Comments on: Tim Talks Towers http://comicscomicsmag.com/2009/12/tim-talks-towers.html A magazine of comics criticism and history Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: T. Hodler http://comicscomicsmag.com/2009/12/tim-talks-towers.html/comment-page-1#comment-4277 T. Hodler Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:58:31 +0000 http://comicscomicsmag.com/2009/12/tim-talks-towers/#comment-4277 Thanks, Ben and Jeet. I actually did read the Ernie Colon 9/11 Report book for the interview, but forgot to bring it up just like Tom. <br /><br />I think it was more successful in terms of just expressing information than I had expected (leaving aside entirely the validity of the information they were presenting), but that it was way too superficial and deferential as art. Funnily enough, Spiegelman mocked it himself in his recent <a href="http://www.tcj.com/?p=723" rel="nofollow"><i>TCJ</i> 300 interview</a>, and I agree with most of his criticisms. Thanks, Ben and Jeet. I actually did read the Ernie Colon 9/11 Report book for the interview, but forgot to bring it up just like Tom.

I think it was more successful in terms of just expressing information than I had expected (leaving aside entirely the validity of the information they were presenting), but that it was way too superficial and deferential as art. Funnily enough, Spiegelman mocked it himself in his recent TCJ 300 interview, and I agree with most of his criticisms.

]]> By: Jeet Heer http://comicscomicsmag.com/2009/12/tim-talks-towers.html/comment-page-1#comment-4276 Jeet Heer Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:18:57 +0000 http://comicscomicsmag.com/2009/12/tim-talks-towers/#comment-4276 Yes, a very good interview. I liked the Spiegelman book more than Tim did but I'm glad to see him wrestle with it so thoughtfully. Yes, a very good interview. I liked the Spiegelman book more than Tim did but I'm glad to see him wrestle with it so thoughtfully.

]]> By: Tom Spurgeon http://comicscomicsmag.com/2009/12/tim-talks-towers.html/comment-page-1#comment-4273 Tom Spurgeon Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:20:54 +0000 http://comicscomicsmag.com/2009/12/tim-talks-towers/#comment-4273 That would be my bad; I didn't even think of it. That would be my bad; I didn't even think of it.

]]> By: Benjamin Marra http://comicscomicsmag.com/2009/12/tim-talks-towers.html/comment-page-1#comment-4272 Benjamin Marra Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:13:41 +0000 http://comicscomicsmag.com/2009/12/tim-talks-towers/#comment-4272 It is indeed a great read. I enjoyed that the discussion of the book wasn't total praise but about the book's struggles. I kept wanting to hear what both Spurgeon and Hodler had to say about The 911 Report: A Graphic Adaptation as a work of art. I don't think it was brought up. It is indeed a great read. I enjoyed that the discussion of the book wasn't total praise but about the book's struggles. I kept wanting to hear what both Spurgeon and Hodler had to say about The 911 Report: A Graphic Adaptation as a work of art. I don't think it was brought up.

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