Category Archives: Comics

Warren Ellis Talks About Jonathan Hickman

Posted on 09/27/2012 by kunzelman

Warren Ellis did some interesting analysis of Hickman’s recent comics work. Everything connects, everything reflects something else, and the book develops its own smooth language. Check it out. 

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James Kochalka’s Father

Posted on 09/17/2012 by kunzelman

James Kochalka’s father died.  And this is a death that effects me in a weird way. I don’t know James Kochalka personally. But I have read every single published diary comic that he has released, short of some stuff in … Continue reading →

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On Rhythm and Comics

Posted on 08/07/2012 by kunzelman

Elizabeth Grosz writes in Chaos, Territory, Art that The first artist, for Deleuze, is the architect, the one who distinguishes inside from outside, who draws a boundary, as we have discussed previously. This boundary is not self-protective but erotico-proprietorial: it defines a … Continue reading →

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On Doin’ The Right Thing

Posted on 06/28/2012 by kunzelman

For a while I was going through comic shop $1 bins and buying up anything that looked weird. I don’t really know why I was doing that–it seemed like a good idea. With comics like Adventure floating around in the world, how … Continue reading →

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On Cloonan’s Wolves

Posted on 06/21/2012 by kunzelman

This post contains spoilers for Becky Cloonan’s comic Wolves. I suggest that you go buy the comic and read it here. It is ninety nine cents; being tax-free because of magical internet money, it actually costs less than anything else you could … Continue reading →

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Chris Ware Interviewed by Fear No Art

Posted on 06/05/2012 by kunzelman

This is an amazing interview. I always like reading and hearing Chris Ware speaking in his own voice rather than through the multitude of characters he has created to hyperbolize and diffuse his personality through. There is something deep in … Continue reading →

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On Truth: Red, White & Black

Posted on 05/31/2012 by kunzelman

I don’t know how to start this. Truth: Red, White & Black is about superheroes. That isn’t right. Truth: Red, White & Black is about comic books. Ugh. 1. Superheroes Truth: Red, White & Black is the story of the … Continue reading →

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On Cow Boy

Posted on 05/30/2012 by kunzelman

Cow Boy is an odd thing. There is a seriousness in it that can’t be forgotten–a boy is rounding up his entire outlaw family and turning them in. He is a bounty hunter, and whether that job description came as … Continue reading →

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“Creators are more important than fictional characters and corporations.”

Posted on 05/10/2012 by kunzelman

Today was going to be my review of Kotsko’s Why We Love Sociopaths but I got busy writing something for Nightmare Mode and running errands, so that has to wait at least one more day. Instead, you get this gem that Jamaal … Continue reading →

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A Quick Bit on Ellis’ Supergod

Posted on 04/23/2012 by kunzelman

I am really busy. The semester is ending. I have books about feminism and science fiction to read, as well as some fairy tales. It has been that kind of year. Anyway, I read Warren Ellis’ Supergod this past weekend. If you … Continue reading →

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