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You’re the Töpffer! (or, The Worst Blog Post Headline Ever)

There have been too many explosive and exciting posts around here lately, so how about something a little more sedate and twee? The July issue of Harper’s magazine includes a long review (subscription...

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Two Things

I. The great Frank Santoro talks to Tim O’Shea about Cold Heat, Olde Tyme printing, and this very blog in a new, must-read interview. In my mind, this quote is the most obviously noteworthy: Tim Hodler...

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Dept. of Psychiatry

I know everyone’s excited about Punisher: War Zone Watchmen, but this is the comic I’d really like to see adapted into a movie. (Click to enlarge.) Actually, it would present even greater adaptation...

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Now I Wish I Went

That‘s the Dan I know! On the other hand, I don’t know if this report is accurate, Dan, but I would like to point out that you have had months to digest Asterios Polyp, so that’s no excuse–for you....

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Cynical/Naive

I’ve futzed around with this piece after initially publishing it, retaining the ideas but rearranging and clarifying a bit, I hope. Anyhow, I normally try (though not that hard) to avoid writing about...

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Worst Comics Criticism of the 21st Century

Lately there has been an attempt to flesh out what constitutes good comics criticism. There was a Hooded Utilitarian roundtable on the topic and Ben Schwartz has edited a soon-to-be-released book...

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Kwik Kwotes #2

I thought [the visuals] were stylistically subordinate; words and pictures are what a comic strip is all about, so you can’t say what’s more important or less. They work together. I wanted the focus on...

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A new low for Comics Comics? Here’s a quick, egocentric look at the rest of the recent comics blogosphere webonet. beep boop beep The most important comics internet writing of the week can be found...

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The Most Amazing Review of the Year

Recapping television shows must be draining. Or at least one assumes such to be the case, based on the energy the writers at the Onion’s A.V. Club seem able to muster when writing about comics. One of...

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Best Online Comics Criticism 2010

About a year ago, Ng Suat Tong invited me to help judge his annual online comics criticism event. Not seeing a good reason against it at the time, I agreed. (As you may remember, Frank participated...

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