![]() Sandman #1 (Gaiman/various, 1989-2015) was released 29 November 1988 (cover dated January 1989), featuring occult magic and quickly introducing fan favourite Death as a perky Goth girl with a top hat, elaborate eye make-up, and silver ankh. Hellblazer (1988-2013) had pitted working-class warlock John Constantine against demons and the supernatural. Arkham Asylum was first published in October 1989 as part of a Gothic wave of titles from DC Comics. This chapter argues that Anglo-American comics are Gothic in cultural, conceptual, stylistic and formalist ways, using Batman: Arkham Asylum. Whether brightly coloured fantasy, literary graphic novels, or DIY fanzines, the comics medium problematizes cultural worth, distorts reality, and transgresses borders and boundaries. Julia Round Grant Morrison, Dave McKean, and Gaspar Saladino’s Arkham Asylum (1989) Comics are a dynamic medium whose subversive potential is well suited to Gothic tales. ![]() ![]() Grant Morrison, Dave McKean, and Gaspar Saladino’s arkham asylum (1989) ![]()
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