Oh well, ok, it's Thursday.
On the site today:
The third and final part of Amy Poodle's epic study, Hauntology and the Invisibles. A taste:
Over the course of these essays I've talked about how The Invisibles returns time and time again to the metaphor of things lurking on the outside as a stand in for the denied and forgotten in our own lives and how these things, while alarming in the first instance, can't be ignored because they give shape to our world.
And elsewhere, internet fiends:
-In case you somehow missed it, Life Magazine has a photo history of Mad on its site. Awfully fun stuff.
-Here's a fine, slightly, but lovably, awkward Atom-age SF British comic strip. Those elements can only add up to something worth viewing.
-Over on my own PictureBox, Beth Kleber has posted a fine appreciation of West covers by the great James McMullan, an illustrator who, while not in comics, has taught many a cartoonist, and whose evocative sense of line and color should be an inspiration to anyone drawing.
-Can I ever have too much Steranko? No, I cannot.
-I don't entirely understand this, but this blog will chronicle one man's recreations of Miller/Janson Daredevil comics, along with commentary. I will check that out again for the sheer obsessiveness of it.
-I love reading comics gossip of bygone days and Greg Theakston's new blog is no exception.
-And finally, fans of Jacky's Diary (featured in Art Out of Time) should be sure to check out the new Alter Ego, which has the first part of an interview with Jack Mendelsohn, whose comics career has run the gamut from anonymous funny animal work to his own strip to... much more.
