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Eoin Rogers is a poet and writer based in Dublin. He graduated from IADT with a degree in English, Media, and Cultural Studies in 2012. He writes about film, literature, comics, society and runs his own web-comic Necromancy Most Foul. You can contact him by dousing yourself in the blood of a black cockerel and baying at the harvest moon.

Film Features

From Panel to Projection Booth |7| – Invasion, Crisis, and the Silver Screen

Eoin Rogers Aug 26, 2015 0

In the final part of Eoin Rogers' series on the history of the comic books, he looks at the invasion of British writers and it's consequences. Alan Moore’s huge critical success with Watchmen was to usher in an entire new wave…

Literature Features

The Open Book: J.R.R. Tolkien

Eoin Rogers Aug 6, 2015 0

I was twelve when I finished reading The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It had taken me a year to the day and as soon I closed the cover on those adventures I cried like a five year old. I was distraught that there wasn’t more. Harry Potter had…

Film Features

From Panel to Projection Booth |6|- Lights in the Dark Age

Eoin Rogers Jul 29, 2015 0

Eoin Rogers' series on the history of comic books looks at the role of influential authors Alan Moore and Frank Miller as they worked through darker themes, not seen in comics. As the sheen of the Bronze Age began to wear thin it would…

Bonus PoetryStuff

The Romantics |2| Samuel Taylor Coleridge (The Junkie)

Eoin Rogers Jul 28, 2015 0

As an academic, the process of summarizing the works of one of the Established Cannon’s greatest contributors is often seen as a regressive, if not wholly reductive one. Surely any evidence of perceived greatness is tied entirely into the…

Bonus PoetryStuff

Poetrylust |2| The Filling Station

Eoin Rogers Jul 21, 2015 0

There were those who greatly despised Leaving Certificate poetry and then there were those who did not. I was one of the latter. Being taught by an eccentric woman, native of Cork, who would become so enthused by the works of Shakespeare,…

Film Features

About Alan Moore and his Swamp Thing – From Panel to Projection Booth |5|

Eoin Rogers Jul 15, 2015 1

In part 5 of Eoin Rogers' series on the history of comic books, he looks at the role Alan Moore's Swamp Thing played on the world of comics and how it formed the basis for adult comic book stories. Check out the previous articles here,…

Film Features

From Panel To Projection Booth |4| – Tarnished Silverware: The Birth of the Bronze Age

Eoin Rogers Jun 24, 2015 0

Part 4 of Eoin Rogers' series on the history of comics looks at how social issues of the 1970s began influencing the stories of our superheros. Check out the rest of the series here. No doubt a reaction against the squeaky clean…

Literature Features

The Open Book: Neil Gaiman

Eoin Rogers Jun 16, 2015 8

Let’s get one thing straight before we start; fuck Dickens. Just kidding! I’ve got nothing against Charlie. You go Glen Coco! As a teen, and as a struggling literature graduate, I found writers like Dickens to be immensely stuffy,…

Bonus PoetryStuff

Poetrylust |1| An Exequy

Eoin Rogers Jun 16, 2015 1

As is often want to happen, the Sunday paper had arrived with a literary supplement. The supplement in question was entitled “Poems that make Grown Men Cry” and upon glancing the title my friend Alison immediately thought of me. After…

Film Features

From Panel To Projection Booth |3| – Silver Age Marvels

Eoin Rogers Jun 10, 2015 0

Eoin Rogers continues his bi-weekly series on the history of comic books and their links to cinema. In Part 1 he talked about the early days of superheroes, while Part 2 looked at the censorship and regulation of comics in post-World War II…

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