{"id":38,"date":"2006-07-06T15:40:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-06T20:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/2006\/07\/stop-gaps\/"},"modified":"2006-07-06T15:40:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-06T20:40:00","slug":"stop-gaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/?p=38","title":{"rendered":"Stop Gaps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s the problem with running a magazine and<\/span> a blog: there’s just not enough time. I’m in the midst of closing my Brian Chippendale and Julie Doucet books and editing the next Ganzfeld. Things are hectic. That said, I have been meaning to write a lengthy blog entry on some new Manga and Scott Pilgrim<\/span>. So much so that I keep carrying the books back and forth from home to office and back again, looking for the spare hours to sit down and write. I expect to find them over the weekend. Until then, here’s a totally lame list format blog entry.<\/p>\n

Current Comics Reading List (from memory):<\/p>\n

Enigma<\/span> by Peter Milligan. This odd 90s relic from Vertigo Comics is, well, really odd. I hope to write about it extensively when I’m done.<\/p>\n

Sub-Mariner in Tales to Astonish<\/span>. Bill Everett rules.<\/p>\n

I tried to read Civil War<\/span> from Marvel, just to see…like dipping a toe in the ocean. Man, what a drag. Superhero comics these days are so dour. This is no exception. Kinda boring and short on any real appeal or insight.<\/p>\n

Monologues for the Coming Plague<\/span>: A remarkable new book from Anders…it has the kind of light hearted philosophical heft of William Steig books from the 40s and 50s. Searching, funny cartoons.<\/p>\n

William Steig original drawings at Adam Baumgold Gallery. 13 original drawings from The Lonely Ones. These are more lush, striking and daring than I ever imagined, and I already loved the book. Steig, like Steinberg, burns so bright on the page.<\/p>\n

Power of 6<\/span> by Jon Lewis. One of my favorite cartoonists from the early 90s boomlet returns with this superhero comic. It works–funny, exciting, and authentic. It’s so nice to see his drawings again.<\/p>\n

Various Paper Rad mini-comics. I’m combing through for some old material for an upcoming Paper Rad digest book.<\/p>\n

Eddie Campbell’s Fate of the Artist<\/span>. I’m not sure what to think yet. Campbell is a fascinating cartoonist, and this oddly formatted tome is no exception. But I’m still reading it and wondering about it.<\/p>\n

Oh, and also various issues of Alter Ego<\/span>. Hmm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s the problem with running a magazine and a blog: there’s just not enough time. I’m in the midst of closing my Brian Chippendale and Julie Doucet books and editing the next Ganzfeld. Things are hectic. That said, I have been meaning to write a lengthy blog entry on some new Manga and Scott Pilgrim. So much so that I keep carrying the books back and forth from home to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[49,56,117,162,393,710,727,1001,1033,1087,1248],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-alter-ego","tag-nilsen","tag-everett","tag-chippendale","tag-campbell","tag-jon-lewis","tag-doucet","tag-paper-rad","tag-milligan","tag-recent-reading","tag-superheroes"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}