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	McSweeney's 33: San Francisco Panorama by Geoff Nicholson, J.G. Ballard, Roddy Doyle, Deb Olin Unferth, George Saunders, Miranda July, Junot Diaz, Daniel Clowes, Chris Ware, David Eggers I'm sure that we were not alone in thinking that the last few issues of McSweeney's had not been living up to the high design and content standards that they had set for themselves over the years. We were beginning to wonder if, perhaps, the enterprise had run out of gas, and that Eggers & Co. had set their priorities elsewhere. And while the latter may very well have been the case, we are happy to announce that, with, at least, it's thirty-third issue, all those concerned have put McSweeney's back front and center. This is a knock-your-socks-off issue that … Read more ...
	Cometbus #53 by Aaron Cometbus, Madalena Polletta Aaron is still riding the Punk Train (see #52 for more). This time out we have a lengthy piece on the early days of punk and art and comics in NYC in the mid-1970s that is largely derived from an in-depth interview Aaron conducted with John Holstrom, the co-founder of the legendary Punk Magazine. But that's just the main course, there's plenty more on offer here. For starters, this issue is co-authored by long-time Cometbus pal, Maddalena Polletta, who contributes a half dozen pieces which are interspersed throughout, providing contrapuntal hamony and making for a idiosyncratic and personal – if … Read more ...
	Jazz A B Z by Phil Schaap, Wynton Marsalis, Paul Rogers OK, this is not just the perfect gift book for the jazz fan on your list, it is also makes for an ideal gift to give to anyone -- of any age -- who has a love of words and pictures. This sumptuous hardcover volume has the potential to turn the squarest square into the heppest cat. Everyone is a jazz fan in the making: this is just the ticket to inspire them to take a closer look. Jazz ABZ is a pæn to jazz in art and poetry that simply has to be seen to be believed. The essence … Read more ...
	Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America by Bradford Wright Anyone wanting to pursue a study of comic books can’t do better than to begin with Comic Book Nation. Bradford W. Wright’s book, published in April of 2001 by Johns Hopkins University Press, provides a solid foundation in the history, analysis and criticism of the principal events, trends and personalities as well as of the companies, creators and characters of the first century of comic books in America. The only caveat to this statement is that Wright focuses almost entirely on the mainstream of comic books that has been typically- although certainly not totally-- devoted to the adolescent market. More … Read more ...
	Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943 - 1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright by Steven Millhauser Whether the point of this novel is to show us the adult that lies latent in the child or to reveal to us the child that the adult never manages to quite fully outgrow is a question that is difficult if not fruitless to answer. What is certain, however, is that the novel Edwin Mullhouse is brilliantly conceived. It is also shockingly well written, replete with uncannily accurate descriptions of childhood perceptions that can at times be overwhelmingly sympathetic. It is at turns funny, sad, insightful, and even profound; but above all else, it is deeply creepy: It reveals -- … Read more ...

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