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This episode sees Joe McCulloch and Chris Mautner respond to last weeks episode by discussing the magic of manga, and the power of the shifting gaze.
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I'm so ready for an episode about odd semi-forgotten 80s comics I can't begin to express it. A whole episode on Wormy and Snarfquest? That would go into heavy rotation in my house.
Posted by: Aaron | 2013.09.13 at 14:42
Oh, my prior comment is in reference to your mention of Omaha the Cat Dancer, which was a bit like some HBO shows and therefore prescient about how to expand the market for comics.
Posted by: Aaron | 2013.09.13 at 14:44
Re: Spiegelman's Commix. The question "who is this book for?" is easily answered: it's a museum catalog. When you have a big museum exhibit, it's customary to have a catalog so that 1) viewers who want to can have a record of what they saw and 2) posterity can have a record of what was displayed. In the genre of museum catalog it doesn't matter how often the material has been reprinted before. There have been countless Van Gogh catalogs, with a great deal of visual overlap. In the case of Spiegelman, actually most of what's in the book isn't readily accessible elsewhere, unless you are a Spiegelman collector (and the museum show is likely to attract many who aren't Spiegelman completests. For example, it's been a long time since "Two Fisted Painters" has been available. (Fully disclosure: I had a small hand in the Commix book. But I'm sure I'd have made these points anyway).
Posted by: Jeet Heer | 2013.09.16 at 21:01
Great job gentlemen.
Posted by: Tex | 2013.09.20 at 09:25