Chimo by David Collier. All for the tone. (Reminds me why I like Dan Zettwoch too.) I also recommend this essay from The McGill Daily about the book's asymptotes: judgement, family life.
The Relevant Panels
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Cat dick
Surely there must be an interesting way to engage with the work of Kim Deitch. I have not found this way. Skewing the Fleischer era is thin stuff. Anyway, this page from A Shroud for Waldo (1992) is pretty madcap and lands on a fine gag.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
'11, pt 3
Ganges #4 by Kevin H.: modest and cerebral. The Nicholson Baker of comics? That might mean something to someone somewhere.
Friday, December 9, 2011
ST OP!
Artistically competent, mostly harmless, and occasionally insightful. I stayed away from these Paul books because of their titles: Paul Goes to the Store or whatever. But I was in the right mood for the one where he moves out.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
'11, pt 2
I won't mention that I keep stumbling upon this new genre of comics about teaching comics. Woof. But this Brunetti piece, "Mr. Peach," is one smart single page. Nothing like breaking up a New Yorker with colorful despair. You can use despair wisely instead of isolating it in foolproof packages.
Labels:
2011,
Ivan Brunetti,
new yorker,
teaching comics
Shoes wisely
Mostly unfortunate that Bob Mankoff's perfect cartoon (by Chon Day) is about killing a wife. Poe lives on. I appreciate Mankoff's reading of the black shoes, but boy the shame.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
'11, pt 1
Slowly letting trickle out the year's neat list.
Finder: Voice by Carla Speed McNeil. The book plays with iconography in fun ways, and precariously walks the line between parsimony and difficulty.
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