MadInkBeard by DerikBadman

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Comics

2019

  1. An article on Crepax []
  2. Witcher, Gundam, and Star Trek []
  3. April starts with Locas []
  4. Slow week, not much reading []
  5. Spring is here reading []
  6. More March Reading, Links, and Such []
  7. Some March reading []
  8. Rambling from February []

2013

  1. A torrent of writing about the comics on my desk 12/6 - 12/7 []
  2. My First SPX []
  3. Every Comic I Read in 2013: August []
  4. Every Comic I Read in 2013: July []
  5. Every Comic I Read in 2013: June []
  6. Every Comic I Read in 2013: May []
  7. Every Comic I Read in 2013: April []
  8. Ga(ro/ps) []
  9. Every Comic I Read in 2013: March []
  10. Comics as "écriture": Balthazar Kaplan []
  11. Every Comic I Read in 2013: February []
  12. Every Comic I Read in 2013: January []

2012

  1. Best Comics I Read in 2012 []
  2. Post-BCGF []
  3. Building Stories, first read []
  4. (at The Hooded Utilitarian) "Dungeons & Nostalgia" []
  5. Comics Poetry, Poetry Comics, Graphic Poems []
  6. "Literary" Comics []
  7. (at The Hooded Utilitarian) "A Peter that Never Existed" []
  8. MoCCA 2012 []
  9. On Locas: La Maggie La Superhero []
  10. Comics Books 2011 []

2011

  1. Manga 2011 []
  2. Minicomics and Short Stories 2011 []
  3. Webcomics 2011 []
  4. Astral Talk edited by Aidan Koch []
  5. BCGF 2011 []
  6. Best American Comics Notables 2011 []
  7. What makes a comic great? []
  8. Quote: Comics as Collage []
  9. One-Panel Criticism: King-Cat No. 65 []
  10. Writing about Colosse []
  11. Top 10 Comics circa June 1 2011 []
  12. Essay on: Jaime Hernandez's Locas []
  13. Favorites: "Psalm" by John Porcellino []
  14. MMF: Cross Game by Mitsuru Adachi []
  15. Lone Pine by Jed McGowan []
  16. Excess and the Everyday in Hanawa's Doing Time []
  17. Fabrice Neaud on Stylistic Change []
  18. MoCCA Festival 2011 []
  19. Interview with Austin English []
  20. Anthology Round-Up []
  21. Kozue Amano's Aria: Nostalgia etc []
  22. Grey Supreme 1 by Mark Laliberte []
  23. One-Page Criticism: Prince Valiant #199 []
  24. MMF: Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa []
  25. Deborah Turbeville: Past Imperfect []
  26. Brickbrickbrick by Mark Laliberte []
  27. Best Online Comics Criticism 2010: Derik's List []
  28. One-Page by Blaise Larmee []
  29. One Blueberry Panel []
  30. Flesh and Bone by Julie Gfrorer []

2010

  1. Best Print Comics of 2010 []
  2. Best Webcomics of 2010 []
  3. The Whale by Aidan Koch []
  4. Points de vue []
  5. LitGraphic at the Michener Museum []
  6. The Zabime Sisters by Aristophane []
  7. Alternative Comics Roundtable []
  8. Translation of Neaud on Aristophane []
  9. Talking Head []
  10. A page from Cross Game []
  11. Discussing Style []
  12. International []
  13. Technological Advances? []
  14. Renoir on Plagiarism []
  15. Trains are Mint 7 []
  16. Bordwell on Show and Tell []
  17. Masereel's Leaps in Time []
  18. PACC Follow-up []
  19. Mushishi 8-9-10 []
  20. Two Panels by Herge []
  21. Best American Comics Criticism? []
  22. Talking, Thinking, and Seeing in Pictures: Narration, Focalization, and Ocularization in Comics Narratives []
  23. Garo Manga Exhibit []
  24. Asterios Polyp: Word balloons, colors, etc. []
  25. La Bande Dessinee, Mode D'Emploi by Groensteen []
  26. The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R Crumb []
  27. Abstract Comics: The Discussion []
  28. Proper Go Well High by Oliver East []
  29. Friday by Jenni Rope []
  30. Pascal Matthey’s Scenic Descriptions []
  31. My Best Comics of 2009 []

2009

  1. Elements by G#ROM []
  2. Driven By Lemons by Joshua Cotter []
  3. Travel by Yuichi Yokoyama []
  4. The Hot Breath of War by Alixopulos []
  5. Poem Strip by Dino Buzzati []
  6. Masterpiece Comics by R Sikoryak []
  7. Super Spy by Matt Kindt []
  8. Suppli 1-3 by Mari Okazaki []
  9. Yes and Hypnotizing by Aidan Koch []
  10. Archaeology by James McShane []
  11. Exploding Head Man by Jason Overby []
  12. Aria v5 by Kozue Amano []
  13. Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years []
  14. A Drifting Life by Yoshihiro Tatsumi []
  15. Map of My Heart by John Porcellino []
  16. Lose 1 by Michael Deforge []
  17. The First Transmission of the MCC []
  18. Alex Toth Doodle Book []
  19. The Complete Jack Survives by Jerry Moriarty []
  20. Le Tricheur by Ruppert and Mulot []
  21. Rereading Hutch Owen []
  22. Ending Asterios Polyp []
  23. Kramer's Ergot 7 at du9 []
  24. Warmer and Little Flashes by Aidan Koch []
  25. Translation: Poison River and the vertiginous ellipsis []
  26. Reading Bande Dessinee by Ann Miller []
  27. Comic Art: Characteristics and Potentialities of a Narrative Medium, Abbott (1986) []
  28. Le Voyage by Baudoin []
  29. Snowy Sees Double []
  30. Petit Trait by Baladi []
  31. Man of My Heart by Toth []
  32. Oishinbo 1 and 2 by Kariya and Hanasaki []
  33. Hoytiden by Rui Tenreiro []
  34. Comics by Allan Haverholm []
  35. Posts on Tezuka's Phoenix []
  36. Phoenix Volume 10 and 11: Sun []
  37. MoCCA 2009 Recap []
  38. Phoenix 9: Strange Beings []
  39. Lone Wolf and Akira []
  40. Phoenix 9: Life []
  41. Phoenix 7 and 8: Civil War []
  42. Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey []
  43. Phoenix 6: Nostalgia []
  44. Phoenix Volume 8: Robe of Feathers []
  45. Phoenix Volume 5: Resurrection []
  46. Phoenix Volume 4: Karma []
  47. Phoenix Volume 3: Space []
  48. Phoenix Volume 3: Yamato []
  49. Phoenix Volume 2: Future []
  50. Transformative Constraint in the Comics Classroom []
  51. Phoenix Volume 1: Dawn []
  52. The Structure of Tezuka's Phoenix []
  53. Cold Heat: The Series 5-6 by Jones and Santoro []
  54. 08: A Graphic Diary of the Campaign Trail []
  55. Ordinary Victories 2 by Manu Larcenet []
  56. Panel Madness Day Four: Rubber Blanket Issue 2 Page 38 []
  57. Dash Shaw Interview at du9 []
  58. Parille on Acme Novelty 19 []
  59. Hart on Drama vs Poetry []
  60. More Mushishi []
  61. Mushishi by Yuki Urushibara []
  62. Metacriticism: Stolidly Gestural []
  63. Best Webcomics of 2008 []
  64. Best Comics of 2008 []

2008

  1. Solipsist's Doodles by Jason Overby []
  2. Santoro on Page Composition []
  3. Godek's Everyday []
  4. Bourbon Island 1730 by Apollo and Trondheim []
  5. A Block of Panels in Solanin []
  6. Branigan on Point of View []
  7. Kinetic Krigstein []
  8. Love and Rockets: New Stories []
  9. Anchorage and Relay []
  10. Craghead is a poet []
  11. Jessica by Jason Overby []
  12. Text, image, layout, rhetoric []
  13. Red Colored Elegy by Seiichi Hayashi []
  14. Categorization in Analysis []
  15. Comics Schemata []
  16. Two Peanuts Anomalies []
  17. Pleasures of the Comics []
  18. Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw []
  19. Freedom within Boundaries - Presentation []
  20. 3 Appreciations of Frank Santoro – 3 []
  21. 3 Appreciations of Frank Santoro – 2 []
  22. 150 panels of Concrete []
  23. 3 Appreciations of Frank Santoro - 1 []
  24. Time Overlapping []
  25. Cave and Jungle []
  26. Breathtaking View []
  27. Spuk (Thesen gegen den Fruhling) by Niklaus Ruegg []
  28. Auden on Critics []
  29. Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine []
  30. Rubiah and Radioactive Forever []
  31. Metronome by Veronique Tanaka []
  32. Write what you know or like []
  33. Analytical criticism []
  34. Wordless Novels and At a Crossroads []
  35. Thought Balloon Ellipses []
  36. Experimentation and Pretension []
  37. Morgan on Single Panels []
  38. Morgan on Description in Comics []
  39. Pratt drawrite []
  40. Trains Are Mint by Oliver East []
  41. Panter image []
  42. The Lady's Murder []
  43. The Essay []
  44. Stephen Frug on Graphic Novels and Length []
  45. Dash Shaw on stories and worlds []
  46. Thoreau at Walden by John Porcellino []
  47. Cold Heat Specials []
  48. Making Meaning Notes []
  49. Arriola draws music []
  50. Maggots by Brian Chippendale []
  51. Drawrite []
  52. Bordwell on Criticism []
  53. Attention Grabbing []
  54. Panels & Pictures: Text []
  55. Fields and Diagrams []
  56. H2 by Mitsuru Adachi []
  57. Pettibon Abstract Comic []
  58. More on Definitions []
  59. Invisible Style []
  60. Satchel Paige by Sturm and Tommaso []
  61. Gary Gygax RIP []
  62. The Golem's Mighty Swing []
  63. Reviews v Criticism []
  64. Cotton Woods by Ray Gotto []
  65. Image Text Interaction Coffee []
  66. Panels & Pictures: Definition []
  67. Godard and constructive editing []
  68. Reading Comics by Douglas Wolk []
  69. Panels & Pictures: Close Reading Krigstein []
  70. First Peanuts Sunday []
  71. Best Comics Criticism of 2007 []
  72. Film Reviewing Film Criticism []
  73. Gasoline Alley []

2007

  1. Best Comics of 2007 []
  2. Marsh Composition and Color []
  3. Aborted Groensteen Review []
  4. Trains Are Mint []
  5. White Rapids by Pascal Blanchet []
  6. Aqua 1 by Kozue Amano []
  7. Favorite Peanuts Strip []
  8. Exit by Nabiel Kanan []
  9. Page Flow in Andromeda []
  10. The Three Paradoxes by Paul Hornschemeier []
  11. Panels & Pictures: List []
  12. Music in Comics []
  13. All Over Coffee by Paul Madonna []
  14. Long Form Serialization []
  15. Gray Horses by Hope Larson []
  16. Papercutter 2 and 4 []
  17. Yukiko's Spinach by Boilet []
  18. Ordering Strips []
  19. Nonplot-Based Narrative Ordering []
  20. American Elf Volume 2 []
  21. Writing about Margins []
  22. Anders Nilsen in Mome []
  23. Panels & Pictures: One Page []
  24. The Hero's Life and Death Triumphant []
  25. Panels & Pictures: One Panel []
  26. Top 10 Works of Fiction []
  27. Salmon Doubts []

2006

  1. Saul Steinberg []
  2. My Best of 2006 []
  3. Ninja by Brian Chippendale []
  4. Romance Without Tears []
  5. Whoa Nellie []
  6. Cold Heat 2 []
  7. The Mother's Mouth []
  8. Mamet on Comics []
  9. What's Wrong With This Post []
  10. Making Comics []
  11. Tintin and the Secret of Literature []
  12. Panels: Herge's TV []
  13. Les Bijoux Ravis []
  14. Phoenix 7 and 8 []
  15. On Ghost of Hoppers []
  16. Pierre Alechinsky []
  17. Bechdel on Everyday []
  18. Finder V8 []
  19. Two more Twombly []
  20. Morlac []
  21. Mary Perkins On Stage []
  22. Saikano []
  23. Alpha Flight Pictureless []
  24. CHRZ []
  25. Promethea []
  26. Archie Americana []
  27. Cold Heat 1 by Jones and Santoro []
  28. Storeyville by Santoro []
  29. Craghead Schulz Tribute []
  30. Complete Peanuts V5 []
  31. Le Combat Ordinaire T3 []
  32. Panels: L&R 16 []
  33. Incanto by Santoro []
  34. Move to the City []
  35. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic []
  36. Alex Toth's Zorro []
  37. Daredevil 26-81 []
  38. Dash Shaw's Symbolia []
  39. Dinosaur Comics by Ryan North []
  40. Guardians of the Kingdom []
  41. Alcoholalia by Andrei Molotiu []
  42. Bleu by Lewis Trondheim []
  43. Fine Art and Comics []
  44. Désoeuvré by Lewis Trondheim []
  45. New Porcellino Micros []
  46. Prince Valiant: An American Epic []
  47. Lapinot et les Carottes de Patagonie []
  48. Panels: Colan's Monochrome Bogie []
  49. Daydreams and Nightmares []
  50. Panels: Steranko's Psychedelic Silhouettes []
  51. Marvel Romance Review []
  52. Stars, Crosses & Stripes Review []
  53. Panels: Krigstein's Multi-Panel []
  54. The First Kingdom Vol 1 []
  55. Ganges 1 Review []
  56. Dylan Horrock's Atlas 1 and 2 []
  57. Winsor McCay's Little Nemo []
  58. Chimera Review []
  59. Graphic Novels v. Novels []
  60. King-Cat No. 66 []
  61. Times of Botchan Review []
  62. Krigstein on Panels and Pages []
  63. The Comic Strip Art of Lyonel Feininger []
  64. Six Hundred Seventy-Six Apparitions of Killoffer Review []
  65. Masters of American Comics - Catalog []
  66. Polly and Her Pals []
  67. Ordinary Victories by Manu Larcenet []
  68. Mary Fleener's Stylistic Dynamism []
  69. Art of the Funnies and the Comic Book: Aesthetic Histories []
  70. Briefly on: Panel Composition []
  71. Blue by Kiriko Nananan []
  72. King-Cat #65: Places by John Porcellino []
  73. Maximum FF Review []
  74. Best of 2005, It's Unavoidable []

2005

  1. Arf! The Life and Times of Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray []
  2. Hicksville Review []
  3. Teratoid Heights by Mat Brinkman []
  4. Gemma Bovary at The Quarterly Conversation []
  5. Mister O by Lewis Trondheim []
  6. Louis Riel by Chester Brown []
  7. One Hundred Demons Review []
  8. Adventures of Tintin Review []
  9. Satisfactory Comics 6 []
  10. Flash Gordon Review []
  11. Prince Valiant 11 by Hal Foster []
  12. 99 Ways to Tell a Story Review []
  13. Pictureless Comics []
  14. Corto Maltese En Siberie []
  15. The Walking Man []
  16. Aria by Kozue Amano []
  17. Different Ugliness Different Madness []
  18. Best of Nancy []
  19. The Art of the Possible by Kenneth Koch []
  20. Quiet Country Cafe []
  21. Swan Vol 1 by Ariyoshi Kyoko []
  22. Best of Little Nemo []
  23. Krazy Kat 1931 - 1932 []
  24. Nogegon by Schuiten and Schuiten []
  25. Levels of Abstraction []
  26. Systeme de la bande dessinee []
  27. Two by Jason []
  28. D+Q Showcase 3 []
  29. In Formosas Dire Straits by Milton Caniff []
  30. NYC Trip, Art and Comics []
  31. Case, Planche, Recit []
  32. Never Ending Summer by Allison Cole []
  33. Oupus 1 []
  34. Literary Graphic Novels? []
  35. The Girlfriend Trilogy []
  36. Bone: One Volume by Jeff Smith []
  37. Or Else 1 by Kevin Huizenga []
  38. Matt Madden Interview []
  39. TV as Fragmented Muse []
  40. Postcard Narrative []

2004

  1. My Best of 2004 []
  2. A Fine Mess 2 by Matt Madden []
  3. Dave Sim’s Cerebus []
  4. RabbitHead by Rebecca Dart []
  5. Cerebus, Procedural Constraints []