French essayist, philosophical theorist and novelist, often called the "metaphysician of evil." Bataille was interested in sex, death, degradation, and the power and potential of the obscene. He rejected traditional literature and considered that the ultimate aim of all intellectual, artistic, or rel

Death, Marxism/ideology critique, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis

Principally a writer, Sontag directed plays and films in addition to writing fiction. However, in the Arts she will probably be best remembered for her non fiction which includes the seminal art texts such as "On Photography" and "Against Interpretation".

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Hans Bellmer was a German-born French Surrealist artist.

Bauhaus architecture, Erotic, Psychoanalysis, Surrealist art

McCloud was born in Boston, Massachusetts and spent most of his childhood in Lexington, Massachusetts. He obtained his B.F.A in illustration from Syracuse University. McCloud created the light-hearted science fiction/superhero comic book series Zot! in 1984, in part as a reaction to the increasingly

Cartoon, Graphic novels, Philosophy, Semiotics, Web design