Month: October 2006
Neil Gaiman is right: this does seem like a particularly silly and antiquated argument:
This is not about denigrating the comic book, or graphic novel, or whatever you want to call it. This is not to say that illustrated stories don’t constitute an art form or that you can’t get tremendous satisfaction from them. This is simply to say that, as literature, the comic book does not deserve equal status with real novels, or short stories. It’s apples and oranges.
“Not to denigrate comics…but comics are stupid. What? I’m just sayin’.”
Some links:
- Learn Your Alphabet with the X-Men
W is for Wolfsbane, who’s been let off her leash.
X is for X-23, just another pastiche. [via] - Exterminate! Exterminate! Learn how to make a fully operational Dalek-o-lantern for Halloween [via]
- Or a Cylon-o-lantern, if you prefer [via]
- Create your own Simpsons Treehouse of Horror. There’s a contest to see who can create the best one, ending October 30. [via]
- “Batman: My Parents Are Dead” [via]
- Dr. Seuss taxidermy [via]
- 100 Acre Deadwood [via]
Hmm.
The real problem with “Lisey’s Story” is that it’s just believable enough to rub your nose in how unbelievable the rest of it is.
You’ll need to have a membership or to sit through an ad if you want to read all of Laura Miller’s review for Salon.