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About Nick Hanover

Nick Hanover got his degree from Disneyland, but he’s the last of the secret agents and he’s your man. Which is to say you can find his particular style of espionage here at Loser City as well as Ovrld, where he contributes music reviews and writes a column on undiscovered Austin bands. You can also flip through his archives at Comics Bulletin, which he is formerly the Co-Managing Editor of, and Spectrum Culture, where he contributed literally hundreds of pieces for a few years. Or if you feel particularly adventurous, you can always witness his odd .gif battles with Dylan Garsee on twitter: @Nick_Hanover

About Nick Hanover

Nick Hanover got his degree from Disneyland, but he’s the last of the secret agents and he’s your man. Which is to say you can find his particular style of espionage here at Loser City as well as Ovrld, where he contributes music reviews and writes a column on undiscovered Austin bands. You can also flip through his archives at Comics Bulletin, which he is formerly the Co-Managing Editor of, and Spectrum Culture, where he contributed literally hundreds of pieces for a few years. Or if you feel particularly adventurous, you can always witness his odd .gif battles with Dylan Garsee on twitter: @Nick_Hanover

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Here are my most recent posts

A Million and One Places to Go: Revisiting the Art of the Hustle in Susan Siedelman’s Smithereens

August 23, 2018 By Nick Hanover Leave a Comment

Smithereens Susan Berman

Do you have a picture in your head of New York? Does it come from real life? Or the memory of art? I know the New York I see when I close my eyes. It is rooted in history but still basically myth, culled from photographic histories of the births of punk and hip hop, […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Brad Rinn, Criterion, Film, New York, Richard Hell, Smithereens, Susan Berman, Susan Seidelman

On Brandon Graham, Weaponized Loyalty and Recognizing Abuse Tactics

May 29, 2018 By Nick Hanover 5 Comments

There’s a thing that happens when time runs out for abusers. The loyalty they’ve managed to get from the people around them, the people who have been manipulated into only seeing the good, disintegrates and the protective shield it offered not only becomes useless but far more powerful of a weapon than even the initial […]

Filed Under: Features, News Tagged With: Brandon Graham, Carta Monir, comics, Natalie Reed, Sarah Horrocks

Butt Muscles and Baby Squirts: On Christeene and Cultural Sensitivity

May 25, 2018 By Nick Hanover Leave a Comment

As a long time fan of her material, I got a thrill out of seeing a profile on Christeene, a self-described “human pissoir of raw unabashed sexuality,” in the Austin Chronicle this week. There’s no real comparison for Christeene or what she does but a rough description might go something like “if John Waters and […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Austin Chronicle, Big Boys, Butthole Surfers, Christeene, Kevin Curtin, punk, queer art, The Dicks

Yellowed Pages: Foolkiller

May 15, 2018 By Nick Hanover 4 Comments

Today in Yellowed Pages we explore the bizarre, shocking Foolkiller, a 1990 Marvel maxi-series by Steve Gerber and J.J. Birch that is either a searing condemnation of white male rage or an over-the-top anti-PC fantasy, depending on how you look at it. Mainstream comics in the early ’90s were a mess, no matter how you look […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Foolkiller, Gregory Wright, JJ Birch, Marvel Comics, Steve Gerber, yellowed pages

Moodie Black’s Lucas Acid is an Unflinching and Powerful Album of Trans Anthems

April 25, 2018 By Nick Hanover Leave a Comment

Moodie Black Lucas Acid

Late into Moodie Black’s new album Lucas Acid, MB mastermind K Death growls “I ain’t really screaming/There’s no pain” and there’s a good chance you’ll think this is a lie based on what you hear around it. After all, Moodie Black are pioneers of noise rap, a subgenre defined by unholy howls, a scene with cacophony in […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Electronic, Fake Four, hip-hop, Indie, K Death, Moodie Black, noise rap, punk, Sean Lindahl

Vs #1 is a Captivating but Muddled Exploration of War as Entertainment

February 9, 2018 By Nick Hanover Leave a Comment

Vs Esad Ribic

Almost exactly two years ago, Image Comics teased Ivan Brandon and Esad Ribic’s “space gladiators” series Vs, whetting the appetites of sci-fi fans looking for some Heinleinian exploration of military evolution to offset the wave of post-apocalyptic and cyberpunk works that had taken over the genre. That wave is still rising, if anything it’s grown larger, […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Aditya Bidikar, Esad Ribic, Image Comics, Ivan Brandon, Nic Klein, Tom Muller, Vs

Three Billboards and the Exploitation of Black Activism

November 17, 2017 By Nick Hanover 1 Comment

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

Around the midway point of Martin McDonagh’s new film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Frances McDormand’s righteously angry Mildred heads to work, only to find a post-it note on the door from her co-worker Denise (Amanda Warren) reading “I’ve been arrested :(” Mildred is immediately aware that Denise’s arrest is because of Mildred’s war against the […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Film, Frances McDormand, Martin McDonagh, Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Woody Harrelson

On Eddie Berganza and the Misperceptions of Wrongful Dismissal

November 10, 2017 By Nick Hanover Leave a Comment

Eddie Berganza

Since it has now become public knowledge that Buzzfeed will be reporting on the Eddie Berganza situation at DC Comics, and thus might very well cause DC to finally take firm action on Berganza or at least inspire more people to demand action, it feels necessary to discuss one of the most frequently asked questions […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: comics, DC Comics, Eddie Berganza, employment law, sexual harassment

Why So Angry: Refusing to Forget Stories of Abuse

October 13, 2017 By Nick Hanover Leave a Comment

If you’re outspoken online, you often get asked some variation of “Why are you so angry?” Sometimes it’s more sarcastic, an iteration of “u mad bro?” Other times it’s stated with bewilderment, pointedly questioning the expense of your energy. What’s personally always the most frustrating, though, is when it’s stated in a way that implies […]

Filed Under: Art, Features Tagged With: Abuse, harassment, Trauma

Open Mike Eagle’s Brick Body Kids Still Daydream is a Fearlessly Self-aware Work

September 26, 2017 By Nick Hanover Leave a Comment

Open Mike Eagle Brick Body Kids Still Daydream

Successful musicians often hit a point in their careers where the more universal feelings that fueled their early work, like desperation and hunger and a need to prove yourself, fall away as they instead reflect on the alienation of fame and the touring life. Open Mike Eagle isn’t a household name yet but his career […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Open Mike Eagle

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