Comments on: TBoH Rant: Newsweek’s Review of Hurricane Katrina Comic

By: Claudia

Claudia — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:52:32 +0000

No problem, fayezie! Thanks for stopping by. Jimmy Corrigan is terrific, isn’t it?

By: fayezie

fayezie — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:48:14 +0000

oops, i was trying to comment regarding the graffiti art…. (but, i will stop and say that I have Jimmy Corrigan, and I like it!)

By: fayezie

fayezie — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:45:54 +0000

THAT is cool

By: Claudia

Claudia — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:59:53 +0000

Hey Kyle, thanks for stopping by and you’re right, the article does seem to take aim at the medium. It is very frustrating.

By: Kyle W.

Kyle W. — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:01:48 +0000

It’s not a genre, the criticism was towards an entire medium. I may not be into dance, opera, paintings, or sculpture, but you don’t see me criticizing them as art-forms.

By: girlgriot

girlgriot — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:38:13 +0000

Hey, thanks Claudia! I’ve got to update my blogroll, too.

After reading this post I put in an order for Neufeld’s book, which I hadn’t heard of. I’ve been trying to put together a unit on Katrina for the start of the school year, but I have such with it. I’ve got the Levees film and curriculum … but can’t bring myself to watch more than a few minutes because it upsets me so much. I’m hoping Neufeld’s book will help me get through.

By: Claudia

Claudia — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:40:10 +0000

Bah, indeed! I’ve heard GREAT things about Asterious Polyp.

By: Claudia

Claudia — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:36:29 +0000

Thanks, girlgriot! I thought you were already on our blogroll, but now you’ve been added. Love the clip of Hendrix’s Red House in your latest post!

By: gorjus

gorjus — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:15:42 +0000

“We are the ones who are cheated when the mainstream press and their legitimizing muscle beat up on comics in this manner. As soon as a graphic novel becomes popular, wins an award, or acquires a following beyond its normal readership, the opinion pieces surface like schoolyard bullies.”

Brava! There’s really nothing more to say. I just devoured Asterious Polyp and Richard Parker’s the Hunter over the past day. Should I have read Rabbit, Run, instead?

Bah!

By: PrettyFakes » Blog Archive » Two Links: Chaykin, Neufeld

PrettyFakes » Blog Archive » Two Links: Chaykin, Neufeld — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:01:59 +0000

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