All PostsContent Topic: juxtaposition
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Rereading Hutch Owen
On my way out the door this morning, I pulled Hutch Owen: Unmarketable by Tom Hart (Top Shelf, 2004) off the shelf to read on the train. I was laughing out loud during my commute. I forgot what a great comic it is. Hart has a rough style that looks deceptively simple. But he’s clearly [...]
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Comics by Allan Haverholm
When I met Allan Haverholm at this year’s MoCCA festival, I knew he had some new comics for the show from following him on Twitter, but I hadn’t seen much of his work. It’s always a bonus to meet someone in comics and to actually like their work. I bought the full suite of Allan’s comics and I was not disappointed. The works I got from Allan all share conceptual connection to music, providing an intriguing way to think about comics.
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Postcard Narrative
“Stick any two postcards to a wall and you’ve got a narrative. Unedited.” -Iain Sinclair and Dave McKean, Slow Chocolate Autopsy, p.88 This quote jumped out at me from a book that, for the most part, I was having a hard time keeping my interest in (after struggling through a couple chapters I ended up [...]
