Esoterica

The Comic Book of Thoth

Originally published on January 31, 2010
The Comic Book of Thoth

One hundred (and maybe one) years of the Rider Waite Smith Tarot

This month, I began writing a series of articles for Hilobrow, one of my favorite websites for cultural commentary. I began with a look back at the Rider-Waite (or Rider-Waite-Smith) Tarot deck, whose images–like many that haunt the modern occult–become more fascinating the more you look at them. The scans are better at Hilobrow, so check out “The Comic Book of Thoth” there:

Pop Arcana 1: The Comic Book of Thoth

The Comic Book of Thoth