{"id":654,"date":"2010-01-12T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T13:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/2010\/01\/2009-comics-criticism-list\/"},"modified":"2010-01-12T08:34:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-12T13:34:00","slug":"2009-comics-criticism-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/?p=654","title":{"rendered":"2009 comics criticism list"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hey everyone, Frank Santoro here. I was asked by Ng Suat Tong<\/a> to participate in a survey of comics criticism from the 2009 calendar year. I agreed as long as I didn’t have to nominate any of the pieces to be voted on. I just wanted to vote on the list that Suat provided me. Check this out<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n

So here’s the outcome. And below that are the pieces I voted for. This was fun. Thanks. I’m gonna refrain from writing about any of the pieces here. I think they are all pretty awesome. Comics criticism is a buffet these days. There is something for everyone. <\/p>\n

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THE OUTCOME:
Top three, all with four votes each:<\/p>\n

Robert Alter: “Scripture Picture” (The New Republic)<\/a><\/p>\n

Joe McCulloch, “A Review of Batwoman in Detective Comics Focusing
Mostly on the Art<\/a><\/p>\n

Tom Spurgeon on Rereading<\/a><\/p>\n

Remaining four, all with three votes each:<\/p>\n

Eddie Campbell on Will Eisner and PS Magazine (30th August 2009)<\/a><\/p>\n

Tom Crippen “Age of Geeks” TCJ 300<\/a><\/p>\n

Dirk Deppey, \u201cThe Man Who Couldn\u2019t Shoot Straight\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Andrew Rilestone on Watchmen<\/a><\/p>\n

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WHAT I VOTED FOR:<\/p>\n

Seth, “The Quiet Art of Cartooning” (Walrus Magazine)<\/a><\/p>\n

Joe McCulloch, “A Review of Batwoman in Detective Comics Focusing Mostly on the Art<\/a><\/p>\n

Tom Spurgeon on Rereading<\/a>

Derik Badman: Rubber Blanket<\/a><\/p>\n

Ken Parille on Tim Hensley and Gropius<\/a><\/p>\n

Douglas Wolk “Shades of Meaning” (New York Times)<\/a><\/p>\n

Eddie Campbell on Will Eisner and PS Magazine (30th August 2009)<\/a><\/p>\n

Dan Nadel on Hal Foster<\/a><\/p>\n

Nina Stone: \u201cThe Virgin Read: You Need More Janet Jackson In Your Life, Power Girl”<\/a><\/p>\n

Bill Randall: “Lost in Translation” TCJ 300<\/a><\/p>\n

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BONUS: FRANK’s 2009 RAP-UP<\/p>\n

Steelers win Super Bowl…Gary Panter paints a mural in a fancy museum…Watchmen<\/span> is fine by me\u2014just think if they would have made it in 1992…Fumetto Festival in Switzerland rules…TCAF is awesome even in new location…Canadians have their shit together…Kids still don’t know their comics history…Diamond raises minimums\u2014and all but last indy pamphlets that haven’t already jumped ship finally do…<\/p>\n

But indy folks still keep releasing pamphlets anyways. Why? I like to think it’s cuz they are easier to store than mini-comics. I have boxes of mini-comics that I can never look through like I look through my LP records or graphic novels that sit on a shelf. I used to love this about mini-comics, now it drives me crazy. My Cometbuses<\/span>, King Cats<\/span> and Battlestack Galacticraps<\/span> all fit together. And my Low Tides<\/span> and my Slime Freaks<\/span> fit together. But then are way too many zines tied with string and dumb bindings that just make them impossible to store. I’ve been throwing those ones out. They’re usually pretty bad anyways. Except the new Coppertone<\/span> zine…<\/p>\n

Mazzucchelli show at MoCCA is awesome. And so is new book…MoCCA the con is an oven. Good crowd tho…Multiforce<\/span> published…Nexus<\/span> tanks. The Dude quits comics…Comic Con no longer viable for Indy creators, still viable for some Indy publishers. Con promoters duke it out over who gets to host Daisy Dukes when and where…Disney buys Marvel. DC stumbles. War declared. Goofy\/Wolverine crossover jokes begin…<\/p>\n

Penguins win Stanley Cup…<\/p>\n

SPX was fun as usual. The rise of Ben Marra continues. Critics crowd roundtable and argue among selves…Kramers klan kills it with Simpsons<\/span> comic…Prison Pit<\/span> mania begins…<\/p>\n

APE was weird, as always. The kids in the Bay Area don’t buy anything. Except Bone<\/span> … The kids love to fight about C.F. … Kick Ass<\/span> movie trailer looks cool … Crumb’s Genesis<\/span> published … Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival was a hit.<\/p>\n

New Comics Journal site launches, sputters, re-launches.
Final Crisis on Infinite Blogs Crossover <\/span>begins, etc. (stay tuned).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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