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Simon Reynolds on fandom | Picture Poetry

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Leigh Walton talks comics and maybe other arts. ABA, DOJ, BBQ. Brecht Evens’ THE WRONG PLACE. Simon Reynolds on fandom. December 15, 2010. I think I’ve met them all now. For me, there are no more heroes left. And no new ones coming along, by the look of it. It could be that this is a time marked by a dearth of characters, or that the. The heroes you have kind of linger on from a prior period when only a few records passed through your life, when you had time to get fixated, spend days. Seriously, I appro...

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ABA, DOJ, BBQ | Picture Poetry

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Leigh Walton talks comics and maybe other arts. First thoughts on Oscar Wao. Simon Reynolds on fandom. ABA, DOJ, BBQ. November 19, 2009. Most of the “shop indie bookstores / fight the big box chains” rhetoric I’ve heard has been rooted in a vague all-purpose anti-corporate sentiment rather than concrete concerns. This recent letter from the American Bookseller Association to the US Department of Justice. Is useful in spelling things out:. More at the link. Techno-optimist Clay Shirky offers commentary.

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Infinite Summer 2011 | Picture Poetry

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Leigh Walton talks comics and maybe other arts. Brecht Evens’ THE WRONG PLACE. May 31, 2011. Or, Finally Reading the Greatest Book, Like, Ever, in 92 Days. Some time ago I encountered. An internet book club project wherein a broad assortment of readers around the world read and discussed David Foster Wallace’s. Over the summer of 2009. Either I discovered the project too late, or I wasn’t ready to tackle it, but for lots of reasons, I feel ready now. This is the year. Jason Kottke has too. Some other fol...

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First thoughts on Oscar Wao | Picture Poetry

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Leigh Walton talks comics and maybe other arts. The French for “grenade” is “grenade”. ABA, DOJ, BBQ. First thoughts on Oscar Wao. September 10, 2009. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. I really enjoyed Díaz’s voice here — even beyond the geek references, his writing has a clever and confident conversational elegance — and the content was often absorbing, but I was disappointed to find that the parts didn’t add up to a whole. Death of Speedy Ortiz. On a few occasions they really add another dimension ...

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Brecht Evens’ THE WRONG PLACE | Picture Poetry

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Leigh Walton talks comics and maybe other arts. Simon Reynolds on fandom. Brecht Evens’ THE WRONG PLACE. January 2, 2011. I’m hardly an impartial commenter, since I’m promoting a comic book by Brecht Evens coming out in March. But I thought Sean T Collins pulled some great insights from the man (and made some great observations himself) in their interview here. About his very impressive book THE WRONG PLACE. As magical as it sometimes (rightly or wrongly). Feed for this Entry. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.

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the French for “grenade” is “grenade” | Picture Poetry

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Leigh Walton talks comics and maybe other arts. First thoughts on Oscar Wao. The French for “grenade” is “grenade”. September 2, 2009. Michaela Colette Zacchilli’s recent entry. On Rob Goodin’s awesome. Blog has got me reminiscing about Mark Texeira. Images below from Texeira’s own site. I’m showing my roots here: I came of age reading Marvel comics in the mid-90s, and one of my favorite mini-series was the unfortunately titled. Issue three had Wolverine in a suit. Who draws Wolverine in a suit? It was t...