To start off this open thread on pages 34-154 of Bayou, here are a few issues to consider: I’d love to hear your thoughts on the parallel world of “Dixie” and the way it imposes itself on the material world of the 1930s South. In this great review, Scott Cederlund describes Bayou as a “southern [...]
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13 Mar
Coming Soon: More “Bayou” Discussion
TBoH’s first discussion of Jeremy Love’s webcomic, Bayou, focused on the opening chapter. Thanks so much to all who responded! Next week, I’ll post a new open thread on Chapters 2-4 (pages 33-154), in which Lee begins her quest and the mysterious, parallel world of “Dixie” starts to take shape. We also get a glimpse [...]
16 Jan
Let’s Discuss: Jeremy Love’s “Bayou” (Chap. 1)
Let’s talk Bayou. You might want to consider starting off with a few details about your approach to the comic itself: is this your first time reading a comic? On the web? If you’re already a comics reader, how does Bayou compare to others? Perhaps you’re a teacher, an artist, a history buff. In other [...]
7 Jan
The “Bayou” of Heaven
Beginning next week, I’d like to initiate an open-thread discussion about each section of Bayou, now in its sixth chapter online (and easy to access, free of charge), with the hope of attracting new and experienced comics readers to a story that I am eager to share.
22 Aug
TBoH Rant: Newsweek’s Review of Hurricane Katrina Comic
There is something sadly disingenuous about Adam B. Kushner’s recent Newsweek review of the graphic novel, A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge by Josh Neufeld. The article offers tough criticism of the comic, which may be warranted (although here’s a more thoughtful piece that offers a different assessment) but then goes on to give the [...]
9 Mar
Watchmen Baby Love
My take on the film, Watchmen, is best characterized by the feeling I get when my daughter gives me a picture she has colored at school. I’m not expecting a perfect or flawless work of art; I’m just so thrilled that such a work exists and I am without words to evaluate it with anything [...]
27 Feb
The Blues as Black History
All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it. And even then, on the rare occasions when something opens within, and the music enters, what we mainly hear, or hear corroborated are personal, private, vanishing evocations. But the man who creates the music is hearing something else, is dealing with [...]
28 Jan
“For the Love of Crom!”: Obama & Comics Culture
For days I’ve been mulling over what to say about Amazing Spider-Man #583, the well-publicized Marvel comic that features a chisel-jawed President Obama. But honestly, I’ve got nothing. It’s like writing about the time Mr. T appeared on Diff’rent Strokes. Or reflecting on the subtext of Scooby-Doo Meets the Harlem Globetrotters. “I know it wouldn’t [...]
21 Nov
Lost & Found: Get Up! Edition
A few links, videos, and other online ephemera from our favorite sites this past week: Yes they did: The photographer who brought us Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders has a wonderful series on his blog that features the reflections of the civil rights activists on Obama’s victory. Here are the [...]
29 Sep
TBoH Recommends: “Bayou”
I can’t say enough good things about the award-winning webcomic, Bayou, by Jeremy Love and Patrick Morgan.
