'Naive allegory; messianic tendencies'
By Simon Sellars • Jan 31st, 2009 •
Category: Ballardosphere, comics, consumerism
A Brazilian review of Kingdom Come — in the form of a comic strip.
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Grand Theft Auto IV: Ballardian atrocities
By Simon Sellars • Jan 3rd, 2009 •
Category: academia, Ballardosphere, comics, computer games, hyperreality, speed & violence
Autogeddon: Martin Pichlmair on the connection between Ballard and Grand Theft Auto IV.
'Audiopollution! They said it'd never hit us here…'
By Simon Sellars • Dec 5th, 2008 •
Category: Ballardosphere, comics, Hawkwind, Michael Moorcock, music
The return of Moorcock, Hawkwind, Frendz… and Jim Cawthorn.
"Now: Zero" vs Death Note
By Simon Sellars • Apr 17th, 2008 •
Category: Ballardosphere, comics, Japan, manga, paranormal, short stories
Good old postmodernism. Here’s another claim about manga being influenced by an obscure Ballard story.
'Enigmatic Engineering' in The Wind from Nowhere
By Simon Sellars • Feb 9th, 2008 •
Category: architecture, Ballardosphere, comics, Japan, manga
Could it really be possible that a Japanese manga artist was influenced by J.G. Ballard’s most obscure novel?
