Toby Morris and his kids review a cool new comic

Kids will love Jonathan King’s graphic novel The Inkberg Enigma, according to actual kids Max (eight) and Iggy (six). In a sleepy fishing town, there’s something strange going on behind the scenes. Luckily two plucky kids called Miro and Zia are here to investigate. It’s The Inkberg Enigma, a new graphic novel for young readers, … Read more

Summer Reissue: How Bloodborne slyly calls out HP Lovecraft

It’s no secret that horror writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft had bigoted attitudes to race and class. Duy Le examines how these aspects of Lovecraft’s writing are critiqued in FromSoftware’s Bloodborne. This post was first published May 23, 2018. It’s not an exaggeration to say that many of HP Lovecraft’s works are subtly underpinned by his bigotry; … Read more

Challenging the bigotry of an icon: How Bloodborne slyly calls out HP Lovecraft

It’s no secret that horror writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft had bigoted attitudes to race and class. Duy Le examines how these aspects of Lovecraft’s writing are critiqued in FromSoftware’s Bloodborne. It’s not an exaggeration to say that many of HP Lovecraft’s works are subtly underpinned by his bigotry; his letters made his views all but transparent. … Read more