Alex Buchet, who wrote a lovely series on Tintin and racism last month, is going to be joining us as a regular columnist. His column will be called "Strange Windows" and will run the first Monday of every month except when it runs at sometime different because our scheduling is wiggy. In any case, we're very glad to add Alex (who resides in Paris) to our multinational cast, and look forward to his first column (on Harvey Kurtzman's war comics) which will run later this week.
On HU
Last week on HU began with Domingos Isabelinho's discussion of the boys' comics of Argentinian cartoonist Héctor Germán Oesterheld.
Ng Suat Tong looked at whether or not the interviews of Gil Kane could qualify as criticism.
Richard Cook continued his look at Silver Age Flash comics.
As part of our slow-rolling roundtable on R. Crumb's Genesis, Alan Choate offers a lengthy defense of the book (to enthusiastic plaudits form Jeet Heer, Matthias Wivel, and others in comments.)
Also, at his own site, Ken Parille discusses some further thoughts on Genesis.
And Ng Suat Tong offers a brief reply to Alan.
Vom Marlowe finds a mainstream comic that does not suck and there is much rejoicing.
And Caro talks about what comics can learn from film archivist Henri Langlois.
Also, because you demanded it an evil metal download!
Utilitarians Everywhere
At Splice Today I discuss the new Angelina Jolie vehicle Salt.
Perhaps this ties in to the most unexpected result of having a female protagonist: it seems to have completely drained all the sex from the film. The film is amazingly circumspect; Jolie is dressed sensibly throughout, and even at times (as when she disguises herself as a man) more than sensibly. There are no sex scenes, and barely even any romance—there’s one mildly intense kiss with her husband, but that spy-thriller staple, the seduction of the enemy, is nowhere to be seen. Perhaps part of the problem is the old double-standard; men can seduce lots of women and that makes them rakish; if Jolie were falling opportunistically in bed with the enemy in order to manipulate them, her character would be far less sympathetic. So instead the film opts to make her traumatized, humorless, and almost neutered; she might as well be in some sort of earnest movie of the week weeper.
Other Links
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2 comments:
Hi,
Just wanted to share a couple things. I just finished up the last issue of 100 Bullets a few minutes ago and was wandering around to see if I'd find any place discussing it. I stumbled onto this blog, which I guess congrats for getting some attention.
The other thing was that you seem like a complete moron. Maybe you're not, but you sure do seem like it from your writing. Maybe if you tried a little less to be whatever it is you seem to pretend to be. I don't know maybe I just need some sleep. Well, carry on.
Hey. Always nice to see the rabid 100 Bullets friends anonymously wandering through the door. Enjoy your nap!
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