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{ Derik Badman’s Writing on Comics (mostly) }

1. Stephen Frug 02.19.08 / 9pm

   I don’t recall what set it off, but I went through a binge today of reading (or often rereading) your reviews of various Oulipian works — Nufer and Mathews and Sorrentino and Russell and on and on. And I just wanted to remark that I miss that element of your blog. Oh, I love comics, and I love your writings about comics — the Tintin piece was quite good, to take just the most recent example — but I miss the Oulipo stuff. (Not particularly asking you to do more, even: just sayin’.)

   SF
2. DerikB 02.19.08 / 9pm

   Hey Stephen. Unfortunately I already split my thoughts/time/reading up so many ways that I can’t keep it all going at once.

   On a personal/creative level, all that Oulipo did help me a lot in the way I think about projects and art. There is a lot of small constraints in place in my webcomic, for example.

   Maybe I’ll get back to the Oulipo someday. I still have tons of unread articles and books on the subject. (I’d probably have to work more on my French first so I could tackle the Oulipian Bibliography).
3. DerikB 02.19.08 / 9pm

   Oh, and “thanks” on all accounts.
4. Stephen Frug 02.19.08 / 11pm

   Unfortunately I already split my thoughts/time/reading up so many ways that I can’t keep it all going at once.

   I sort of figured. And, as I said, I wasn’t even pushing for you to switch back, so much as I thought you’d like to know that those essays are still ones that I, at least, like. (Actually, for a fair number of those books you’re still high in the google search ranking too — so it’s not just me!)

   Just praise, with the slight thought that that maybe it might encourage you *if* you were already motivated in that direction.

   SF
5. Tymothi Godek 02.21.08 / 5pm

   Thanks for the New Engineering link. I just posted my half assed thoughts on the work.

   Keep forgetting to keep up with Guttergeek…

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