…there’s always the Superman Returns trailer. Nice tie-in with the look of the earlier films (Lois’ rooftop apartment, the Fortress of Solitude), plus Bryan Singer.
Category / Comics
Dan Clowes: There’s Always Room for Bitter
Kimberly Chun talks with Daniel Clowes: “Being a cartoonist, except for the last couple years, was always a frustrating and humiliating field to be in. It was so impressed on me already — none of the big successes of last five years have any meaning for me. It hasn’t changed a thing. ‘Oh, I’m in the New York Times’ — it doesn’t help. My resentment was so deep for so long that I can’t shake it.”
The Bat Segundo Show #34
Author: Tom Tomorrow
Condition of Mr. Segundo: Explaining his recent arrest for littering.
Subjects Discussed: The relationship between text and image, Moebius strips, clip art, working in digital, color vs. black and white, blogging as help, Warren Ellis, Tom the Dancing Bug, New Yorker cartoons and captions, fonts, the influence of the 1950s, on becoming a political cartoonist, lettering, analog vs. digital, the crazy policies of the New Yorker art department, Teletubbies, what happened with the Mondo Minishow version of This Modern World, static comics vs. Flash, pause panels, getting pulled from U.S. News and World Report, reaching mainstream audiences, on not getting booked on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, preaching to the choir, the origin of Sparky and the Bearded Liberal, and finding humor immediately after the 2004 election.
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Cartoon Blog
Here’s a new blog I discovered with taut posts, many headlines and frequent posting: The Daily Cartoonist.
The Bat Segundo Show #33
[NOTE: This is the third of a three-part podcast which tackles Alternative Press Expo. This particular podcast was recorded in front of a live audience on April 9, 2005. Enjoy!]
Author: Alex Robinson
Condition of Mr. Segundo: Missing, arrested for littering.
Subjects Discussed: Why Caprice carried over in all three of Alex’s books, the appeal of cons and self-delusion, how Tricked was planned, on being influenced by and cultural references, John Lennon, why many of Alex’s women characters are taken in by dupes, messy bedrooms, Dorothy Parker, on writing small-talk in comics, the use of text, balloons, Dave Sim, work ethic, comic book influences, ethical subtext, the mystery of the one dark moment concerning Marlise in Box Office Poison revealed, loyalty, lucid crazy people, the Eisner-Pekar questionnaire, on attending comic book conventions, Alex Robinson the critic on Alex Robinson the artist, Planet of the Apes, on computers and printing, and minicomics.
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