Comments on: Pencil Mania, Piano Tooners, Boulevard of Broken Dreams http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/28/pencil-mania-piano-tooners-boulevard-of-broken-dreams/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 26 May 2012 21:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mr. Waggish http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/28/pencil-mania-piano-tooners-boulevard-of-broken-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-157465 Mr. Waggish Tue, 30 May 2006 21:36:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4716#comment-157465 I'm overjoyed to see a shout-out for Deitch. I think he is *the* narrative genius of the 60s comics underground, and I've been working on a long piece on his twisty complexity for years. (Especially in the uncollected "Search for Smiling Ed," he achieves Potocki-esque levels of storytelling upon storytelling.) Deitch I think hasn't been as praised because his artwork isn't as sophisticated as many of the other undergrounders, but his following (including Spiegelman, Crumb, and the Fantagraphics folks) is loyal and obsessive. As statements on artistic creativity and consumption, his work is unmatched in comics, I think. I’m overjoyed to see a shout-out for Deitch. I think he is the narrative genius of the 60s comics underground, and I’ve been working on a long piece on his twisty complexity for years. (Especially in the uncollected “Search for Smiling Ed,” he achieves Potocki-esque levels of storytelling upon storytelling.)

Deitch I think hasn’t been as praised because his artwork isn’t as sophisticated as many of the other undergrounders, but his following (including Spiegelman, Crumb, and the Fantagraphics folks) is loyal and obsessive. As statements on artistic creativity and consumption, his work is unmatched in comics, I think.

]]> By: ben wolfson http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/28/pencil-mania-piano-tooners-boulevard-of-broken-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-157397 ben wolfson Tue, 30 May 2006 05:32:24 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4716#comment-157397 The Pencil Mania cartoon is great. The Pencil Mania cartoon is great.

]]> By: Steve http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/28/pencil-mania-piano-tooners-boulevard-of-broken-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-157381 Steve Tue, 30 May 2006 01:30:23 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4716#comment-157381 <i>Boulevard of Broken Dreams</i> really is great -- the best of the non-Maus serials in <i>RAW</i>, I think. Boulevard of Broken Dreams really is great—the best of the non-Maus serials in RAW, I think.

]]> By: John Holbo http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/28/pencil-mania-piano-tooners-boulevard-of-broken-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-157379 John Holbo Tue, 30 May 2006 01:00:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4716#comment-157379 Whew! One comment! (Thanks.) I was in trouble there for a while. Whew! One comment! (Thanks.) I was in trouble there for a while.

]]> By: Patrick S. O'Donnell http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/28/pencil-mania-piano-tooners-boulevard-of-broken-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-157370 Patrick S. O'Donnell Mon, 29 May 2006 23:35:33 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4716#comment-157370 Thanks for some delightful stuff! Thanks for some delightful stuff!

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