“The Clean House” begins with a dirty joke. But unless you speak Portuguese, you’ll need to study up for a chance to get offended.It’d be oversimplifying to call Sarah Ruhl&… ...

But The Clean House is like a foreign film at times, and like a South American telenovela, too. ... the latter especially effective on both the comic and more dramatic levels.

A very powerful and mysterious self-help organization is at the center of writer Gail Simone’s Vertigo Comics horror series Clean Room. As it turns out, she didn’t have to go far for research ...