Print Comics I am Enjoying Lately
The Left Bank Gang by Jason
The Lost Generation (Hemingway, Fitzgerald, et al) depicted as cartoonists rather than novelists. Simple, understated drawing style and intriguing story.
An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, & True Stories edited by Ivan Brunetti
OK. I liked most of the stuff in here. A few people I expected to see (Spiegelman, Crumb and Shultz) and a few surprises (Sammy Harkham) that I had never heard of, but enjoyed. But there's also a lot of dumb bathroom humor. I love fart jokes and Frank Zappa, but most of it wasn't funny. Plus with everyone whining about how comics aren't a respected medium, maybe we should move on from drawing poo-poo-pee-pee jokes.
Chicken With Plums by Marjane Satrapi
The author of Persepolis follows up with another family story that almost reads like a fable or a parable. Simple yet beautiful page layouts almost look like very primative woodcuts.
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