"Can a story, however simple or mundane, be separated from the manner in which it is told?" (Matt Madden) I often teach a short Intercession (2 week) course on Comics/Graphic Novels at ECU, and in that class I try to stress the limitless possibilities of the comic medium. A simple story, with a s...
Someday I’ll learn to stop looking at The Best American Comics series. As someone who loves comics but has exhausted her patience for violence against women as shorthand for meaningful commentary the series often exhausts me. Beginning with an excerpt from what I would argue was Alison Bechdel’s w...
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2008/10/graphic-novel-monday-best-american.html
I love the eclectic mixes of these anthologies. I also love how they always reflect the editor's style and taste. I'm not the biggest fan of Charles Burns's comics, because he runs a bit too dark for me and this anthology reflects that darkness (but not as much as you would expect!). I discovered so...
Just lost interest in reaing snippets.
Queneau-lite, for people who can't be bothered to read the French original; Madden draws 99 one-page cartoons, all presenting variants on this basic story:Some of the ideas are very funny! I particularly liked Manga, Superhero, Bayeux Tapestry, Map, Political Cartoon, How-To (he explains the process...
As much as I enjoy other "best of" anthologies for introducing me to short works I wouldn't otherwise read, I didn't enjoy this. I just couldn't find anything I loved and/or that was new and not to short.
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