Bound by Blood: Glenn Danzig's Verotik Comics (Zine)

Zine published by Microcosm Verotik is an independent comic book publisher founded in the mid-1990s by Glenn Danzig, singer of horror punk band The Misfits. The comics, with titles like Satanika, Venus Domina, and Akuma-She, were different than anything else being published at the time, with high quality art and stories full of sex and violence and a lack of superheroes. At the time, they were derided by the industry and they've mainly been forgotten—but not by fan Emma Alice Johnson, who gives them the thoughtful, critical treatment they've been crying out for. Like many comic books of their time, they were violently sexist and casually misogynistic, but, unusually, their writers also tackled queer and feminist themes. Containing more praise than Glenn Danzig has received in one publication in many years, this exaltation of fandom and the complications of being a female Danzig and comics fan tackles many difficult questions and provides a fascinating glimpse into the comics industry.