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Oh, linky for people interested -> http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/11/whats-wrong-with-the-a-v-clubs-best-comics-of-the-00s-list/ 11/25/2009 |
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RT @JasonThibault: Sean T Collins on What's Wrong with The A.V. Club's Best Comics of the '00s List - http://ow.ly/FAXD 11/25/2009 |
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Guess I'm not the only one who thought the AV Club dropped the ball - http://tinyurl.com/ybcow57 11/25/2009 |
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The Manga Curmudgeon —
... Some people are surprised by the complete exclusion of comics from Japan from the A.V. Club’s list of the best comics of the ’00s. In the midst of all of the semantic discussion of when decades begin and end in the comments over at The Beat, the Club’s Noel Murray explains:
“There’s no manga largely because most of us only dabble in manga (at best), and if we even tried to acknowledge it we’d likely come off underinformed. (I did consider DRIFTING LIFE, though.)”
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Moving ...
The A.V. Club's Best of the '00s
FLOG! Entries —
On The A.V. Club's (controversial) Top 25 Comics of the '00s list: Eightball #23 by Daniel Clowes ("a straight-up masterpiece"), Tales Designed to Thrizzle by Michael Kupperman ("No one does giddy surrealism quite like Kupperman"), and Why Are You Doing This? by Jason ("builds to a gut-punch ending"); their separate list of the best archival books includes The Complete Peanuts ("has framed Charles Schulz’s enduring masterpiece about as well any lifelong fan ...
Collins! What is best in comics?
THE BEAT —
... list was going to tiptoe by unnoticed and uncommented on, you were wide of the mark by a fair bit. Sean T. Collins delivers a total smackdown, from the lack of manga to the last of Kramers Ergot to the lack of an ordered list. ...
Nov. 25, 2009: Spelled M-I-S-T-A-K-E in Navajo
Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal —
... most pitiable characters who often wind up saying and doing the most awful things. The clarity of her line and the sharpness of her dialogue make this a compelling read. The juxtaposition of her cute drawings (which grab the reader’s eye and are just funny drawings) and the nastiness of tone both more effective.”
[Commentary] What’s wrong with the A.V. Club’s best comics of the ’00s list?
Link: Sean T. Collins
Where to begin…
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Linkblogging for Black Friday
Funnybook Babylon —
... Authority, or the New Frontier, reflect a period in which I was excited that mainstream superhero comics could tell a truly intelligent story. Others, like Box Office Poison, or Bob Fingerman’s work, represent a time when I was still surprised to read good middlebrow comics. If those comics were published this week, would they still hold a cherished place in my heart? Probably not. But I’d still put them on the list.
With all that said, Heidi MacDonald, Sean Collins and David Pepose are totally correct about the absence of manga. That’s a ...
Comics A.M. - The Comics Internet in 2 Minutes
Comic Book Resources —
... ] Comics | Now that the dust has settled on The A.V. Club's best comics of the decade , I'll point to Paste Magazine's Top 20. The numbered list is pretty mainstream ... and doesn't include any manga. [ ...
