04 May 2008

The Many Modern Faces of Robin

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I started last week quoting Douglas Wolk 's proposition that the “default style of the superhero mainstream” in American comics, as def...
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02 May 2008

Wicked Pissah Show in Boston

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I got a heads-up about this show from Dee Michel a few weeks ago, and today the Boston Globe reviewed it: Whizzin' , the latest Gold D...

The Strength of YA Fantasy and Science Fiction

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AliceB provided a nice link to John Scalzi's remarks today about the strength of books sales of Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fictio...
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01 May 2008

We Need More Drool from the Dragon

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Last October, Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, issued a press release that said, in part: The Secret Room is home to the D...
30 April 2008

Why YA?

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Here are a few provocative remarks from this week's "Think Future" panel on what distinguishes Young Adult literature from adu...
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29 April 2008

The Dishonesty Behind a Creationist Movie

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I was struck by the level of dishonesty from the makers of the creationist movie Expelled that John Rennie and Steve Mirsky have highlighte...
28 April 2008

“The Default Style of the Superhero Mainstream”

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Early in Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean , critic Douglas Wolk states, “American art cartoonists generally try v...
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27 April 2008

The “Battle We’ve All Been Dreading”

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This week Fuse #8 provided a link to Barcelona-based comics artist David Baldeon's online gallery , including some pages he penciled fo...
26 April 2008

The Art of the Index

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A good book index is "a thing of beauty," Prof. Enid Stubin wrote in her memoir of working for New York's leading index house ...
25 April 2008

An Extremely Well-Put-Together Little Droid

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Via Desert Dispatches , I learned about Sillof's Steampunk Star Wars action figures , and a whole new artistic hobby: customizing comme...