Category Archives: Comics

Suddenly Some Links Drifted By

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Wesley

Here are some of the links I’ve made note of during the weeks this blog has lain fallow: I’d love to read a collected edition of this comic strip. Mahendra Singh has written a series of blog posts analyzing the … Continue reading →

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Kevin Huizenga, The Wild Kingdom

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Wesley

Walk into a comics shop1 and you’ll see rack upon rack of detailed and carefully rendered mainstream comics–“mainstream,” in comic-shop terms, meaning the style and aesthetic typical of superhero comics. Comics that methodically delineate every hair on a characters head … Continue reading →

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More Links to Things

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Wesley

There’s probably going to be another gap of at least a week before my next substantial post, but I have a few more interesting links: Comix Cube on comics, sound effects, and typography, with a focus on the work of … Continue reading →

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Still Here

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Wesley

I haven’t gone anywhere. I’m just still adjusting to Winter. In the meantime, here are things to look at: Incidental Comics by Grant Snider. Highlights include “Behold, the Blank Page” and “The Thing.” Mumblier by Andrew Fulton. These things are … Continue reading →

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Links to Things

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Wesley

I’m still not writing much because my mind is still acting like this a lot. Here are some people who are more interesting than I’ve been during the past month: At Comics Comics, an interview with a French cartoonist named … Continue reading →

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In Local News…

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Wesley

For the second year in a row, I’ve managed to get three drawings into a show at a local art gallery. This is a small piece of a show featuring work from many other people who are, in all honesty, … Continue reading →

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The Comics that Scare Me

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Wesley

Mention horror comics and most comics fans picture something like this: (That’s from the recent anthology Four Color Fear. Which I will also post about at some point, although in that case the horrific bits aren’t what I intend to … Continue reading →

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Links to Things

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Wesley

I thought it might be time to do another links post. So: Lance Mannion argues that one thing all great novels have in common—even such mournful volumes as Madame Bovary and Lord Jim—is a sense of humor: If a part … Continue reading →

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Links to Things

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Wesley

I haven’t done many of these links posts lately, so I have a bunch of links saved up. I’ll try to get caught up over the next few weeks. First, Aaron Diaz of Dresden Codak has started a new blog … Continue reading →

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Links to Things

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Wesley

I’ve been unable to write much recently. I’m even behind on the comics. Exhaustion seems to be the problem; I come home in the evenings and can’t focus on anything much. It’s been a while since I even did one … Continue reading →

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