Matt Seneca « The Hooded Utilitarian

October 23, 2012
By Jacob Canfield
Blog, Featured
92 comments

Subversion, Satire, and Shut the Fuck Up: Deflection and Lazy Thinking in Comics Criticism

Giving a pass to Johnny Ryan and Benjamin Marra

September 27, 2012
By Nate Atkinson
Anniversary of Hate, Article, Top Featured
19 comments

The Purest Hate of All

Benjamin Marra and the perspective of comics..

Hate Break: Matt Seneca Speaks Out for the Love of Rage Bile

In defense of Geoff Johns and Blackest Night.

February 15, 2011
By Noah Berlatsky
Blog
159 comments

I wanted to comment on Matt Seneca’s blog about this picture , but the site or my browser is wonky so I couldn’t, so what the hell. We’re not at tcj any more; I can do short posts twelve times a day if I want. Who’s to stop me? Anyway, Matt argues that Eisner’s use [...]

February 8, 2011
By Matt Seneca
Article
3 comments

“You Have To Make A Space”

Interview: CF x Matt Seneca If I had to pick a creator who best exemplifies the present moment in the comics medium, it would be Christopher “CF” Forgues. CF’s work encompasses the bleeding-edge immediacy of the most innovative art-comix while retaining the universal themes and broad appeal of classic genre, creating a space for itself [...]

January 20, 2011
By Noah Berlatsky
Best Online Comics Criticism, Blog, Series
35 comments

Best Online Comics Criticism 2010: Kibbitzing

I had no involvement in the selection of this year’s Best Online Comics Criticism. And I don’t plan to talk directly about the list here. Except to point out that it is fatally flawed. Because I’m not on it, damn it. I did think I’d take this opportunity, though, to talk about two of my [...]

September 17, 2010
By Noah Berlatsky
Blog
53 comments

Too Much Toth

During our ominously metastasizing roundtable on R. Crumb’s Genesis, one of the big questions that kept coming up was about whether you should compare comics to other things. Is it fair to set comics next to your meatloaf and say, “You know — comics. Not so tasty”? Is it okay to put them on the [...]