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John Linton Roberson (born in Kingstree, South Carolina, January 22, 1969), also known as JLRoberson, is an illustrator, cartoonist and writer, currently based in Seattle, Washington.

An alumnus of DePaul University, Roberson self-published the quarterly anthology

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Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Baby of Macon: 1 of 1
In this day and age, I never fail to be surprised at what a repressed culture we still have, despite all our pretensions to the contrary. It may seem that expressions of theextreme are mind-numbingly common in our culture, but look again; in all the sex, violence and depravity we see in our media, is there any attempt, throug... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Patriot: 1 of 1
Mel Gibson is not known for his subtlety, nor imagination in parts he chooses. Apart, perhaps, from the LETHAL WEAPON films, each one is the same; MAD MAX is BRAVEHEART is RANSOM. But this film is so vaporous and boilerplate it makes the others look like sparkling epiphanies of originality. Are there any true screenwriters le... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Peeping Tom: 1 of 1
Michael Powell's PEEPING TOM is a brilliant, searing film far ahead of its time, after 40 years no less terrifying, intense and disturbing in its examination of complicity between filmmaker and audience. And a damn good classic thriller, to boot.The film concerns a nervous young man in London around 1960. He's inherited a nic... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: O Lucky Man (1973): 1 of 1
One of the strangest moments in my film-viewing life was the day I found out Lindsay Anderson directed, of all things, WHALES OF AUGUST. Not that it's a bad film, but it's a bit like finding a Jane Austen novel was in fact written by Jonathan Swift. Anderson is the greatest film satirist of all time, embodying the proper use ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Devils: 1 of 1
The only Ken Russell film you ever need to see. That is, if you want to avoid the steaming mounds of crap he's turned out, which tend to distract one with stench & volume from the few perfect roses hidden within. Some have their favorite films by a director; most I know have instead with Russell a LEAST favorite they recall q... More..
Arts & Humanities > Comic Books & Graphic Novels Comic book reviews: The Ultimates' extinction: 1 of 1
ULTIMATE EXTINCTIONI've been an admitted fan of THE ULTIMATES for a while now. I've been very taken withMark Millar & Bryan Hitch's accomplished, intelligent and often witty attempt to "update" the Marvel universe, at least in this one respect; I have avoided all of the other comics in the line in my ongoing attempt to ignore... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Basquiat: 1 of 1
The 1980s were the final death knell of "gallery" visual art. Thanks to lots of freely-flowing cash and yuppies & businessmen with walls to decorate, art prices jumped ludicrously, a Van Gogh commanding millions, sometimes into the billions. The critic Robert Hughes decried this as a way art was being removed from the public,... More..
Arts & Humanities > Comic Books & Graphic Novels Comic book reviews: Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters #1: 1 of 1
UNCLE SAM & THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS #1(2007) -a reviewThe cover looked so promising. Done in the style of a Latin American political poster, it's a sharp design and caught my attention immediately. Picking it up I was hoping for something to restore my faith that DC can make something of the enormous number of great characters i... More..
Arts & Humanities > Comic Books & Graphic Novels Comic book review: Kansas O'Flaherty, Secret Agent, by Carol Lay: 1 of 1
Kansas O'Flaherty, Secret Agent: a reviewCarol Lay's excellent WAYLAY strip has been a mainstay at Salon for a very, very long time, and has a sizeable number of fans. Unlike most of its strips, hers is not strictly political, or humorous(at least not always). This would probably explain why Salon chose it to be removed from ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Comic Books & Graphic Novels Comic book reviews: All-star Superman #5-The gospel according to Lex Luthor: 1 of 1
This has to be one of the very best Luthor stories I have ever seen, and I really don't think I've ever seen a story that explains the character better. Of course Frank Quitely & Jamie Grant's work is excellent(particularly on Clark Kent and the really gross Parasite, who now has a face like a lamprey or tapeworm). That being... More..