Tag Archives: comics

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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Cabinet Interview with Sianne Ngai

Posted on 05/25/2012 by kunzelman

This isn’t something substantive, but rather it is a moment where I tell you video game and comic book people that you have to read this interview that Sianne Ngai did with Cabinet last year. Ngai writes on aesthetics in a really … 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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Ten Disjointed Thoughts About American Vampire

Posted on 04/20/2012 by kunzelman

American Vampire is Scott Snyder and Rafael Albequerque’s interpretation of vampire mythology in comics form. I read the first twenty five issues yesterday in one go. Here are some disjointed, but numbered, thoughts that I had about the comic so far. … Continue reading →

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Crossed and the Reduction to Meat

Posted on 04/13/2012 by kunzelman

My partner hates when I talk about beings “reduced to meat.” I might have stolen the phrase from someone, but what I am trying to get at with the phrase is that there is a clear dividing line between what … Continue reading →

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