“Comic-book journalism is a rare phenomenon, and there are few better practitioners than Joe Sacco. The work might be labour intensive, but the results can tell stories that other media can’t.” >Full text (c) IRISH TIMES, 2012
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“All the news that’s fit to . . . draw”
Posted in Uncategorized with tags bosnia-hercegovina, graphic novel, Joe Saccho, journalism, Malta, Palestine, war crimes on 24 October 2012 by delclemMeta-Maus
Posted in Uncategorized with tags America, Art Spiegelman, comic book, graphic novel, Holocaust, interview on 10 October 2011 by delclem
“When cartoonist Art Spiegelman published his epic Holocaust graphic novel, Maus, 25 years ago, a lot changed. He received a special Pulitzer Prize and became a contributor and cover artist for the New Yorker.
Maus blends the stories of Spiegelman’s trying relationship with his father and a horrifying tale of Auschwitz, as seen through his father’s eyes. Spiegelman drew the Jews as mice and the Germans as cats. But Maus has continued to haunt him.
MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus is the story behind Spiegelman’s signature work, complete with interviews, answers to many persistent questions and examples of his early drawings.”
>> SOUND FILE & ARTICLE (c) npr, 2011
Chester Brown: Paying For It
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Canada, Chester Brown, graphic novel, prostitution, review on 2 September 2011 by delclem
“There’s a new Brown book out this weekend, however, that may test the tolerance of those whose affection for Brown starts and ends with his illustrated biography of Métis leader Louis Riel. Called Paying for It, the “comic-strip memoir” tracks Brown’s sexual adventures in the past 12 years with more than 20 female “escorts” in Toronto. Smart, unflinchingly honest, frequently funny, occasionally charming – and chock-full of nudity.” Article by James Adams (c) THE GLOBE & MAIL, 2011
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