Tag Archives: graphic novels
Me and Daniel Clowes and BOMB
I’ve got a review of Daniel Clowes’ newly-reissued The Death Ray in the new issue of BOMB Magazine, and over on their site, an extensive, wide-ranging interview with him. Clowes is, without question, one of the masters we have … Continue reading
Filed under author's own, comics, graphic novels
On Asteroids, Stereoscopic Novels and Time
Tuesday night, as an asteroid was coming very close to striking Earth, I was re-reading a graphic novel I was teaching, Asterios Polyp, that concludes with an asteroid hurtling at the main character, who is, yes, on Earth. I thought about … Continue reading
On Teaching the Graphic Novel
About once a month, I get asked by a colleague or friend for the syllabus I used to teach my seminar on the Graphic Novel at Amherst. Included below is a list of the texts that I used to teach … Continue reading
Filed under comics, graphic novels
I Am Either Where You Think I Am, Or, Not
It snowed this morning. It’s the first snow of the year. I woke up and there was the beautiful light off the snow in the kitchen as I came downstairs. I felt released from the fall. I took a break … Continue reading
Filed under blogs, books, fiction, fiction prompts, graphic novels, letters to you, meme, politics, what I am working on, writers, writing, writing exercises
‘Foxes’ Preview, Page 1
Teddy O’Connor, my friend and collaborator, has finished page 1 of the graphic interconnected stories (comic?) that we’re doing, called Foxes. He sent this over to me. It’s blank as I’ll be adding the text in later, but this is … Continue reading
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 anime break, fiction break, graphic novels, Korea, Koreanish
