Final Programme
• Casanova
• The Adventures of Luther Arkwright & Heart of The Empire
• The Prisoner
• The Invisibles
• Sebastian O.
• The Time Traveler’s Wife
• Money

Additional Resources:

• Harrison, A. (2015). “I think Tolkien was a crypto-fascist”. New Statesman, 144(5272), 40-43.
• Moorcock's Achievement and Promise in the Jerry Cornelius Books
• Interview with SFWA Grand Master Michael Moorcock
• The Final Programme by Michael Moorcock
• How we met: 43. Michael Moorcock and Andrea Dworkin