Daily Archives: 11 October 2011

Scheherezade’s Longbox

comics and cartooning, hype & linkageBy Matthias Wivel 11 October 2011 4 Comments

Just got word from Paul Gravett that his massive 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die is out in the UK, with the American edition to be released on 25 October and other national editions to follow. Many will be familiar with this popular series covering everything from books to wine. The remarkable thing…

The Week

commentary and criticism, current affairs, musicBy Matthias Wivel 11 October 2011

The Week in Review (a.k.a. the feature formerly known as Picks of the Week) Jobs. I’m somewhat ambivalent about the mass adulation directed at the late Apple co-founder this past few days. No doubt he and his company revolutionized the way we interface with technology, even if he didn’t come up with the component parts…