On superheroes and the American city
Why do superheroes feel so at home in cities? Writers and artists were telling stories about the skylines outside…
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Mark Clapham
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Where are Gotham City and Metropolis – and what do they have to do with New York?
If Gotham and Metropolis are both aspects of New York, then is there a New York in DC Comics?…
ByRing and Dark Water: on Japan’s urban ghost stories
The ghost story naturally reverts to the archaic, the gothic, the rural. The genre by its nature tends to…
By“Ciudad perdida”: on Dora & the Lost City of Gold, and the enduring appeal of the lost city
This article contains spoilers for Dora and the Lost City of Gold, a film for nine year olds. Dora…
ByRapture Ready: on the libertarian nightmare of BioShock’s objectivist city
Videogames have increasingly become a form of virtual tourism, allowing us to explore places both real and imaginary in…
ByCity of Ruin: On Resident Evil’s Raccoon City
With the release of Capcom’s remake of Resident Evil 2 on Friday 25 January, gamers will return to the terrifying streets…
By“Both the Gods and the ideal city are always out of reach”: on the dream cities of H.P. Lovecraft
HP Lovecraft (1890-1937) is what we often call a problematic or controversial figure, which in this case is a…
ByWhy exactly do rail services to the cities of the England’s South West keep getting cut off?
If you’ve ever looked at some picturesque photos of British railways, perhaps in a specialist railway magazine – we’re…
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