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The Picture of Everything Else

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Basil Gives Paris the Dorian Gray Treatment in Picture of Everything Else #3

Ari Bard and Matthew Lazorwitz4 years ago4 years ago019 mins

Basil Hallward has painted again, and this time the painting is affecting all of Paris. It’s a strange world in Vault Comics’ The Picture of Everything Else #3 by Dan Watters, Kishore Mohan and Aditya Bidikar. Ari Bard: More than the previous two, The Picture of Everything Else #3 feels like a bridge in many…

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Art and Criticism Intertwine in Vault’s The Picture of Everything Else #2

Matthew Lazorwitz and Ari Bard4 years ago4 years ago018 mins

As the new century dawns, former artist Marcel is in a better place. He is well regarded as a critic, in a relationship, and while he can’t paint, he seems to be content with that. But the return of his old friend Alphonse and Alphonse’s mentor, Basil Hallward, will change everything in Vault Comics’ The…

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Art Makes the Monster in Vault’s The Picture of Everything Else #1

Matthew Lazorwitz, Ari Bard and Ari Bard4 years ago4 years ago021 mins

In the waning days of the 19th century, portraiture appears to be on its deathbed. With the arrival of photography, there is much debate over the usefulness of portraits now that a device can capture a person just as they appear. For struggling artists Marcel and Alphonse, the beauty in portraiture can never be replaced,…

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A Post-Betsy Excalibur, Dorian Gray, The Seeds and More Staff Picks for 12/23

Dan Grote4 years ago4 years ago06 mins

Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick Excalibur #16: So Betsy is a sneering stained-glass mosaic, Saturnyne is keeping Jubilee’s son as her dragon pet that can melt reality and the Captain Britain Corps is back with a thicc-ass…

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WMQ&A Episode 133: The House That Walks Like a Man with Dan Watters

Dan Grote and Matthew Lazorwitz5 years ago5 years ago01 mins

Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 133: The House That Walks Like a Man with Dan Watters Writer Dan Watters joins the show to talk about his upcoming Image series “Home Sick Pilots,” his upcoming Vault series “The Picture of Everything Else,” punk rock, cigarettes, Victorian gothic literature and to make co-host Dan Grote feel old…

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