I like the stuff he did with Crumb, especially “Walking and Talking,” but everything else I’ve seen has left me cold. That includes Our Cancer Year and a trade collection of greatest hits. Do people really enjoy his stuff, or is it more that he’s respected as a pioneer?
The Hooded Utilitarian
a pundit in every panopticon
I’d vote for the latter, but I may be some kind of heathen.
I didn’t enjoy Our Cancer Year, but parts of it are burned into my mind, which should count for something.
That and “Pekar Assaults the Media,” I think? Crumb-drawn, all those word balloons crowding the panels. That one’s great.
The first hint is it’s called “Our Cancer Year”.