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[David Bird]

Planetary #26: http://www.paperbackreader.com/review.php?ReviewID=1701

Two Heads: Seven Soldiers of Victory #1: http://www.paperbackreader.com/newcolumn2.php?ColumnID=264

[David Bird]

Okay, these aren't comic reviews, but last month I started writing for subter and I have two columns done (so far):

October: Hezbollah and Ensuring Peace in Lebanon http://www.subter.com/is/?p=31

November: The Universe And The Cosmoses http://www.subter.com/is/?p=53

Enjoy! (And don't be afraid to comment! hint-hint )

[David Bird]

A new Suggestion Box column: A Two Way Street: http://www.paperbackreader.com/newcolumn2.php?ColumnID=269

Babel #1 and #2: http://www.paperbackreader.com/review.php?ReviewID=1705

[David Bird]

Shenzhen: A Travelogue From China: http://www.paperbackreader.com/review.php?ReviewID=1715

The Fountain: http://www.paperbackreader.com/review.php?ReviewID=1716

[Keb]

A new Suggestion Box column: A Two Way Street: http://www.paperbackreader.com/newcolumn2.php?ColumnID=269

Finished reading through it.

I like the way you've challenged comic readers to read more books, but bear in mind, that's the same thing that some of the "literary comic icons" are doing these days too (Morrison, Moore, Gaiman. I'm not just talking about their own books either). I don't think mainstream comics do this anymore though, which pisses me off.

And I'd also like to point out that sales don't necessarily make an author a literary icon. It's how they write, not how much they write that makes them known. Stephen King will forever be acknowledged for being able to put out six or seven books in a year (or however many he puts up) mostly because his books carry similar themes and the writing style is so simplistic. In the long run (I'm talking about being immortalized in literary history) the sales don't make the icon, it's the writing. Keats was never a popular poet and critics ripped his first publication to pieces, but he's one of the most famous poets of the 19th century and probably the 2nd most acknowledged Romantic writer next to Wordsworth.

It's really hard to judge contemporary art these days mostly because we live in such an economical world. I'll also direct you to my thread about art vs. entertainment in comics, because it makes a similar argument as your approach to "literary icon"

http://www.theouthousers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3013

Whether Grant Morrison and Deepak Chopra last in the long run, I have no clue. I hope Morrison does

[David Bird]

Casanova #6: http://www.paperbackreader.com/review.php?ReviewID=1728

[David Bird]

Batman/The Spirit: http://www.paperbackreader.com/review.php?ReviewID=1736

[David Bird]

At the end of September I published something called Stop Gap reviews. Basically, a catch all, catch up column where I reviewed all the titles I might have reviewed if I had taken the time during the summer. Since then I have thought of using the column to review the past month's comics, but haven't really been motivated.

Now I have a new blog, I am trying again. Each week I am going to write a short review and at the end of the month I will group them all together into a new Stop Gap collection for Paperback Reader. All except the ones I choose to turn into full reviews. This week that will probably be Desolation Jones #8. Anyway...

This Week's Comics

[misac]

The book you metnioned has intrigued me. It reminds me of the giant horse guy in Top Ten.

[David Bird]

The book you metnioned has intrigued me. It reminds me of the giant horse guy in Top Ten.

How so? (I am not familiar with Top Ten.)

[misac]

**SPOILERS**







This giant horse guy is in an accident and he's telling this story about a grand game or battle (I don't remember). It's white against black, and every white spot you see in the black sky is a spot white has won. I don't remember exactly but the book you mentioned reminded me of this.

[David Bird]

I've developed my comments on Desolation Jones #8 into a full review. Click on the link -- the first I've put in a review -- and check out the Crumb story!

[David Bird]

I'm a little late with This Week's Comics, but I am early with my PBR review: The Spirit #1. Of course, its an expanded version of my comments in This Week's Comics, which makes it a little easier to write, but I do say a couple of things I didn't have room for on the blog and I include a picture of Ebony.

[David Bird]

December's Stop Gap Reviews.

[David Bird]

This Week's Comics!