Camera Obscura: Charming The Snake
14th December 2001
Several comic creators, including Grant Morrison and Alan Moore, take magic and the occult very seriously. Alasdair Watson looks at how it can influence and inform some of their greatest works.

Camera Obscura: Standing In The Shadows Of Giants
16th November 2001
Marvel isn't the only game in town; it's just the loudest. There are a number of publishers out there producing a diverse range of excellent comics; so why aren't they shouting about it?

Camera Obscura: Big Brother Is Watching You
19th October 2001
Alasdair Watson is Ninth Art's webmaster, so he knows what you people are reading. He knows what you people like. He knows your dirty little secret, and he's about to tell the world.

Camera Obscura: Paperback Writers
21st September 2001
Comics may have superseded the written pulp, but there are still plenty of writers out there with a pulp sensibility. Comics could be their natural home - if only someone would show them the way.

Camera Obscura: Lessons From Hogwarts
24th August 2001
Joe Quesada recently made a trip to Scotland to court J.K.Rowling for Marvel. Even if she never writes a comic in her life, she still has things to teach those who do.

Camera Obscura: San Diego, Mon Amour
23rd July 2001
Writing live from the San Diego comic convention 2001, the usually curmudgeonly Alasdair Watson actually finds something to smile about.

Camera Obscura: Blind Ambition
29th June 2001
Which superhero have you always dreamed of writing? Is it Batman? Wolverine? Maybe Spider-Man or The Spectre? Oh dear. You're about to get a kicking.

The Friday Review: Hellblazer: Hard Time
15th June 2001
Brian Azzarello is the first American to write HELLBLAZER, a fact that put a lot of long term fans on their guard. Could a Colonial do Constantine? HARD TIME holds the answer.

Camera Obscura: Comics 2001 Festival Report
28th May 2001
Regular columnist Alasdair Watson commences with an on-the-spot report from Comics 2001, Britain's national comics festival.