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Post by eheitner on May 4, 2023 14:04:25 GMT
I mentioned Kim Jooha in another thread, and lo and behold new writing by her appears, and I just wanted to create a separate thread to show appreciation for her.
I think she's brilliant and writes really well about comics that I don't even really have much interest in frequently!
I think the comics world should show her all the support we can!
That's all!
Maybe in addition to singing her praises we can use this thread to post our favorite pieces of writing about comics as they come out to draw attention to them.
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Post by devin on May 6, 2023 12:17:30 GMT
Yeah, Jooha. Her Navigating Space Comics: An Introduction is fantastically insightful. And the whole idea of 'spatial comics' was quite a revelation to me. Matthias Wivel is another critic I admire greatly. He comes out of art-history, which brings something extra to the table, imo. He's demanding but also generous and obviously cares a lot about comics and their potential. Oh, and he called Blutch pretty but bourgeois and superficial. That takes guts. Then there's this guy Andrew Rilestone. Maybe he used to be a roleplaying zine editor or something? Anyway, he wrote this little booklet years ago that reintroduced me back into the slightly more mainstream end of comics. Taking Watchmen as his subject, Rilestone built a brilliant case for Moore's entire book, with its synchronicities, echos and web of connections, being a structural play on the comic book reading experience and superhero comics' strange attempts at maintaining continuity over time. It's a genius piece of thinking. Where I disagree with Rilestone is in his conclusion that Moore purposefully debunks this kind of interconnected worldview as no more than magical thinking. I'd wager he takes it all rather more seriously than that. Him being a self professed magician. The booklet used to be available for free download. But I think you have to buy it now. www.andrewrilstone.com/2009/08/to-download-right-click-on-image-and.htmlI must also admit to being partial to some of the writings of this forum's own arecomicsevengood www.tcj.com/author/brian-nicholson/Same goes for dominocorp and his thoughts on Mort Weisinger’s Superman. www.tcj.com/mort-weisingers-puzzle-comics/www.tcj.com/anything-but-reality/ |
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Post by owaddled on May 25, 2023 1:16:07 GMT
Does anyone know of critics/reviewers from the Smile/Scholastic generation?
Smile came out 13 years ago and really Raina's Baby Sitters Club books started in 2006 so the kids that read those are in their mid twenties which is the perfect age to start getting critical about comics.
I'm just really curious what that generation thinks about comics.
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Post by robindh on May 26, 2023 10:19:51 GMT
Matthias Wivel is another critic I admire greatly. He comes out of art-history, which brings something extra to the table, imo. He's demanding but also generous and obviously cares a lot about comics and their potential. Oh, and he called Blutch pretty but bourgeois and superficial. That takes guts.
Ditto on Wivel, he's great and super insightful, his writing's on Jimmy Corrigan and Neaud in particular are great. I sympathise more with his criticism's of Blain than Blutch, there's a bit in this piece that critiques his storytelling that's interesting. |
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Post by robindh on Jun 13, 2023 9:56:05 GMT
His review of Jaakko Pallasvuo's Pure Shores is a favorite of mine, absolute stunner a closing line. |
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Post by arecomicsevengood on Jan 23, 2024 12:57:12 GMT
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Post by eheitner on Jan 23, 2024 14:23:45 GMT
Where have you gone, Joe JogTheBlog? A nation turns its lonely eyes towards you...
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Post by fatherspukashells on Jan 24, 2024 20:02:01 GMT
The "discussion" about Daryl Cunningham in Is it Comic Aht #4 was one of the most inspiring pieces of criticism I'd read in a while. Also extremely brutal and funny.
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Post by dominocorp on Jan 25, 2024 0:04:54 GMT
Extremely interesting article about Noah Van Sciver's body of work in the forthcoming The Comics Journal 310 by forum member Brian Nicholson...
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Post by pentimento on Jan 25, 2024 0:13:53 GMT
Extremely interesting article about Noah Van Sciver's body of work in the forthcoming The Comics Journal 310 by forum member Brian Nicholson... Are you the editor for the print iteration now? |
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Post by dominocorp on Jan 25, 2024 0:28:28 GMT
Co-editor, both Kristy Valenti and I put the magazine together, and then report to Groth. Groth also does the centerpiece feature for each issue which he either chooses entirely himself or through discussions. 309 was 20% commissioned when I came on board, 310 onwards I'm involved from start to finish.
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Post by mikesheawright on Jan 25, 2024 2:06:01 GMT
Extremely interesting article about Noah Van Sciver's body of work in the forthcoming The Comics Journal 310 by forum member Brian Nicholson... i hope it's as good as the Drnaso one... |
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Post by dominocorp on Jan 25, 2024 2:48:40 GMT
it's longer, that's one difference.
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