Monday, October 3, 2011

B F F

Willoughby, c. 1998-2011.

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Saturday, October 1, 2011

Little Bear

Got the news this morning that our precious boy has aggressive and incurable cancer.

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Best. Cat. Ever.

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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Justice League #1 Examined

My sixth GRID column will be up at The Comics Journal on Monday.

It's a look at the new Justice League #1.

Normally I write about comics I like and try to explain what's interesting about them.

This time I take a different approach.

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Sunday, September 4, 2011

Teacher's Pet

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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Ditko at TCJ

My fifth GRID column is up at The Comics Journal . The essay is about:

Ditko and Satire
Sick Humor and Black Comedy
Mania, Laughter, and Death
Performance and Parody
Pantomine and Inter-Panel Narrators
Jokes and Wordplay
Naming and Allegory

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

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Friday, July 22, 2011

Announce

See here.

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Monday, July 18, 2011

Unemployment


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Friday, June 10, 2011

Paying for It: "Critical Libertarian Aesthetic Visual Theory"

My fourth GRID column is up at The Comics Journal here, a "fantasy three-way" "conversation" about the art in Chester Brown's new graphic novel, in which I play all of the roles.

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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Jack Kirby and Chris Ware


My third GRID column -- "Bedlam and Baby: Parables of Creation in Jack Kirby and Chris Ware" -- is now up at The Comics Journal here.

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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Ivan Brunetti Interview


At The Comics Journal, I interview cartoonist Ivan Brunetti about teaching.

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Absolutely Normal: Looking for Ann Roy

I would appreciate any information anyone has on the cartoonist Ann Roy (Ann Roy Emmitt). She published a collection of cartoons in 1947 titled Absolutely Normal. Please email me at my hotmail account: kparille at . . .

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011




Tiptoe, little bear.

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Sunday, March 20, 2011

Tiger.

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Saturday, March 19, 2011

Shady.

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