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Continue reading →: The Problem of Comics Temporality, Part One: Jim Starlin
Originally posted on Comics, Cartoons and Criticism: Perhaps there is no more complicated theoretical rabbit hole for understanding comics than the problem of temporality. Specifically, how are we to understand the temporal relationship between subsequent panels / segments / sequences, how do we measure time elapsed within discrete images, and…
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Continue reading →: Heroic superman saves man from burning car
Bob Renning, please take a bow. His Herculean effort enabled him to grab the door frame of a smoke-filled car in Minnesota and bend it! His prompt action saved the driver’s life, and his superpower must have come as a bit of a surprise to him after the excitement and…
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Continue reading →: Adaptation
My dum-di-dum poems for work colleagues have been plentiful this month. There is one that I adapted and called ‘Life’s Stages‘ because I thought it made an interesting narrative – but you be the judge. It’s on the Latest ode page.
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Continue reading →: Is there a right answer?
What is the above poem about? If faced with this question in an exam, would you assume that there had been some mistake, a typographical or printing error? When it was confirmed that this is how the poet intended his poem to be printed, how might you attempt the question. I…
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Continue reading →: Well maybe just one more piece of cake
I sat in the chair wondering why they make them so narrow as the wooden frame cramped my thighs. The coffee was excellent though, and the selection of tray bakes, bagels, croissants, cakes and muffins just what my heart desired.Carrot cake sounded so virtuous, like one of the five a…
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Continue reading →: Religious intolerance
In Northern Ireland Pastor James McConnell has been criticized for his comments on Islam. He warns his congregation that “Islam’s ideas about God, about humanity, about salvation are vastly different from the teaching of the Holy Scriptures.” That’s his opinion, although some would perceive similarities in the reverence for Moses,…
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Continue reading →: When I hear the word culture I reach for my revolver
The quotation above is often used in exasperation at the absurdity of what is acceptable in the name of ‘culture’. The fact that its origin comes from a Nazi playwright who was an SS officer might give us pause. But we have no reason to pardon the inhuman acts carried…
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