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Panel Madness Day Four: Rubber Blanket Issue 2 Page 38
Day Four of the Panel Madness Week blogaround arrives. The previous post is up at The Fortress of Fortitude where the Keeper writes about a panel from Challengers of the Unknown #2 by Dave Wood and Jack Kirby. Mazzucchelli, David. “Discovering America.” Rubber Blanket 2 (1992). p. 38. Certain works have had lasting impact on [...]
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Points of View: “First Person” in Comics
[This was originally intended for publication elsewhere, thus the attempt at a more formal academic style.] Introduction At some point most students are taught about “point of view”[1] in literature using the tripartite scheme of first person, third person limited, and third person omniscient [2]. While this schema has pedagogical uses, it is not robust [...]
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3 Appreciations of Frank Santoro – 3
[See part one and part two.] III. One of my very favorite books in my collection of “fine” art books is a collection of Erotic Watercolors by Rodin. The stunning images are mostly pencil drawings with watercolor washes. The rendering of the figures is minimal, a few curved pencil lines that look tossed off in [...]
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3 Appreciations of Frank Santoro – 2
[See part 1] II. If Storeyville told a conventional narrative of search and discovery with a linear movement, clear characters, and distinct settings, then Chimera is decidedly unconventional, juxtaposing reality and dream, the everyday and the fantastic with a poetry that has the distinct feel of early 20th century Surrealism. At a basic level, reading [...]
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3 Appreciations of Frank Santoro – 1
[This was originally written in the summer of 2007 for a print publication. Since it has yet to appear, I'm posting it here. I'm going to post each of the three parts as a separate post during the course of the week. While they are part of one piece, they are also independent.] My enthusiasm [...]
