Archive for June, 2008
Interview: Ralph Bakshi Pt. 2
Released in 1972, Ralph Bakshi still considers Fritz the Cat to be the major turning point in his career, the breakthrough film that helped the animator make the blind leap from the Heckle and Jeckle cartoons of his early career at TerryToons to gritty urban underground work like Heavy Traffic and Coonskin, which, to this [...]
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Tags: Ralph Bakshi, Robert Crumb, comics, animation, Fritz
Zines of the Cities
A retrospective of zines made in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN, during the 80s and 90s has been collected and attractively hung in the Stevens Square Center for the Arts gallery (1905 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404). “Zines of the Cities” will be on display from June 28 - July 13. You [...]
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Disquietville Vol. 2
by Daniel Spottswood
Self-Published
Daniel Spottswood’s chunky mini-comic Disquietville is a love letter to wage-enslaved 20-somethings who haven’t stopped believing in a better life.
All anybody in Disquietville wants is everything; their chance to live the American Dream. Unfortunately, social and personal problems keep blocking the way. Through its characters, Spottswood’s mini-comic probes many of middle-class [...]
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Tags: Daniel Spottswood, Disquietville, mini-comics
Bottomless Belly Button
By Dash Shaw
Fantagraphics
Even without all the fanfare—without all the proclamations of “book of the year” six months into 2008, without all of the softly lit black and white photography of mainstream magazine profiles, without all of the message board threads that delve into non-comic-centric fascinations with the author—even stripped of all of [...]
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Harvest is When I Need You the Most
By Various
Self-Published
As nearly anyone who has spent even a small amount of time perusing the geekier realms of the world wide Web can readily attest, fandom can be a scary, scary thing. As comics fans, we’re all privy to some of the geekiest recesses of it, and [...]
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The Cross Hatch Dispatch 6/24/08
[Above, remnants of Ultra-Lad. Below, the Dispatch dregs.]
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Interview: Ralph Bakshi Pt. 1
While the majority of his most influential films have been relegated to cult-classic status, some three decades after the height of his career few artist have had as strong an impact on their given field as Ralph Bakshi.
The animator spent the first dozen years of his career toiling away at the Terrytoons studios, animating the [...]
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[Above, comics artists to conquer public transit stations, next, the world! Below, the dispatch takes a walk through the feed reader]
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The Incredible Hulchalka?
I realize that I’m not holding up to my end of the comic book blogger bargain when I admit that I’ve yet to see the new Incredible Hulk movie. In fact, I’m a few superhero movie behind, this summer blockbuster season. That said, hopefully I can maintain a touch of geek cachet with the admission [...]
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Knives by James Hindle
Knives
by James Hindle
One Percent Press
A wee mini-comic about lust, weaponry and young manhood, James Hindle’s Knives is about as cool as it sounds.
Hindle is an extremely talented artist and Knives is just one exercise in brilliance. His recent mini-comic rings with childhood innocence, guilt and reasoning as a young boy witnesses a very complicated incident [...]
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Tags: James Hindle, Knives, mini-comics, One Percent Press
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