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Utilitarian Review 5/25/13
by Noah Berlatsky
This week’s blogging and links.
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How Country Music Got More Racist
by Noah Berlatsky
The depressing path from Jimmie Rodgers to Brad Paisley.
Dinosaurs vs. Superheroes vs. Mormons
by Chris Gavaler
Crisis on Infinite Earhts — A Better Future Through Erasing the Past
Princess of Despair
by Michael Arthur
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica and the princesses who suffer for us all.
“That Damn Mob of Scribbling Women!” — An Interview With Bee Ridgway
by Noah Berlatsky
An interview with Bee Ridgway, the author of “The River of No Return,” on genre and romance and queerness and history.
Baseball as a Metaphor for Certain Industrial Necessities: A Speculative Comment
by Jog
For all the nameless assistants who created Mitsuru Adachi’s Cross Game.
Blog
Utilitarian Review 5/25/13
by Noah Berlatsky
This week’s blogging and links.
continue reading »More in Blog
How Country Music Got More Racist
by Noah Berlatsky
The depressing path from Jimmie Rodgers to Brad Paisley.
Dinosaurs vs. Superheroes vs. Mormons
by Chris Gavaler
Crisis on Infinite Earhts — A Better Future Through Erasing the Past
Princess of Despair
by Michael Arthur
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica and the princesses who suffer for us all.
“That Damn Mob of Scribbling Women!” — An Interview With Bee Ridgway
by Noah Berlatsky
An interview with Bee Ridgway, the author of “The River of No Return,” on genre and romance and queerness and history.
Baseball as a Metaphor for Certain Industrial Necessities: A Speculative Comment
by Jog
For all the nameless assistants who created Mitsuru Adachi’s Cross Game.
Columns
DWYCK: What’s the Story?
by Matthias Wivel
Eddie Campbell and appreciating the comicness of comics.
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A Survey of Student-Run College Comics Magazines
by Jacob Canfield
A look at a largely ignored venue for comics.
The Most Popular Movie Column in the Entire World #1 – Nobody Likes Bollywood
by Jog
A closet-full of Bollywood neo-candyfloss.
Gluey Tart: Porn Cozies for Everyone!
by kinukitty
You say America’s housewives don’t have access to the filthy perversion of their choice? Let them read e-books!
Article
Audio: Pauline Kael on the Auteur Theory
by Robert Stanley Martin
A reading of the great film critic’s classic rebuttal.
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Based on a True Story: Thinking About Talking About Watching “Zero Dark Thirty”
by Isaac Butler
Torture and the real.
Yearning for Space: a conversation with Tom Kaczynski
by James Romberger
An interview with Tom Kaczynski, author of Beta Testing for the Apocalypse
Freedom
by James Romberger
Short reviews of recent comics and books by Rucka/Southworth, Nathan Bulmer, Jane Mai, Tin Can Forest, Harvey Kurtzman and Josh Simmons.
Roundtables
Music or Comics, or, Making a Joyful Noise
by Sean Michael Robinson
Which should you devote yourself to, comics or music?
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Pamplemoussi by Geneviève Castrée
by Domingos Isabelinho
[Geneviève Castrée's] comics are dreamlike, mysterious, symbolic, barely narrative.
Phonogram 2: The Breakfast Club
by subdee
Kieron McGillen and Jamie McKelvie’s ode to the magic of pop.
The Freewheelin’ Daredevil
by Ng Suat Tong
Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli’s tribute to Bob Dylan.
Klingklang Drawing
by Noah Berlatsky
Drawing to Kraftwerk…and tell us what you’ve been listening to this week.
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- May 14, 2013
- Best Online Comics Criticism, Blog, Featured
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Best Online Comics Criticism 2012 – The Final List
By Ng Suat Tong
Judges selections for best online comics criticism in 2012.
- May 10, 2013
- Blog, Featured, Top Featured
- 3 comments
The Most Popular Movie Column in the Entire World #4 – A Field Guide to Southern Sci-Fi Spectaculars
By Jog
We are all connected, says the reincarnated fly.
- May 6, 2013
- Blog, Featured, Top Featured
- 53 comments
Jailers Hate Escapism: Epic Fantasy as Subversive Literature
By Sarah Shoker
Epic Fantasy, conservatism, and realism.
- April 14, 2013
- Blog, Comics and Music, Featured
- no comments
Comics and Music Roundtable — Index
By Noah Berlatsky
A list of all posts in our Comics and Music roundtable.
- April 8, 2013
- Blog, Featured, Top Featured
- 42 comments
Jack Kirby and the Visual Logic of Superheroes
By Jones, one of the Jones boys
Fight scenes in general, and Jack Kirby’s in particular.
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From Hoppers to Honolulu: A Fan Letter to Jaime Hernandez
by deb aoki
Jaime Hernandez’ work told me that I could and should draw comics about where I live, the things I did everyday, and the people I know and love.
