Shaenon Garrity « The Hooded Utilitarian

September 18, 2012
By Shaenon Garrity
Anniversary of Hate, Article, Top Featured
23 comments

The Hooded Utilitarian Comics-Hating List of Love

Loving all comics, even the hateable ones.

They Die Falling Forward

Umezu’s protagonists are constantly overcome with shock, terror, and horror, but never with despair.

August 25, 2011
By Noah Berlatsky
Blog
2 comments

Borders and Manga: Interviews with Shaenon Garrity, Lillian Diaz-Przybyl, and J.R. Brown

B&N in my area also just carries much less manga generally, with a more specific focus on the best-selling series and new releases biased towards the larger publishers.

August 8, 2011
By Shaenon Garrity
Article, Best Comics Poll, Best Comics Poll Essays
93 comments

The HU Lady List

Women in the list of 115 best comics.

#6: <em>Little Nemo in Slumberland</em>, Winsor McCay

August 2, 2011
By Shaenon Garrity
Best Comics Poll, Best Comics Poll Top Ten
11 comments

#6: Little Nemo in Slumberland, Winsor McCay

Winsor McCay spoke the saddest and greatest last words of any cartoonist.

Illustrated Wallace Stevens: The Emperor of Ice Cream

Text by Wallace Stevens; Art by Shaenon Garrity.

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 [...]