Homeless.
Diaspora, Refugee, Homeless–the ideas are abstractions, even the concept of palestine is an abstraction–so that to talk about them, it becomes a dystopian non oz. Reading it, one forgets the ironies, the complexities, and the ve[…]

UNDER THE LOVING CARE OF OUR FATHERLY LEADER
by Bradley K. Martin
You gotta love the title. I mentioned it to my dad and he said, “Sounds like something from North Korea” — which in fact it is. Martin’s huge-as-heck book is […]

Condensed Comics #1
Superman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane 106
Bah! Who has TIME to read a WHOLE COMIC nowadays? Far better just to get the whole story in a handful of panels — like those PILLS which contain an ENTIRE MEAL!
The Problem:

The Sol[…]

the fine art of the CEASE AND DESIST letter
small websites ARE occasionally targetted by lawyerly types unbothered by the actual real reality of the law, for purposes of intimidation[…]

I was recommended this by Luna of ILX, and when I started reading I feared it was going to be unbearable: right from the start, the very first sentence, the fact that he is trying to write as exactly like Wodehouse as he can is very overt. This is a […]

“In the lands of the North…
… where the Black Rocks stand guard against the cold sea, in the dark night that is very long the Men of the Northlands sit by their great log fires and they tell a tale…”
(haha the Top 100 […]

Schorr Sheer
(where i blather about the hi art potential of hair cuts)
I bought the March Details for the interview w. Kevin Federline, b/c I love Britney and want her to be happy. Its a well designed magazine, but the best feature was a v. small fot[…]

The Long Arm of Jude Law
Apropos of nothing, this is the winner of my own private “Commission a new strip for Viz” competition. Not quite up to snuff were Asher D: Maitre d’ and My Mate Billy. AD:MD was a bit out of date with its su[…]

The Way To Paradise by Mario Vargas Llosa
I’m a big admirer of Vargas Llosa, but this one isn’t much fun. It’s two separate narratives, one of Gauguin, not a painter or person for whom I have much admiration, and one of his grandmot[…]

four art shows
I was nearly put off writing this by Tim’s superior piece below, but as I saw these today, I’d like to mention them. Order of my attendance rather than preference…
Mark Tobey at Robert Sandelson
Tobey’s work kin[…]