*[Series note: Well, there’s that Erasmus quote, right? I don’t think I ever actually traded my lunch for books as a kid, but I did stash the lunch money. I knew that books were expensive because they equalled exactly three lunches, give or take.] When you hear someone putting a value on a sentimental object, […]
Month: July 2012
I wrote a chronicle of the historical reunion of these two comics greats who haven’t been known to be very chatty to one another over the years, but they got together to support the ground-breaking book Leaping Tall Buildings, by Seth Kushner and Chris Irving, and also to support the local AIDS impact charity Housing […]
Comics that Punch You in the Face 1: Marathon by Boaz Yakin and Joe Infurnari On the same day that historic elections rocked the capital in Greece, a graphic novel was released that makes history of its own, retooling an well-worn and often vague mythical memory of where the Olympian event known as the marathon […]
A few TripCity.net illustrated articles that date from April and May 2012 include: Leaping Tall Buildings at BookCourt in Brooklyn, a launch of the fantastic chronicle of comics traditions by Seth Kushner and Chris Irving, found here with pictures by Seth Kushner. Cinco de Sandra, a chronicle of the beat happening performance in Dupont Circle, […]
A consideration of the role of the painter-storyteller examining phenomenal artist Jen Ferguson’s installation opening at Brooklyn Oenology wine tasting room with images from the show. Find it here on TripCity.net, a Brooklyn-filtered literary arts salon in digital form.
Check out this fantastic guided tour of the works of longtime Marvel comics artist, letterer, and freelancer Rick Parker as he opens his home and studio for the day in Maplewood, NJ. With photos. Find it here.
You can read the fifth part of the Meet the Magus series exploring the role of magical concepts in the works of Alan Moore by following this link to Sequart’s website. Each essay stands alone, but forms a series of studies about the magus of Northampton.
You can head on over to Sequart to check out this installment of the Meet the Magus series investigating the role of magical concepts in the works of Alan Moore by clicking here.
Strange Britain: Mooreiana, Comics and More, Part III Comics and Christ Church After leaving Red Lion Square, I was immediately confronted with the strangely glam pop culture products at Forbidden Planet, London on its ground floor, but then overwhelmed by its fairly vast basement level stash of comics and graphic novels. The ground floor level, […]
Northampton threw me for a loop. I think I got that much more historical context than I expected. It left me thinking of Alan Moore as a citizen of Northampton, a denizen of a particular cultural place and moment. I should have gotten that from The Birth Caul or maybe even Snakes and Ladders, but […]
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