In the first day of his duel with Hollywood’s suspected Communists, Representative J. Parnell Thomas, a choleric man, smashed one gavel to a smither. Next day he turned up with two new ones, prepared, ...

Cover of the ‘The Fade Out, Vol. 1’ (all images courtesy Image Comics unless otherwise noted) (click to enlarge) “The Wild Party” chapter familiarizes us intimately with screenwriter Charlie Parish.

In the 1990s, the idea of licensing music to a TV show or advertisement was anathema to alternative rock bands. Nobody wanted to “sell out,” even after they had already signed to major record labels ...