Monday, June 19, 2006  
New Column for Atkinson

:: Posted by Bryan @ 6/19/2006 01:25:00 AM
Fashion journalist and Publishers Weekly correspondent Nathalie Atkinson has a new column about comics in the Globe and Mail. Graphica debuted on Saturday as a quarterly feature reviewing the season's hottest graphic novels.

As well as the latest art comics from U.S. and European cartoonists (many published by D&Q), Atkinson spares a few words for Chester Brown, Julie Doucet, and Hope Larson:

globeandmail.com : Comic books, yes, but not for the kids
"Graphic novels -- or, as I prefer to think of them, comic books with certain literary pretensions -- have in recent years established themselves as an unexpected literary medium in which to explore powerful subject matter. While the comics medium includes the spectrum of genres that traditional prose publishing offers -- crime fiction, science fiction, fantasy, historical romance et al. -- it seems to be finding its footing, and literary credibility, with serious explorations of geopolitical, autobiographical and historical events: Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi's memoir of the Iranian revolution, Joe Sacco's war reportage in Palestine or Guy Delisle's diary of North Korea.

It's a further irony that in a medium stereotyped with one-dimensional, male-centric superheroes and science-fiction fantasy, this summer's strongest titles deal with true stories ripped from the headlines (past and present) -- and many of them are by women. Even more notably, many of them are debut graphic novels, from new comics imprints or from debut comics imprints from larger general publishers, or new independent comics publishers."
    
         - Stumble It!  - Leave a comment!| 0comments  -  - we honor OpenID - 

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

Hi, welcome to the blog! If you want to let us know about an event or share PR, write us at Sequential@Spiltink.Org.

For discussion of posts, corrections or relevant links to the story feel free to fire away and post here! We love hearing from you guys. cheers! :)

Links to this post:

Create a Link

<< Home






Archive by Region
Alberta - British Columbia - Calgary - Gatineau - Halifax - Moncton - Montreal - New Brunswick - Newfoundland - Nova Scotia - Ontario - PEI - Quebec - Saskatchewan - Saskatoon - Toronto - Vancouver - Victoria - Winnipeg -

Archive by Month
August 2002 - September 2002 - October 2002 - November 2002 - December 2002 - January 2003 - February 2003 - March 2003 - April 2003 - May 2003 - June 2003 - July 2003 - August 2003 - September 2003 - October 2003 - November 2003 - December 2003 - January 2004 - February 2004 - March 2004 - April 2004 - May 2004 - June 2004 - July 2004 - August 2004 - September 2004 - October 2004 - November 2004 - December 2004 - January 2005 - February 2005 - March 2005 - April 2005 - May 2005 - June 2005 - July 2005 - August 2005 - September 2005 - October 2005 - November 2005 - December 2005 - January 2006 - February 2006 - March 2006 - April 2006 - May 2006 - June 2006 - July 2006 - August 2006 - September 2006 - October 2006 - November 2006 - December 2006 - January 2007 - February 2007 - March 2007 - April 2007 - May 2007 - June 2007 - July 2007 - August 2007 - September 2007 - October 2007 - November 2007 - December 2007 - January 2008 - February 2008 - March 2008 - April 2008 - May 2008 - June 2008 - July 2008 - August 2008 - September 2008 - October 2008 - November 2008 - December 2008 - January 2009 - February 2009 - March 2009 - April 2009 - May 2009 - June 2009 - July 2009 - August 2009 - September 2009 - October 2009 - November 2009 - December 2009 - January 2010 - February 2010 - March 2010 -