We got a couple of really thoughtful comments on the Years Have Pants roundtable, so I thought I’d highlight them.
The Roundtable Has Pants: Garooga
Greetings, Hooded Utilitarians. My name is Casey Rae-Hunter, and I’m a so-and-so who lives in Washington, DC. Both personally and professionally, my karma sees to it that I wrangle with issues at the intersection of creativity, policy and technology. I also wear pants, which have been known to have years, and vice versa.
It is my sincere hope that my twaddle in no way corrupts my fellow roundtablers’ insights and illuminations. And if it does, I can only offer a heartfelt GAROOGA!
The Roundtable Has Pants. And They Are Cranky.
I’d hoped to put this post later in the week and run more positive assessments first. But bumps occurred, and here we are. For Campbell fans, I’d urge you to read Suat’s preamble for a more loving assessment, or check out Robert Stanley Martin or Charles Hatfield for discussions of the Playwright. And of course the roundtable here runs all week.
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Eddie Campbell’s “How To Be An Artist” ends with Campbell writing an angry letter to the Comics Journal excoriating them for mistaking a Bill Sienkiewicz drawing for a Stan Drake drawing in the latter’s obituary.
Charles Hatfield on The Playwright
At The Panelists, Charles Hatfield discusses the Playwright. Here’s an excerpt:
Billed as a comedy about “the sex life of a celibate middle-aged man,” The Playwright is an austere book about an austere life: a life lived at a remove, so to speak, one of productive loneliness, sexlessness, distance, and disconnection. As if to match, the book is narrated in a kind of arid, emotionless third person, and the main characters lack names. There are no balloons, only boxed captions. You can feel the chill.
Go read it! We’ll have more Campbellania here later today….
Strange Windows: A Master at the Dawn
When a new art form appears, how often does it spawn a master craftsman at or near the beginning of its existence? Surprisingly often.
Moved Again!
We’re now at a new home; https://hoodedutilitarian.com.
Robert Stanley Martin on The Playwright
In sync with our Years Have Pants roundtable, Robert Stanley Martin has published a review of Daren White and Eddie Campbell’s The Playwright