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Been Gone So Long
Probably a little too tired to do this up right, but...
*I really don't pay a lot of attention to comics news anymore. My job is really demanding and when I get home I watch TV, dvds, read, write, email or listen to music. So it was kind of a flurry of blows this week to find out about the deaths of Dave Stevens, Will Elder, and to a lesser extent, Steve Gerber. Nothing against Gerber; I just never read anything of his I loved, though I recognize he did bring some fun ideas and energy to '70s Marvel. Elder I actually did love as a kid, as my mom once brought home a slipcase of paperbacks collecting the first years of MAD (the comic book). I also always looked forward to the Super Specials that contained inserts of the old MAD comics issues and recognized Elder as a genius, even as his parodic depictions of Archie and other comics characters were often my first exposure to those characters. Dave Stevens was a master artist from MY time, and I respected the time he put into The Rocketeer even if it meant he didn't get very far with it. And to be honest, when I met him, it was kind of inspiring to learn that handsome men could make good comics, too. Not that I thought I was handsome, too, but that comics finally seemed like an acceptable career even if one was gregarious and attractive. I believe I got him to sign my Rocketeer graphic novel, and now after reading Jamie S. Rich's remembrance I'm curious if he wished me, "Happy Landings."
*Liked Iron Man a lot.
*Read a few graphic novels. I'm honestly sort of ambivalent about reviewing anything right now as I really want to just write my own stuff. My time is more limited than ever and right now time not spent working I spend writing (a little) and relaxing with movies, TV and Grand Theft Auto IV.
*New cds by Death Cab for Cutie, The Jealous Girlfriends, and The Long Blondes, are very good. Despite great names, Shit Robot and Fuck Buttons are somewhat disappointing.
*Saw The Police in concert, with Elvis Costello opening. EC was very good is a short set of a handful of expected hits, one new song from rocking, unselfconscious new cd Momofuku, and is joined on "Alison" by Sting. The Police themselves are excellent, much better than expected. The arrangements were smart but not too different from how they were originally done, the musicianship very solid from all three, and I was thrilled to hear Sting can still sing in that high register like he used to. Why he has sung in that whispery thing for the past 25 years of solo work, I have no idea. It was clear to me this would be just a bunch of Police songs, but I was surprised how many people I told about the show wondered with morbid interest if any Sting material was performed.
*I really don't pay a lot of attention to comics news anymore. My job is really demanding and when I get home I watch TV, dvds, read, write, email or listen to music. So it was kind of a flurry of blows this week to find out about the deaths of Dave Stevens, Will Elder, and to a lesser extent, Steve Gerber. Nothing against Gerber; I just never read anything of his I loved, though I recognize he did bring some fun ideas and energy to '70s Marvel. Elder I actually did love as a kid, as my mom once brought home a slipcase of paperbacks collecting the first years of MAD (the comic book). I also always looked forward to the Super Specials that contained inserts of the old MAD comics issues and recognized Elder as a genius, even as his parodic depictions of Archie and other comics characters were often my first exposure to those characters. Dave Stevens was a master artist from MY time, and I respected the time he put into The Rocketeer even if it meant he didn't get very far with it. And to be honest, when I met him, it was kind of inspiring to learn that handsome men could make good comics, too. Not that I thought I was handsome, too, but that comics finally seemed like an acceptable career even if one was gregarious and attractive. I believe I got him to sign my Rocketeer graphic novel, and now after reading Jamie S. Rich's remembrance I'm curious if he wished me, "Happy Landings."
*Liked Iron Man a lot.
*Read a few graphic novels. I'm honestly sort of ambivalent about reviewing anything right now as I really want to just write my own stuff. My time is more limited than ever and right now time not spent working I spend writing (a little) and relaxing with movies, TV and Grand Theft Auto IV.
*New cds by Death Cab for Cutie, The Jealous Girlfriends, and The Long Blondes, are very good. Despite great names, Shit Robot and Fuck Buttons are somewhat disappointing.
*Saw The Police in concert, with Elvis Costello opening. EC was very good is a short set of a handful of expected hits, one new song from rocking, unselfconscious new cd Momofuku, and is joined on "Alison" by Sting. The Police themselves are excellent, much better than expected. The arrangements were smart but not too different from how they were originally done, the musicianship very solid from all three, and I was thrilled to hear Sting can still sing in that high register like he used to. Why he has sung in that whispery thing for the past 25 years of solo work, I have no idea. It was clear to me this would be just a bunch of Police songs, but I was surprised how many people I told about the show wondered with morbid interest if any Sting material was performed.
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