Selected Press

“In the Age of Monsters: The Apocalyptic Vision of Joe Coleman”

Raw Vision: The International Journal of Intuitive and Visionary Art, number 11 Spring 1995
1995

by Martin T. Wilner. Cover: Mommy/Daddy (1994)

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Joe Coleman Interview

Deathtripping: The Cinema of Transgression
1995

by Jack Sargeant. London and San Francisco: Creation Books, 1995. (Includes Coleman interview; seen in context as a “collaborator” in the subcultural movement centering on NYC underground film; see Film section, p. 213.)

A Freudian Interpretation of Joe Coleman

Argonaut “Crazies!” issue, Spring 1994
1994

San Francisco. Illustrated article by Martin Wilner. Cover: Self-Portrait (1986)

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“The Infernal Machine, Joe Coleman”

The Comics Journal #170 Summer 1994
1994

Interview cover feature by Katharine Gates. Cover: detail, The Divine Comedy (1993)

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“Life is a Killer: Joe Coleman”

On Edge: Performance at the End of the Twentieth Century
1994

Book chapter by C. Carr. Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press

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“Portrait of the Artist as a Madman”

High Society October 1993
1993

Joe Coleman Interview

Axcess “Special Holidays Issue” vol. 1, issue 11, 1993
1993

by Lisa Petrucci

“Joe Coleman: Art and Salvation in Nightmare Alley”

Reflex: Alternative Music and Culture, issue 29 Nov. 1992
1992

by Don Kennison

“Freaks, Geeks and Artists”

Welcomat (Philadelphia) vol. 23, no. 40 April 20, 1992
1992

Front-page article with 4-color reproduction of Tunnel of Love featured on issue cover.

“The Terrible World of Joe Coleman: A Geek Makes Good”

Art? Alternatives Premiere Issue April 1992
1992

Another Jonathan Shaw mini-interview

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