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Post by smellslikesomeghost on Jun 30, 2004 11:31:44 GMT
It's a work of much gorgeousness. Such a lovely publication. All wrapped in a cartoon page. Inserts. Paper.Drool.
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Post by elmsyrup on Jun 30, 2004 14:47:41 GMT
Is it really good? I read the Thrilling Tales and I just thought they were really boring and rubbish. There seems to be this fashion now in American literature to write these wilfully mundane stories about nothing, and poems that are so 'personal' they're impenetrable. The book claimed to buck that trend but it REALLY didn't. And Dave Eggers- I've not read his Heartbeaking Work but everything else I've read I dislike so much. Again with the mundanity, but also his clever-cleverness doesn't come off and I don't know, he seems to constantly refer to this 70s idea of American suburbia which is neither interesting or insightful for people who weren't there. So the comic's none of those things, then?
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Post by smellslikesomeghost on Jul 1, 2004 10:40:07 GMT
I didn't like "Thrilling tales.", it was an attempt at a boys own adventure collection, pastiche and irony mixed and failed I think.
The comic collection is a collection of cartoon strips. To be honest I'm not over keen. However the production is phenomenal, it's all about the style, really gorgeous. If I bought it it would remain a dust catcher though rather than a well thumbed book. However if you are keen on comic strips I think it'd be a great buy.
I would reccomend "A heartbreaking work..." It is slightly dull in parts but brilliant in others. It is very well written. I have just bought his follow up "You shall know our velocity" and I will continue to buy his work on the strength of "A.H.W.O.S.G"
He can come over as being all ego, but he has truly done a lot for other writers, and when I saw him give a reading as part of a group he was very un-divaesque, fading into the background and being generous towards the other authors. I think he uses his high profile really well.
I'm quite keen on the 70's American suburbia thing myself, can't help it. I also have an obsession with diner's and soda's and all that kitsch 50's Americana.
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