Clickable
Links to things I've written, read, or really, really, mean to read soon.
COMICS, ART, GRAPHIC NOVELS
I wrote recently about two crime comics that have held my interest of late -- a graphic novel called The Package and a new Image series called Southern Bastards."Eagerly hand-selling it: This is a lovely book" - NYT Books on graphic novel This One Summer.
My post on INJ Culbard's rendering of time and intimacy in his new, somewhat difficult original graphic novel Celeste.Italian journal ‘Vita' launched a blog to celebrate its artwork — beautiful stuff.1973-era NFL artwork from comics legend Jack Kirby: Wow.Via The Rumpus, an in-depth overview of a recent NYC forum featuring comics artists Scott Cunningham and Peter Kuper.Granta interviews Adrian Tomine: "I think I’m generally trying to write realistic stories about regular people." Via the New Yorker's Culture Desk blog, Tomine discusses his latest cover for the magazine.
Chris Hedges' book w/ comics journalist Joe Sacco has been called into question. My 2012 preview of Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt.New dark, wonderful comics from Emily Carroll (H/T @Robot6)Bright new Penguin covers from comics artist Luke Pearson.Digging this ‘Comics Club’ Tumblr (Write-ups, photos — a "swap meet by mail of unexpected comics").Conservative author Amity Shlaes's graphic novel "is not history, but right-wing talk radio with speech balloons."
FILM, TELEVISION
Future noir: "Escape From New York is ostensibly an action film in a dystopian setting.""For its many faults, 'Silicon Valley' makes for engrossing television."Critic Sarah Horrocks on the "slow burn horror" of Rosemary's Baby (nifty 2011 silkscreen, too).Excellent Jessica Valenti column: Why do women love The Walking Dead? It might be the lack of rape scenes.
The story of how The Texas Chainsaw Massacre got made (H/T Longform.org).'Mad Men' is "all about family. About knowing and being known. Real family."NYT on creating the train sections for the Snowpiercer film, based on the 1982 French graphic novel.Images: © 2014 Jillian Tamaki. © 2012 Adrian Tomine. © 1982 Jean-Marc Rochette.