INTER/REVIEW : JULIA WERTZ
September 1st, 2010 By Jared GardnerJulia Wertz, Drinking at the Movies (Three Rivers Press, 2010). $15.00, paperback.
I have made clear my admiration for Julia Wertz’s unique autobiographical comics since way back when (2007) with the publication of her first book, The Fart Party. Since then, she has published a second title with the same name and a brilliant edited collection, I Saw You (2009), comics based on the “Missed Connections” ads on craigslist. From the start, I delighted in the combination of her ruthless and unforgiving approach to continued...
MONDAY FUNNIES: APPLE BIT NEWTON #3
August 30th, 2010 By Chris ReillyIs this the end of Isaac Newton? Is this, in fact, the end of the universe itself??
If you are new to this serial drama, make sure you check out ABN #1 & #2 to see how our hero came to such a dire (and delicious) pass.
And here are some more blurbs from the blurb-o-sphere that suggest that this, indeed, is what everyone is blurbing about:
“On a scale of 1 to 10, this comic sure is up there.”
–Christopher (The Ghouly Boys, Tales of Hotrod Horror)
“Like a William F. continued...
FRED HEMBECK
August 28th, 2010 By Chris ReillyCHRIS REILLY SHAKES HANDS WITH HIMSELF (and Fred Hembeck)
Fred Hembeck was someone I once knew nothing about as a person. All I knew was that I loved his work so much as a kid/young adult that when I would buy a Marvel comic back in the day (and I bought ’em all), I would typically read his strip first. Back before widespread internet and Google images, a friend of mine once told me that he had it on good authority that Hembeck was actually continued...
QUICK BITES 1
August 26th, 2010 By Jared GardnerThe stack on my desk (pretending for a moment that my dining room table is a desk) is growing perilously high once again, and so it is time to play catch-up and find all these fine books happy homes on my bookshelves (assuming for a moment that the stacks on the floor are, in fact, bookshelves). Here’s the first in a series of short reviews catching up on a range of titles, at least two of which are worth catching up on.
MONDAY FUNNIES: APPLE BIT NEWTON 2
August 23rd, 2010 By Chris ReillyThe second installment in the gripping struggle between Newton and Apple, speaking, as all comics should, for those silenced and dispossessed by history. (Parental warning: most definitely NSFW).
For those late to the party, you can see how it all began (last week) here.
Not surprisingly, the responses have been log-rolling in at a breakneck pace. Here are some of the blurbs sure to grace the covers of a future collected ABN:
“Word and image placed together.”
- Michael Kupperman (Tales Designed to Thrizzle)
“Chris, I enjoyed this, but you probably should continued...
