I rarely put warning labels on reviews, but the new Vertigo series, Clean Room, deserves one. This is one of the most messed up series I’ve ever read, but I’m loving it. It’s not for the faint of heart or the easily offended, but if you’re up to a challenge, it can be an entertaining one. (more…) Read more
Andrew Michael Hurley’s first novel, The Loney is an unforgettable experience. With elements of Gothic horror, it’s a haunting one too. But that doesn’t mean it should be pigeonholed into a specific genre, because it’s narrative transcends any of those constraints. Part thriller, part horror, part family drama, it’s also a rich reflection on the nature of faith and (dis)belief, and the lengths to which both will drive the faithful and the unfaithful alike. (more…) Read more
This week, Tony Jones and Ryan Parker discuss the season one finale of The Path on Hulu. They also interview series creator Jessica Goldberg to talk about developing characters, crafting a religion, and what the series is really all about. Listen after the jump and subscribe on iTunes. (more…) Read more
Justin Cronin’s “vampire” trilogy reaches its thrilling conclusion this week with the publication of The City of Mirrors. If you’re familiar with the previous two entries, The Passage and The Twelve, then you know calling it a vampire trilogy is selling it short, threatening to put it alongside the likes of the Twilight series. It’s so much more than that. Cronin’s is a deeply human narrative of love, families, friendships, and sacrifice set against an impossibly apocalyptic background. (more…) Read more
Pop Theology contributor Benjamin Drew Griffin has had some time to swim in Radiohead’s new album, A Moon Shaped Pool. His thoughts after the jump. (more…) Read more
We’re into two new series from Dark Horse this week, Dept.H and House of Penance. Though the narratives take place in wildly different settings–at the bottom of the ocean and a madhouse–they’re equally compelling mysteries that leave us anxiously awaiting their next issues. (more…) Read more
This week, Tony Jones and Ryan Parker discuss episode nine of The Path on Hulu. The last three episodes of this first season make for great TV. If you’re not watching, catch up ASAP and get ready for the season finale next week. Also, please like Killer Serials on Facebook and subscribe on iTunes. Take a listen after the jump. (more…) Read more
This week, we look at three (relatively) new comics, two of which (Black Panther and Renato Jones) are timely series that tackle issues of race, justice, and economic (in)equality in different but provocative ways. The third is an over-the-top, gore-filled guilty pleasure. (more…) Read more
Tony Jones and Ryan Parker discuss the latest episode of The Path on Hulu, whether or not you can belong to a community of faith without sharing the faith, and what’s more important, faith or family. Take a listen after the jump and please subscribe on iTunes. (more…) Read more
Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba, Mary. These women, all listed in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew, are the inspiration for Chester Brown’s latest graphic novel, Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus: Prostitution and Religious Obedience in the Bible (Drawn & Quarterly, 280 pgs.). Like one of my favorite new comic books, The Goddamned, Mary Wept invites us to return to familiar biblical stories for new (at least to many of us) interpretations. While many of Brown’s conclusions will shock some readers, he can’t be accused... Read more
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