Raised By Squirrels is published by Panel Press.
8.05.2008
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8.02.2008
No New Comic Night last night; the price you pay for epic weeks like last Friday. Went through a couple TPBs from the odd assortment of new arrivals from the library. And then later, finished off the Bill Mauldin bio I've been reading for the past week.
Ordinarily, I don't read biographies; not interested in the minutiae and have a tough time when the author starts drawing conclusions and assessing motivation based on conjecture. But this one — which I was, as a real fan of Mauldin's, predisposed to like — didn't fall into either. It all only heightened my appreciation for his work, learning the conditions it was produced under and of the larger context surrounding it, as well as his career as a cartoonist and journalist after the war. It was also pretty amazing to think about what he produced despite the Army — and even more, with the blessing of the Army.
Ordinarily, I don't read biographies; not interested in the minutiae and have a tough time when the author starts drawing conclusions and assessing motivation based on conjecture. But this one — which I was, as a real fan of Mauldin's, predisposed to like — didn't fall into either. It all only heightened my appreciation for his work, learning the conditions it was produced under and of the larger context surrounding it, as well as his career as a cartoonist and journalist after the war. It was also pretty amazing to think about what he produced despite the Army — and even more, with the blessing of the Army.
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