Jess Nevins is a reference librarian at Lone Star College in Tomball, Texas. He is the author of numerous books on popular culture, including The Encyclopedia of Pulp Heroes (2016), The Victorian Bookshelf (2016), and The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana (2005).
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Before “Biff! Pow! Bam!”
What we need is a comprehensive examination of the history of popular literature with a view toward cataloging what we might call "proto-superheroes."...
To Understand the World Is To Be Destroyed By It: On H.P. Lovecraft
WHY LOVECRAFT? Why has Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the elitist, eccentric, racist New England writer of that specialized brand of fear literature ...
