Den her blev lang, men det var fantastisk at genforenes over tegneserier med Andreas Gregersen og bare tonser derudaf. Vi valgte på indskydelse Daniel Clowes’ mesterlige tegneserienovelle “Caricature” fra 1995, da den forekom os righolding på tanker, præcision og betydning. Det holdt stik — vi snakkede i godt to timer om de 16 sider, der…
I dagens bogtillæg til Information kan man læse min anmeldelse af Daniel Clowes’ nyeste bog, Patience, der via Aben Maler fik verdenspremiere i Danmark lige før jul og nu snart udkommer på originalsproget. Man skal desværre have abonnement for at læse den online, men der er en lidt anderledes engelsk version her.
So today I made kind of a comeback. I’m back at the Hooded Utilitarian, where I haven’t posted for almost three years. Not because I haven’t wanted to, but because I’ve found it difficult to find the time to write something that lives up to the content generally provided at the site and, frankly, the…
Apart from hopefully lining his wallet a bit, Dan Clowes isn’t doing himself any favors by repackaging this story. His most lightweight effort in more than a decade, it was a pandering trifle to begin with and it only suffers from being given the book treatment. Originally published in the New York Times Magazine in…