First, Look at this: Gabba Gabba Hey. OK, hopefully you have now visited your happy place and we can continue with this brief survey of recently-sprung documentation of the 20th century’s monuments in collapse. First up, the Guardian...
Read moreDylan asked me to make a top ten list of comics for the year. I’m not an expert or anything, and have mostly been too broke to buy books, but these are my favorite things I’ve read in 2010. Not all are strictly comics – some are...
Read moreJustin Giampaoli reviews Julia Gfrörer’s Flesh and Bone at Poopsheet. Insightful as always! http://poopsheetfoundation.com/forums/reviews/731-flesh-and-bone-by-julia-gfrorer
Read moreJustin Giampaoli has created a pretty awesome best of 2010 list (including work by Patrick Keck whom I like a lot). Heavy Hand by Chris Cilla and Lemon Styles by David King both got flattering praise as well as Sparkplug in general. ...
Read moreOne of my favorite blogs just reviewed Philip Barrett’s Matter Summer Special. 365 Zines a Year is a really cool combination of review and personal blog. Take a look: http://365zines.blogspot.com/2010/12/matter-summer-special.html
Read moreHellen Jo just got a bunch of love from Bust Magazine: Make sure to read about the amazingness.
Read moreJulia Gfrorer’s Flesh and Bone made Village Voice’s 2010’s Best Comics and Graphic Novels. It is pretty awesome. http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-12-15/art/2010-s-best-comics-and-graphic-novels/
Read moreA really great, thought out review of Chris Cilla’s the Heavy Hand, reviewed by Alan Cranis at Bookgasm: http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/comics/the-heavy-hand/
Read moreFormer Magic Band drummer Robert Williams posted this to his MySpace blog this morning. It is an astounding performance. If you can wrap your head around it, then you might get a bit why people can get so crazy about the music of Captain...
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It might be going too far to say that none of this (Wow Cool, Brown Cuts Neighbors, etc….) wouldn’t be here without Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band… but it wouldn’t be going very far from the truth. I tend to spend...
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