{"id":585,"date":"2009-10-18T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-18T21:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/2009\/10\/quick-one-1\/"},"modified":"2009-10-18T16:19:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-18T21:19:00","slug":"quick-one-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/?p=585","title":{"rendered":"Quick One #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_xU6Ss3tvbus\/StuHcWdhOnI\/AAAAAAAAAi8\/6IaqkRRtj3o\/s1600-h\/a49f5f0bc4ac69.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 204px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_xU6Ss3tvbus\/StuHcWdhOnI\/AAAAAAAAAi8\/6IaqkRRtj3o\/s320\/a49f5f0bc4ac69.gif\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394053899841780338\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><meta name=\"Keywords\" content=\"\"> <meta equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"> <meta name=\"ProgId\" content=\"Word.Document\"> <meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 2008\"> <meta name=\"Originator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 2008\">  <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <o:documentproperties>   <o:template>Normal.dotm<\/o:Template>   <o:revision>0<\/o:Revision>   <o:totaltime>0<\/o:TotalTime>   <o:pages>1<\/o:Pages>   <o:words>277<\/o:Words>   <o:characters>1580<\/o:Characters>   <o:company>Picture Box<\/o:Company>   <o:lines>13<\/o:Lines>   <o:paragraphs>3<\/o:Paragraphs>   <o:characterswithspaces>1940<\/o:CharactersWithSpaces>   <o:version>12.256<\/o:Version>  <\/o:DocumentProperties>  <o:officedocumentsettings>   <o:allowpng\/>  <\/o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:worddocument>   <w:zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>   <w:trackmoves>false<\/w:TrackMoves>   <w:trackformatting\/>   <w:punctuationkerning\/>   <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt<\/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>   <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt<\/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>   <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0<\/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>   <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0<\/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>   <w:validateagainstschemas\/>   <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>   <w:ignoremixedcontent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>   <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>   <w:compatibility>    <w:breakwrappedtables\/>    <w:dontgrowautofit\/>    <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables\/>    <w:dontvertalignintxbx\/>   <\/w:Compatibility>  <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:latentstyles deflockedstate=\"false\" latentstylecount=\"276\">  <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--> <\/p>\n<style> <!--  \/* Font Definitions *\/ @font-face \t{font-family:Cambria; \tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; \tmso-font-charset:0; \tmso-generic-font-family:auto; \tmso-font-pitch:variable; \tmso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}  \/* Style Definitions *\/ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal \t{mso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmargin:0in; \tmargin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:12.0pt; \tmso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; \tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; \tmso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; \tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; \tmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; \tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; \tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 \t{size:8.5in 11.0in; \tmargin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; \tmso-header-margin:.5in; \tmso-footer-margin:.5in; \tmso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 \t{page:Section1;} --> <\/style>\n<p> <!--[if gte mso 10]> \n\n<style>  \/* Style Definitions *\/ table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\"; \tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \tmso-style-noshow:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; \tmso-para-margin:0in; \tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; \tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; \tmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; \tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} <\/style>\n\n <![endif]-->  <!--StartFragment--><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">I\u2019m going to try to sneak out some quick little thoughts on some recent books and ideas knocking around my brain.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><br \/>\n<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">I want to begin with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drawnandquarterly.com\/shopCatalogLong.php?st=art&amp;art=a49f1f34a2428a\">Talking Lines: The Graphic Stories of R.O. Blechman<\/a>. A longtime favorite of mine, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roblechman.com\/\">Blechman<\/a> is a master of the shaky line school of cartooning, his mark as unmistakable as, say, Herriman\u2019s. Coming into his own in the 1950s, Blechman absorbed the lessons of linear cartoonists like Steinberg and just kept refining and refining so that each mark actually means something. You won\u2019t find anything extraneous in a Blechman drawing. When combined with a judicious use of spot colors, his delicate images pop to life, becoming communicative graphics on a page. As a cartoonist, he\u2019s unusual these days: he\u2019s a yarn-spinner and a moralist. These tales are subtle examinations of a theme or subject. This, as well as use of the page, rather than the panel, as a storytelling device, seem to bring him in line with 19th century cartoonists like <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caran_d%27Ache\">Caran d\u2019Ache<\/a>. But his urbane concern with current events, social mores, and city life make him resolutely modern. Blechman resolutely looks outward and at the world around him: No moody ruminating or action adventure here. More clear eyed commentary on life. I think of him like I might think of the writer <a href=\"http:\/\/januarymagazine.com\/profiles\/jepstein.html\">Joseph Epstein<\/a>: a bemused observer whose wit always surprises.<br \/>\n<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><br \/>\n<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">And Blechman, of course, has had one of the great modern careers (the kind it\u2019s sorta impossible to have anymore) in graphic communication, covering animation, illustration, design, and comics. His other essential book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/s?header=Search+Form&amp;kw=juggler+of+our+lady\">The Juggler of Our Lady<\/a> is, as Seth notes in his introduction, one of those inbetween tomes that seems to be a proto-graphic novel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><br \/>\n<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">So, go out and get this fine book. It, like D&amp;Q\u2019s other recent essential archive project, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drawnandquarterly.com\/shopCatalogLong.php?item=a4947ea003ddd4\">Melvin Monster<\/a>, is one of those volumes that knocks my vision of the medium slightly askew and reminds why I\u2019m bothering in the first place. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m going to try to sneak out some quick little thoughts on some recent books and ideas knocking around my brain. I want to begin with Talking Lines: The Graphic Stories of R.O. Blechman. A longtime favorite of mine, Blechman is a master of the shaky line school of cartooning, his mark as unmistakable as, say, Herriman\u2019s. 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