Dr Dan Smith
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Dr Dan Smith is Senior Lecturer in Fine Art Theory at Chelsea College of Art and Design. His book Traces of Modernity is an archaeology of the shadow of the Great Exhibition of 1851, through an exploration of the ruins of the Crystal Palace in Sydenham and the dinosaurs that remain, the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens, Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum and The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. His drawings can be found here, and writings here, and you can follow him on twitter @utopianimpulse.

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The best comics of 2012

(1) Comments | Posted 29 December 2012 | (13:56)

February saw the arrival of the first London Super Comic Convention. An enormous hall at the ExCel in Docklands was filled by fans, cosplayers, stalls, comic creators and something like a god. Amongst the mortals, the mighty Stan Lee walked, smiled, posed for photos, bringing joy and goodwill to all....

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Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde (REVIEW)

(0) Comments | Posted 23 September 2012 | (00:03)

Tate Britain's survey is pretty much a greatest hits compilation. Arranged into thematic rooms, with little sense of narrative direction, the show won't do much to change anybody's preconceptions of the movement. Those who already love the stylistic mannerisms will delight in the accumulation of works here, but there is...

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Judge Dredd's Mega-City One

(0) Comments | Posted 11 September 2012 | (13:47)

As a futuristic action movie, Dredd is focused, brilliantly crafted, utlraviolent - in short, a relief for fans who have had to live with the memory of Sylvester Stallone's gold codpiece.

This costume faux pass has become one of the more memorable images of the lamentable atrocity that is...

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