FF1988: Lloyd Llewellyn Special

(August 31, 2016)

Lloyd Llewellyn Special #1 by Daniel Clowes. When I did the post on Lloyd Llewellyn earlier, I didn’t know that this special (published about a year after the original series) existed. But it arrived now, so… Let’s… er… discuss. Apparently this special was supposed to be in colour, but due to low demand (from the … Continue reading FF1988: Lloyd Llewellyn Special

My New Concert Blog

(August 30, 2016)

FF1989: Unsupervised Existence

(August 30, 2016)

Unsupervised Existence #1-7 by Terry Laban. Wow.  I used to love this series. What happened? Unsupervised Existence was started as a small-press mini comic, I think?  I haven’t read that incarnation, but it was reprinted by Rip Off as Twice-Told Tales of Unsupervised Existence.  Fantagraphics then continued the series… The main series in Unsupervised Existence … Continue reading FF1989: Unsupervised Existence

FF1989: Blite

(August 29, 2016)

Blite by Phil Elliott. Phil Elliott is part of that British Fast Fiction/Escape generation, but has perhaps had less published in the US than others in that crowd… It’s a collection of shorter stories mostly featuring the “Gimbley” character. I think you could describe them as having a sort dream logic, but what strikes me … Continue reading FF1989: Blite

FF1987: Myron Moose Funnies

(August 28, 2016)

Myron Moose Funnies by Bob Foster. This reads very much like 70s underground comix, which is pretty strange for published in 1987. And there is a series from 1971 with the same name. Is it a reprint? I’ve spent four minutes googling and I do not know. Anyway, it was apparently planned as a three … Continue reading FF1987: Myron Moose Funnies

WFC Uruguay: El Baño del Papa

(August 27, 2016)

This started off really good (the opening scenes on bike were great), but then… As a viewer you want everything to go well for these people, but it seems so futile. They tried to crank up the absurdity, but… The Pope’s Toilet. César Charlone. 2007. Uruguay. Caipiroska 1 part vodka 1 part tonic water 1 … Continue reading WFC Uruguay: El Baño del Papa

WFC Austria: Caché

(August 27, 2016)

Very, very tense. And this being Haneke I was just sitting here waiting for some atrocity to happen. It’s a bit hard to swallow the main character’s ineptie complète, though. Nice mystery, though! (I’m going with either the director or Pierrot and Majid’s son in collusion.) Hidden. Michael Haneke. 2005. Austria. Blood And Sand 1 … Continue reading WFC Austria: Caché

FF1990: Alec(ish)

(August 27, 2016)

The Dead Muse Little Italy The Cheque, Mate By Eddie Campbell and various. These three comics were published in a transitional phase of Eddie Campbell’s career. He’d published an acclaimed series of autobiographical stories under the collective name “Alec”, mostly in British anthologies and collections, but also in a series of collections. He’d tried to … Continue reading FF1990: Alec(ish)

TSP2016: Hail, Caesar

(August 26, 2016)

Oh, CGI. Boo. So colour corrected. Hail, Caesar. Ethan Coen. 2016. Hm… on the one hand, this film is very much like if Mel Brooks wanted to make a Wes Anderson movie. On the other hand, there are fun scenes like the Gene Kelly sailor scene. On the fourth hand, there’s the horrible CGI-looking (even … Continue reading TSP2016: Hail, Caesar

TSP2015: A Bigger Splash

(August 26, 2016)

A Bigger Splash. Luca Guadagnino. 2015. There are some really fantastic scenes in here. This post is part of The Tilda Swinton Project.

FF1988: Bad News

(August 26, 2016)

Bad News #3 edited by Paul Karasik. The Bad News anthology series was conceived as a class exercise for the students at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York. This first issue was edited by Art Spiegelman (I think; I haven’t been able to locate a copy or find any reliable info on … Continue reading FF1988: Bad News

FF1989: Neil & Buzz in Space and Time

(August 25, 2016)

OK, drama over?  (Or at least a plan of sorts.) So back to the series of posts that can’t possibly interest more than approx. five people in the world: An overview of all Fantagraphics comic book comics ever published. Neil & Buzz in Space and Time by George Alec Effinger & Henry Mayo. In the … Continue reading FF1989: Neil & Buzz in Space and Time

Blow Out 2016 Day Three

(August 20, 2016)

I didn’t find a good place to put my camera, so the angles are kinda … off…  Sorry.  

Blow Out 2016 Day One

(August 18, 2016)

Festival

(August 12, 2016)

I went to a rainy and cold festival today.  Got dressed up in total rain gear, but when leaving the flat I apparently blanked completely: