I don't have cable right now so I'm rewatching old shows and movies. A lot of them are animated. Such is my way. I'd like to have a nobler reason for rewatching them--something like when James 
Let's say you're the newly-sentient internet. How would you decipher
the meaning of all the bits and bytes whizzing past you? And what about
the real world outside your electronic realm?
Former Comics Editor, Guy Leshinski
has very kindly given us permission to reprint a prophetic interview
with Bryan Lee O'Malley in 2005. Will Bryan Lee O'Malley attain the
Holy Grail of cartoonists? As Bryan says, "We'll see..."
Results tagged “Mike Allred” from The Cultural Gutter
Jenkins' List
Henry Jenkins writes up a handy list of some comics he's enjoyed recently, divvied into stories of everyday life, superheroes, science fiction/fantasy/horror, and some unclassifiable items.
Stardust Returns
"Almost like a crazy person is holding the pencil." My God, Mike Allred has created a comic featuring Fletcher Hanks' disturbing and punitive hero Stardust. (Thanks to Again With The Comics)
The Tick vs. Madman vs. Me
Letting go can be hard. I was reminded of that reading The Tick's 20th Anniversary Special Edition with the first 3 issues of Mike Allred's new Madman Atomic Comics. The Tick's 20th Anniversary Special Edition reminded me how much I loved Ben Edlund's first 12 issues of The Tick and how relieved I am that Mike Allred kept Madman for himself.
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In the Sewer with the Alligators
I’m tired of the two-camera, hour-long drama. I’m tired of the Oscar-oriented mainstream film. I’m tired of “literary fiction,” you know, respectable middlebrow art. I don’t enjoy everyday reality heightened with swelling strings. I’m tired of realism’s conventions; so I’ve been turning to comics, pulp fiction, cartoons and genre film.
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Superheros de los Muertos
It's the time of year when a young woman's thoughts naturally turn to skeletons and zombies, death and dying. I like bats, boneyards, snappy girls from beyond, hideous mockeries of humanity fermented in swamps, creepy happenings and bones, bones, bones.
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Catwoman: Silicon-Injected
In 2001, Catwoman was everything I ever wanted in a comic. I admit I was a sucker for her new look. A woman's stompy black boots are her pride and Catwoman's boots were stompy, black and flat after years of thigh high Pretty Woman stilettos. Not to mention that zippers with rings, black leather, kitty ears and experimental night vision goggles are just cool, way cooler than purple latex. The art by Darwyn Cooke, Cameron Stewart and Mike Allred was loose, expressive and playful. Ed Brubaker's writing was hardboiled, but took after Raymond Chandler's fragile and battered humanism rather than Dashiell Hammett's breezy amorality.
Continue reading...
Jenkins' List
Henry Jenkins writes up a handy list of some comics he's enjoyed recently, divvied into stories of everyday life, superheroes, science fiction/fantasy/horror, and some unclassifiable items.Stardust Returns
"Almost like a crazy person is holding the pencil." My God, Mike Allred has created a comic featuring Fletcher Hanks' disturbing and punitive hero Stardust. (Thanks to Again With The Comics)
The Tick vs. Madman vs. Me
Letting go can be hard. I was reminded of that reading The Tick's 20th Anniversary Special Edition with the first 3 issues of Mike Allred's new Madman Atomic Comics. The Tick's 20th Anniversary Special Edition reminded me how much I loved Ben Edlund's first 12 issues of The Tick and how relieved I am that Mike Allred kept Madman for himself.
In the Sewer with the Alligators
I’m tired of the two-camera, hour-long drama. I’m tired of the Oscar-oriented mainstream film. I’m tired of “literary fiction,” you know, respectable middlebrow art. I don’t enjoy everyday reality heightened with swelling strings. I’m tired of realism’s conventions; so I’ve been turning to comics, pulp fiction, cartoons and genre film.
Superheros de los Muertos
It's the time of year when a young woman's thoughts naturally turn to skeletons and zombies, death and dying. I like bats, boneyards, snappy girls from beyond, hideous mockeries of humanity fermented in swamps, creepy happenings and bones, bones, bones.
Catwoman: Silicon-Injected
In 2001, Catwoman was everything I ever wanted in a comic. I admit I was a sucker for her new look. A woman's stompy black boots are her pride and Catwoman's boots were stompy, black and flat after years of thigh high Pretty Woman stilettos. Not to mention that zippers with rings, black leather, kitty ears and experimental night vision goggles are just cool, way cooler than purple latex. The art by Darwyn Cooke, Cameron Stewart and Mike Allred was loose, expressive and playful. Ed Brubaker's writing was hardboiled, but took after Raymond Chandler's fragile and battered humanism rather than Dashiell Hammett's breezy amorality.
