Top Nine: de Campi's Choice
10th April 2006
Author and columnist Alex de Campi picks nine comics that have shaped her love for the medium, from the depravity of PANORAMA DE L'ENFER to the eccentricity of SWIMINI PURPOSE via Bob Burden and Edward Gorey.

Comment: The Europeans
20th June 2005
Europe loves the ninth art, and Ninth Art loves Europe, but with a whole continent of comics to choose from, how do you know which books to read? Get some expert advice from European artists Igor Kordey, JJ Dzialowski and Simon Fraser.

Comment: Suitcase Full Of Comics
7th February 2005
Alex de Campi has returned from the world's greatest celebration of comics, the Angoulême festival, with her luggage crammed full of books. Now she wants to share some of her favourite discoveries from the Continent.

Comment: Hacking Away
20th December 2004
John Byrne claims people who miss deadlines are killing the industry, but Alex de Campi is more worried about creators who don't put any art in their craft. Plus, a looks ahead to some of the most promising new comics in 2005.

Comment: Shock And Awe
18th October 2004
Death is in season in comics, with characters dying at both of the Big Two, and WildStorm's future looking ever more shaky. Alex de Campi looks at shock tactics and struggling imprints and asks; what would Jesus do?

Comment: Après Le Déluge
23rd August 2004
With another San Diego behind them, three creators - RENT GIRL's Laurenn McCubbin, HOW LOATHSOME's Tristan Crane and RUMBLE GIRLS' Lea Hernandez - join Alex de Campi to look at the state of the industry.

Comment: The Expanding Universe
28th June 2004
Finally recovered from bankruptcy, Marvel seems determined to prove what rude health its in as it fills the shelves with new X-Men series and invites creators from India and Japan to add to its line-up. Alex de Campi takes count.

Comment: A Very British Convention
31st May 2004
This weekend saw the largest gathering of British comics professionals outside of the local pub. Alex de Campi reports from the con floor of Comics 2004, to ask: where are all the US publishers?

Comment: Hamlet And Don Quixote In America
3rd May 2004
Ninth Art kicks off its new weekly comment section, as Alex de Campi looks at how real world politics are sending superheroes into retreat and pushing the publishers towards safer ground.