Archive for March 17, 2009
Zot! The Complete Black and White Collection by Scott McCloud
A reissue of Scott McCloud’s short lived but influential black and white comic shows the author of Understanding Comics putting his principles to work and making earth and its troubles more interesting than the inter-dimensional theatrics of superheros.
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The Cure – the Top
When released in 1986 The Cure’s album The Top was a commercial flop. In retrospective though, it’s the most personal of his projects revealing a man equally taken with Middle Eastern soundtracks as dub and pyschedelica.
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Jonathan Lethem – You Don’t Love Me Yet
The author of Motherless Brooklyn and several pioneering works of science fiction returns with a comic novel about relationships, sex, and most importantly ideas.
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