Shredding Stereotypes: How the Ninja Turtles Reshaped Themselves for a New Era
Issue Three: The Next Mutation Edited by Francisco Viana 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles…
Essays
Thirsting for the Forbidden: Dissecting the Monstrous Feminine
“The female vampire is abject because she disrupts identity and order; driven by her lust for blood, she does not…
How the Ninja Turtles Mutated from Sewer Creatures to Superstars
Issue Two: Out of the Shadows Edited by Francisco Viana Comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird could hardly…
From Mirage to Millions: The 40 Year Journey of the TMNT
Issue One: Turtle Power Edited by Francisco Viana In November of 1983, in the dingy living room of two aspiring…
Dare to Dream: Unveiling the Magic of Independent Filmmaking
At Sundance 2020, Scott Turner Schofield posed a question that changed my life: if I was passionate about film, why…
The Unapologetically Camp, Sapphic Spy Film: D.E.B.S.
Through the years, Hollywood has produced an infinite amount of espionage films. These films have essentially all been the same:…
Possessed by Puberty: Dissecting the Monstrous Feminine
“In order to enter the symbolic order, the subject must reject or repress all forms of behaviour, speech and modes…
The Many Faces of the Archaic Mother: Dissecting the Monstrous Feminine
“The unacceptable, monstrous aspect of woman is represented in two ways: Mother as an omnipresent archaic force linked to death…
Transcending the Runway: Saint Laurent Productions and Rodarte’s ‘Woodshock’
In an age where artistic boundaries are fluid, luxury fashion designers transcend the runways and haute couture shows to venture…