Alphabetti Fumetti: Z is for Zep
Ninth Art's eclectic abecedarium reaches its conclusion with three very different artists - young star Leinil Francis Yu, definitive SANDMAN illustrator Michael Zulli, and international best-seller Zep.
12 June 2006

Top Nine: Kennedy's Choice
That first comic for a long train journey; that first curious dip into indie comics; that first chance to fall in love all over again. From NEW WARRIORS to CHUNKY RICE, Alistair Kennedy remembers his defining moments as a comics fan.
29 May 2006

Alphabetti Fumetti: V is for Vaughan
The eclectic guide to comics' most memorable creators reaches U, for ASTERIX co-creator Albert Uderzo, and V, for RUNAWAYS writer Brian K Vaughan and former Image impresario Jim Valentino.
15 May 2006

Alphabetti Fumetti: T is for Thomas
Ninth Art's rundown of the industry's most notable creators continues with a look at famed Marvel writer Roy Thomas, legendary minimalist Alex Toth, and superstar artist Michael Turner.
01 May 2006

Alphabetti Fumetti: R is for Romita
Ninth Art celebrates comics' greatest father-and-son dynasty, the legendary talents that are the Johns Romita, and we take a look at the ascendance of comics first painter superstar, Alex Ross.
03 April 2006

Alphabetti Fumetti: Q is for Quesada
Who's the man who oversaw New Marvel's great leap forward as well as its slide back into bad habits? And who's this Vince Deighan fellow that Grant Morrison likes so much? Those are the Qs. Alistair Kennedy has the As.
20 March 2006

Alphabetti Fumetti: O is for Otomo
Continuing Ninth Art's tour through some of the comic industry's most diverse talents, we turn to the creator of multimedia icon MODESTY BLAISE, the man who remade BATMAN, and the imagination that unleashed AKIRA.
20 February 2006

Alphabetti Fumetti: K is for Kane
Ninth Art's rundown of comics' most notable creators continues with profiles of BATMAN creator Bob Kane, surrealist storyteller Sam Kieth, and
26 December 2005

Alphabetti Fumetti: I is for Infantino
Comics are a fickle business, where management failings are better remembered than artistic triumphs, one book can make an up-and-comer arrive, and pioneers don't often get their due. Ninth Art's ABC reaches Infantino, Irving and Isabella.
28 November 2005

Alphabetti Fumetti: G is for Gaiman
Ninth Art's tour through some of the biggest names in comics reaches G, where Alistair Kennedy looks at Gaiman beyond SANDMAN, Gerber's trouble with HOWARD, and Grayson's obsession with NIGHTWING.
31 October 2005

Alphabetti Fumetti: E is for Ellis
Ninth Art's A-to-Z guide to some of comics' biggest movers and shakers reaches three creators with firm attitudes to superheroes, and notably idiosyncratic voices; Warren Ellis, Steve Englehart and Garth Ennis.
03 October 2005

The Book Review: Essential Super-Villain Team-Up
Stan Lee brings on the bad guys with the help of a host of old school greats in this classic collection of nefarious tales as Dr Doom and the Sub-Mariner team up to take on the world. With special guest Adolf Hitler.
18 April 2005

Conventional Wisdom: Pac-A-Wac-A-Wowie
To mark this summer's convention season, Ninth Art has turned to some of its contributors to discover their reminiscences of convention seasons gone by, beginning with Alistair Kennedy's encounters with the costumed con-goers of San Diego.
04 July 2003

Hey Kids, Comics!
People who don't read comics still believe that the medium is just for kids, to the bafflement of anyone who's ever gone looking for kids' comics. Ninth Art talks to 12-year-old Jacqueline, to find out what a girl wants.
24 February 2003

Wish You Were There? - A report from the San Diego Comic Con 2002
Missed another chance to stand in a huge room full of sweating comic fans in the California sunshine? Ninth Art's Alistair Kennedy went to the San Diego comic convention, so you wouldn't have to.
09 August 2002

Roll Up, Roll Up!
Stan Lee was the industry's first great showman. Now current Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada is keeping up the tradition, for better or worse, as demonstrated in his recent public showdown with writer Peter David.
22 March 2002

Sex and Drugs and Comic Books
No-one really expects comic creators to be rockstars, but that doesn't stop them from walking the walk. Creators with charisma - they're out there, but does pop credibility get them credit?
21 December 2001

Stan: Still The Man?
Stan Lee is regarded as one of the most important figures in modern American comics. And whether it's JUST IMAGINE... or his ill-fated online venture, he's still never far the public eye. Al Kennedy wonders whether Stan The Man shouldn't put away his pen once and for all.
09 November 2001

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