On Comics History and the Canon
A selection of writings on comics for use by teachers, students, and people otherwise interested
Feed for Postsfeature
»
Raphael’s Portrait of Lorenzo de’Medici
The Metabunker summarizes the problems of attribution surrounding the Raphael portrait sold at Christie’s in 2007
»
Interview: El-P & Aesop Rock
Click here to read our 2003 in-depth interview with two of New York’s finest.
»
Continuous Creation — Titian’s Nuova Natura
On Titian’s aesthetic of the unfinished and Renaissance notions of the subjective.
»
Bleed Runner
On Blade Runner: The Final Cut. Also, read producer Charles de Lauzirika’s comments here.
»
Damian Marley & Nas Interviewed
The Distant Relatives interviewed on their 2010 tour
»
Fantask
Skriverier om butikken Fantask og dens placering i det danske kulturbillede.
»
The Miracle in Milan
Review of the 2011-12 Leonardo show at the National Gallery in London
»
Hergé and the Order of Things
Hooded Utilitarian column on Hergé’s vision and the necessity of comics criticism that engages deep form
»
Bruegel, Rembrandt, Crumb and Cartooning
Extended Hooded Utilitarian piece on R. Crumb’s Genesis and the cartoon tradition.
»
New Yorker Cartoons: A Legacy of Mediocrity
A deadening force at the heart of the art form, smothering the field in bourgeois mediocrity
»
Hogarth’s Chicken Fat
An analysis of Hogarth’s rich imagery as both support and counterpoint to his storytelling
»
Bellini in Rome
Thoughts on Giovanni Bellini and the grand Rome retrospective.
»
Interview: Muñoz & Sampayo
Read our 2001 conversation with the Argentine comics grand masters and Angoulême Grand prix winner(s) here.
»
Cézanne’s Card Players
On Cézanne, time, figure drawing, still lives, and the classics
»
Jimmy Corrigan’s Spectacular Reality
Article on Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan
0 Responses to “On Comics History and the Canon”