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Morrison x Urasawa: Mining the Past Without Strip-Mining It
Morrison x Urasawa: Mining the Past Without Strip-Mining It
Morrison x Urasawa: Mining the Past Without Strip-Mining It
Naoki Urasawa's "Pluto" is probably one of the best comics I've ever read. It's stark, uncompromising, driven, virtuosic, addictive and bull-headedly optimistic. Despite being an adult adaptation of a children's pop-culture phenomenon, it doesn't fall into the common trap of inserting airport-novel sleazy melodrama ...
Joe the Barbarian: Reality vs Fiction in Grant Morrison’s Comics
Joe the Barbarian: Reality vs Fiction in Grant Morrison’s Comics
Joe the Barbarian: Reality vs Fiction in Grant Morrison’s Comics
Love him or hate him, you can always depend on Grant Morrison to deliver a story that works on multiple levels. This week's "Joe the Barbarian," featuring great art from Sean Murphy, manages to live up to that trend admirably. The titular Joe is a quiet kid with a recently-deceased father, Type 1 Diabetes, and a mom desperate to move out of their house...