By: Barbara Bogaev

The drama of her life steeped her intelligence in passion and rebellion.

By: Gary Panter

He consumed humanity and spit out a mirror.

By: Adam McGovern

He showed most comic auteurs how it’s done.

By: Tor Aarestad

“We are Northern white crap that talks back.”

By: Alix Lambert

He wrote about fear, boredom, insecurity, sadness, and confusion.

By: Devin McKinney

In his poetry, Nature is eerily alive, a conspiracy of omens.

By: Joshua Glenn

Her Maida Books are feminist science fiction.

By: Brian Berger

He unsettled movie genres even as he helped define them.

By: Lucy Sante

He discovered photography’s affinity with the social uncanny.

By: Joshua Glenn

A fanboys’ fanboy, he coined the term “Cthulhu Mythos.”

By: Lucy Sante

The clochard who chronicled freedom from the straight world.

By: Amanda French

The really important kind of freedom involves attention.

By: Adam McGovern

Most pop is escapism; this is sanctuary.

By: Mike Fleisch

Fidelity to appearance vs. expression of reality.

By: Lynn Peril

“Being great at a terrific job is sexy.”