May 12 2008
Most of us already know of the crusade against comics waged by Fredric Wertham in the first half of the 20th century, but how many people know about Sterling North, Anthony Comstock, or Estes Kefauver?
The sad truth is, Wertham was not alone.
Click here for my review of THE TEN-CENT PLAGUE
on WizardUniverse.com!
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Mar 22 2008
Growing up as a comic book fan and budding comic book creator, I always fell victim to the stereotype of comics as adolescent power fantasies. I could not convince anyone comics could be, and have been, serious works of literature and art, capable of reflecting and even influencing the society around them.
For those who remain uninformed and obstinate in their negative views about comics, I’d like to take a moment to introduce a side of comics many have never known existed.
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Mar 11 2008
In OUR GODS WEAR SPANDEX, author Christopher Knowles examines comics as a form of modern storytelling passing down achetypes from the most ancient of civilizations, societies and religions.
But was the book any good? Quite honestly, I think it fell just a little short of what I was hoping for.
Click here for my review of OUR GODS WEAR SPANDEX on WizardUniverse.com!
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Jan 30 2008
Y’know, I like to think of myself as a politically savvy kinda guy. I’m no expert, and I don’t claim to be, but I try to pay attention and I have a greater interest in politics than many others I know. So of course I’ve been following this election very closely. I’m not a supporter of George W. Bush (who is?), and I was looking forward to voting democrat in ‘08. I used to say I’d vote for anybody or anything before I’d vote for Bush, but he’s not in this election and the democratric frontrunner is Hillary … which has me rethinking my entire position. Read more »
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Jan 29 2008
I’ve had to pull down all of my old posts because there was too many spam comments being posted on them. So consider this a rebirth of sorts. I hope to post more updates here, and slowly kick my junkie addiction to MySpace. Stay tuned!
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