Comics may even be more inclusive than other forms, as the language of comics is the language of the modern world. Page after page he convincingly argues comics belong in the same inner circle as other high art forms, including art considered vulgar upon its first appearance, such as film and jazz. His belief in comics’ power and universality is unshakeable. There’s nothing sheepish to be found in Understanding Comics-McCloud is not merely comic’s Aristotle, he’s one of its best ambassadors. While Zot! was a success in the 1980s, its reputation has not swollen over time, as evidenced by McCloud’s sheepish preface to a 2008 reprint. McCloud is an unlikely “Aristotle of comics.” Prior to Understanding Comics he was best-known for Zot!, a lighthearted superhero comic book series which introduced many American readers to the tropes and style of Japanese manga. Others have attacked the subject, but none come close to McCloud’s exhaustive treatment. Published in 1993, the book remains the definitive work on comics theory a quarter century later. The text I’m speaking of is Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. This is the first time I’ve written about a text on critical theory-and it may be the best lit crit book I’ve ever encountered. So far in this series, about half of the books I’ve discussed have been nonfiction and the other half fiction. See the “Twenty Writers, Twenty Books” home page for more information on this series as well as a list of other reviews and essays
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Once covered by a vast glacier that gave way in time to a large glacial lake (Lake Hitchcock), the Connecticut River Valley around 10,000 BC became home to Paleo-Indians who initiated centuries of human occupation. For thousands of years, people have been settling in this bend of the Connecticut River, drawn here by the rich soil, access to the water, and scenic vistas. That is, until Perseus embarks upon a fateful quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon… She condemns herself to a life of solitude in the shadows to limit her murderous range. Appalled by her own reflection, Medusa can no longer look upon anything she loves without destroying it. Her punishment is to be turned into a Gorgon: sharp teeth, snakes for hair, and a gaze that will turn any living creature to stone. When desire pushes a God to commit the unforgivable, Medusa’s mortal life is changed forever. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. Growing up with her sisters, she quickly realizes that she is the only one who gets older, experiences change, feels weakness. Published in 2022, Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes tells the story of Medusa, the only mortal in a family of gods. And how she was never really a monster at all.” “This is the story of how a young woman became a monster. In 1981 he brought out his autobiography Flaws in the Glass: a self-portrait. Best known among his later novels are The Eye of the Storm (1973), A Fringe of Leaves (1976) and The Twyborn Affair (1979). In 1973 he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. After the war, the novels The Aunt's Story (1948) and The Tree of Man (1955) received international acclaim, but in Australia his breakthrough as a novelist only came with Voss (1957) followed by his most famous works Riders in the Chariot (1961) and The Vivisector (1970). During a stay in New York City, USA, he wrote The Living and the Dead published in 1941 when he was already working as an intelligence officer for the British Royal Air Force in World War II. After his father’s death in 1937, Patrick White became a full-time writer and reworked his first novel titled Happy Valley (1939). Still as a student he published his first volume of poetry and brought out some plays. After boarding school in England he worked as a stockman in Australia for two years and then returned to England to study French and German literature. Patrick White was born in London, United Kingdom, in May 1912 and grew up in Sydney, Australia. In The Ukrainian Notebooks, Igort reaches further back in history and illustrates the events of the 1932 Holodomor. Igort follows in her tracks, detailing Anna's assassination and the stories of abuse, murder, abduction, and torture that Russia was so desperate to censor. For her work, she was detained, poisoned, and ultimately murdered. Anna spoke out frequently against the Second Chechen War, criticizing Vladimir Putin. In The Russian Notebooks, Igort investigates the murder of award-winning journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkoyskaya. Now he brings those stories to new life with in-depth reporting and deep compassion. Written and illustrated by an award-winning artist and translated into English for the first time, Igort's The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks is a collection of two harrowing works of graphic nonfiction about life under Russian foreign rule.Īfter spending two years in Ukraine and Russia, collecting the stories of the survivors and witnesses to Soviet rule, masterful Italian graphic novelist Igort was compelled to illuminate two shadowy moments in recent history: the Ukraine famine and the assassination of a Russian journalist. She loves to hear from her readers so hit her up at Q by Pepper WintersĪRC kindly provided by in exchange for a fair and honest review. 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Though he witnessed egregious crimes against humanity, Corliss doesn’t manifest any of the shell-shock signs of a typical soldier who has survived these experiences. He was stationed in the Pacific until he received an honorable discharge in 1947. At the beginning of the novel, Bud Corliss returns from serving in World War II. Winner of the 1954 Edgar Award for Best Novel, the novel has been adapted into two films, one in 1956, and another in 1991. Using his investigative instincts, Gordon tracks down the two women’s killer, sees through his charm, and serves him justice. The murder mystery is investigated by a college DJ named Gordon Gant, an unorthodox candidate for a detective. When a woman who is in love with him becomes pregnant with their baby, he kills her and, later, her suspicious sister. 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