Today on the site we have Rob Clough's review of Sophie Yanow's War of Streets and Houses. Here's a sample:
Sophie Yanow's autobiographical series In Situ reveals an artist whose understanding and experience of art, philosophy, politics and daily life are all inextricably bound together. Her new book, War of Streets and Houses, is a fascinating study of protest, privilege, self-awareness and political frustration. It's an eyewitness account of being part of the tuition strike at a Montreal university in 2011 as well as a meditation on what it means to protest, both on a personal and global level. It's also a philosophical and historical examination of the history of counter-protest and counter-revolutionary actions on the part of governments. Indeed, the comic's title refers to an infamous pamphlet written by a French officer named Marshal Thomas Bugeaud, whose co-opting of houses in Algiers proved to be a key strategy in defeating separatists in the 1840s.
Meanwhile, elsewhere:
—Interviews. Chris Mautner talks to Lane Millburn. 13th Dimension interviews Larry Hama about working with Wally Wood.
—Profiles. Crime novelist James Sallis pays tribute to the French crime writer (and Jacques Tardi collaborator) Jean-Patrick Manchette. Mike Sacks talks to Tales from Times Square author (and Drew Friedman collaborator) Josh Alan Friedman.
—Reviews & Criticism. The NY Times reviews Nick Bertozzi's Shackleton. Rob Clough looks at recentish Box Brown minicomics. Benjamin Rogers is thinking about the format of concertina comics.
Leah Wishnia has a strong, impassioned report of her disillusionment following a recent visit to a comics show at the Scott Eder Gallery in New York.
I don't know if everyone will be able to read it, but David Heatley has a long post on his Facebook page making public his thoughts on his comics career, his relationship with and admiration for Chris Ware, and internet criticism.
—Misc. Bob Mankoff remembers Charles Barsotti. Jeff Trexler gets into the legalities of things like that recent Clickhole Calvin & Hobbes parody. Will Dinski drew a comic about going to see Art Spiegelman talk. Ben Towle remembers Chris Reilly. Calvin Reid profiles Conundrum Press.
