“During his junior year in high school, Hefner began his own comic autobiography, documenting the events of his life through drawings”: Huh. You probably knew that Hugh Hefner was a great friend of cartooning, but how about the fact that he was a potential pioneer in the field of graphic memoir…? One of the tidbits in this long, interesting LA Times profile of the man.
“And I’m not sure what to call ‘Lego Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary.’ Nonfiction? Movie/toy fiction?”: Also in the LA Times, popular kids book author and Library of Congress’ national ambassador for literature for young people Jon Scieszka talks about the state of kids books, and graphic novels get a couple of paragraphs. Françoise Mouly, Art Spiegelman, Jeff Smith, Eleanor Davis and First Second books all get well-deserved mentions.
How should one treat a prominent cartoonist?: Jeet Heer thinks he learned a lesson from Al Capp.
It takes all kinds: This guy actually thought Watchmen was one of the best films of the year. Weird.
December 14th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
I didn’t see that many films this year, but of the ones I saw, Watchmen certainly ranked ahead of most of them. I’d rather see something a bit risky and a bit weird like Watchmen than the predictable and bland Star Trek reboot.
December 15th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
why is it weird to think WATCHMEN was one of the best movies of the year? I would say you calling him weird is what is actually weird.
December 15th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
You know who thought WATCHMEN was one of the best movies of the year? Roger Ebert, who I’m extremely confident knows a *little* bit more about what makes a great movie than you, Caleb.