Articles about The Wire: Season 4

52 characters from "The Wire," illustrated on one poster by Dennis Culver - for $25, it can be yours (h/t @avkesner)

Dominic West spent the early years of his career appearing in a decidedly diverse list of films. But he turned a major corner when he pulled the role of Jimmy McNulty on The Wire. Since then, he's continued to keep things interesting as an actor, both on the big screen and the small screen. An interview with him here in @TheAVClub

Most people know McNulty and Bunk as characters in David Simon's acclaimed HBO series—but they were actually players in a 19th-century book by H.B. Ogden. Seriously.

Michael K. Williams - on Twitter at @BKBMG - discusses life since "The Wire," "Boardwalk Empire" and more in a lengthy @vulture profile

Forever known as The Wire's dogged Detective Lester Freamon, Clarke Peters has screen career that spans three decades. He's also a regular in London's West End theater. And since The Wire, he's made his mark on Treme, Damages, and Life On Mars, most recently turning up as the pivotal character in Spike Lee's "Red Hook Summer." He talks about all his roles here.

Video: "The Wire," recreated with LEGOs

It's become commonplace lately to talk about the serial television show as the novelistic medium of the 21st century—The Wire as a modern-day Dickens novel, Mad Men our Cheever, Friday Night Lights our Steinbeck. Here's how television is struggling—and often succeeding—at becoming a mature literary form.

The HBO show, The Wire, is a valuable artifact from the post-9/11, pre-social media revolution era. An article by @JohnHendel

Michael Kenneth Williams stars alongside Sonja Sohn, Larry Gillard Jr., Andre Royo & Felicia "Snoop" Pearson from The Wire in The Wire: The Musical where they will allow you to experience America's failing drug war through the magic of song!

An exceptional oral history of "The Wire" with its cast and crew -- published by Maxim, which of course loves anything oral