Comics are the perfect vehicle for memoir, both fictional and…well, is there any other kind? Ames and Haspiel’s The Alcoholic takes full advantage of illustration’s ability for aggrandizement and visual parody. Cartoonist Haspiel (American Splendor) draws Ames’ sodden narrative with stylistic humor and consitent exaggeration. “A.” has razor-sharp features (that nose!) and…
The Drinking Life
In which our hero shares a sausage with Monica Lewinsky...
March 17th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Comics
Gonzo Goes On…and On
Gonzo, Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson, The Gonzo Way, The Kitchen Readings, The Joke's Over
March 17th, 2009 · No Comments
When four years ago Hunter S. Thompson put a bullet in the back of his throat and through his brain stem—“he couldn’t have placed it better” said the local coroner— he triggered a slow bleed of tributes, biographies and personal accounts that has yet to be stemmed. Since that exclamation…
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