Category Archives: graphic novels
My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down
Most of the time, I walk around feeling like someone replaced most of what I love about this country with a fake-looking creepy doll replica of it. A doll that’s trying to act casual, like nothing bad has happened. Even … Continue reading
Filed under comics, dance break, graphic novels, product, writers
An Army of Dancing Cats With Pistols Can Never Be Defeated
This might be my favorite collection of post tags ever. For today’s post, some out-takes from a day of teaching. First up, from a discussion in my graphic novel class of Guy Delisle’s Pyongyang, a North Korean animated children’s show, … Continue reading
Filed under graphic novels, Korea, anime break, Koreanish, fiction break
Heterotopias
This whole week I’ve been thinking about two things. Besides of course, the political life of the country. Last semester, I discovered a writer I like quite a bit, a critic named Frédéric Regard. His essay, Autobiography and Geography: A … Continue reading
Filed under books, graphic novels, writers, writing
The Message T-Shirts Of Athens
I spend 36 hours getting to Athens, and that isn’t my final destination. The first flight goes relatively well. I exit at London Gatwick at 6:25 AM, having had little sleep due to two chatty Aussie women behind me, young … Continue reading
Filed under books, fiction, graphic novels, letters from away, novels, travel, writers, writing
Wisdom May Exist
Very quietly, New York Magazine’s Vulture blog may have the best comics coverage on the web. That is, if you like large free previews of new work with very little commentary. Republicans discover having just “the rich” as your base … Continue reading
Filed under current events, graphic novels, media, politics
Akira Lives
I’m sick with a spring cold, cranky and pissed off about “politics” in the US, also known as the charade that ends with nothing changing ever and rich people getting richer while the rest of us are forced to consume … Continue reading
Filed under anime, anime break, apocalypse, film, graphic novels, Koreanish, media, product
Akira: graphic novel vs. film
I’m reading Akira now after only knowing it as a film, at the encouragement of a thesis student of mine who told me how it differs significantly as a graphic novel. Apparently the film was made before the series of … Continue reading
Filed under film, graphic novels, Korean American
