Ben Wooller

The Friday Review: Harlequin Valentine
14th February 2003
Light the candles, pour the wine, and stick some Al Green on the stereo; Ninth Art gets in the mood for love this Valentine's Day, with Neil Gaiman and John Bolton's modern retelling of a classic theatrical tale.

The Friday Review: Enigma
24th January 2003
Peter Milligan. Duncan Fegredo. Superheroes. Sex. These days, you'd think it was a Marvel title, but this classic series comes from the days when Vertigo wasn't so shy of subversion in spandex. A mystery? A riddle? It's ENIGMA.

Two Steps Back
19th July 2002
The current - and much derided - nostalgia boom isn't the first of its kind in the comics industry. Ben Wooller looks back to the last big craze for reviving old properties, and asks what the important differences are between then and now.

The Adventures of an Art Slut: A conversation with Ben Templesmith
11th March 2002
Ninth Art met with up-and-coming artist Ben Templesmith in his native Perth to discuss how he made the jump from getting his fan art published in SPAWN to becoming the new artist on HELLSPAWN.

Comic Shop Confidential: Thriving In Isolation
15th February 2002
In the first of three essays on comic shop culture, Ben Wooller discusses the troubles facing a comic shop in an isolated corner of the world; Perth, Australia, where the taxes are high and FROM HELL gets impounded by customs.




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