Glen Weldon appears in the following:
My Favorite Superman Story: When Jimmy Olsen Created Beatlemania
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Hey, Monkey See readers. It's me, your old pal Glen. Look, I know you haven't seen me around these parts very much over the last year or so, but ...
Mm? What's that?
Why, yes, I have "put on a few," as you say. How nice of you to notice. ...
Graphic-Novel Gumshoe Rounds Up Unusual Suspects
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Matt Kindt is a storyteller so fully in control of his gifts that his graphic novels — 3 Story, Revolver and others — read like quietly compelling arguments for the comics medium's narrative potential.
With his latest, the multilayered and slyly existential Red Handed, he assembles a mystery story that ...
Niffenegger Lets Fly With An Adult Fairy Tale In 'Raven Girl'
Thursday, May 02, 2013
In The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger married her gently wry sensibility to a classic science-fiction conceit, and the result became a literary sensation — as much a tried-and-true staple of book-club culture as cheap malbec.
Now, with Raven Girl, Niffenegger sets out to create a new fairy tale bearing ...
Which Comics Should I Get? Your Free Comic Book Day Cheat Sheet
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
This Saturday, May 4th, is Free Comic Book Day, the comics industry's annual attempt to sail out past the shallow, overfished shoals where Nerds Like Me lazily and inexpertly spawn, to instead cast their line into the colder, deeper waters where Normals Like You swim free, blissfully unconcerned about the ...
Stars In His Eyes, Sending Smoke Signals To Mars
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
In his slim but beguiling novel Equilateral, Ken Kalfus places us inside the heads of his characters with such deftness that the line between what is true and what they believe to be true fades to obscurity. It's no coincidence that the heads in question belong to scientists who pride ...
Cook, Illustrated: A New Graphic Novel That Live-to-Eat Types Will Savor
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Lucy Knisley eats better than you do.
Face it: she knows more than you about what makes food delicious and satisfying. She's a former cheesemonger who monged her odoriferous wares with verve and aplomb. She's spent her life in kitchens, and has developed the skills to prepare meals with passion ...
A Foolish Inconsistency: The Saga of 'Saga'
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
"Comics," a wise newspaper features editor once opined, back when the Earth had not yet cooled and icthyosaurs swam the turbid seas, "Aren't Just For Kids Anymore."
Her fellow editors, incredulous, seized upon this audacious truth. "Comics Aren't Just For Kids Anymore!," they intoned, seized with an evangelical fervor. "Comics ...
The Mundane World Illuminated In 'Hand-Drying In America'
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Ben Katchor's syndicated comic strips vary in subject — his Julius Knipl: Real Estate Photographer, for example, explores the surreal underside of our urban environment by documenting the inner lives of the spaces and storefronts we walk past every day, while The Cardboard Valise reads like a Fodor's guide to ...