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<title><![CDATA[High speed rail plans]]></title>
<link>http://rachaelclareetheridge4.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/high-speed-rail-plans/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rachaelclareetheridge4</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The Government has plans to introduce a second high speed rail link to the United Kingdom, connectin]]></description>
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<p>The Government has plans to introduce a second high speed rail link to the United Kingdom, connecting Scotland’s most economic cities &#8211; Glasgow and Edinburgh &#8211; to London, and to be able to get to your destination in a matter of hours.</p>
<p> In 2008, the Climate Change Act came into effect. We have all been preached to about lowing our carbon emissions &#8211; walk instead of driving and use park-and-ride facilities but to name a few. However, what about other long term solutions?</p>
<p> Lesley Martin, service manager of the economic development committee said: “The Glasgow/Edinburgh Collaboration Initiative is looking to maximise the benefits of cross-border high-speed rail to create a more economic Scotland, and make a stronger connection with London. We also need to cut down carbon emissions as shown in the Climate Change Agenda.”</p>
<p> She continued: “Transport Scotland and Network Rail have to work together to create a cost effective solution for travelling to the South. Scotland’s bigger cities have more of a business connection with London nowadays, which we must act upon. This will help solve capacity problems.”</p>
<p> Nevertheless, he cost of a project of this magnitude must come into consideration. The Edinburgh tram project’s budget has considerably risen over the past year, leading to arguments in parliament and workers going on strike.</p>
<p> Craig Thompson, a Network Rail employee said: “If a high speed rail line was introduced, it would definitely be used. Of course the cost will effect it. Its already expensive, although, if it is a shorter journey time, it would make sense to be a cheaper option.”</p>
<p> When asked his personal opinion on the matter, Mr Thompson said: “I am very excited about the prospects of it all, however, wary that it may end up costing too much like, for example, the Edinburgh tram project.”</p>
<p> Although it has recently emerged that plans to build a new line have been cancelled much to the dismay of many. However from December 2010, the currently running London to Glasgow services will go via Edinburgh &#8211; an obvious improvement to the service.</p>
<p> Jane Sullivan, a student from North Queensferry, who now lives and studies in London said: “Personally, I would love to use a faster train service, especially if it means getting to see my family quicker. Although, if it were to cost a lot more than current prices, and not running as often, it would challenge my decision to use it.”</p>
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<title><![CDATA[BLANKETS, Craig Thompson (i altres reflexions)]]></title>
<link>http://roselles.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/blankets-craig-thompson-i-altres-reflexions/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Roselles</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Sempre és agradable de tant en tant afegir un còmic entre les meves lectures, perquè a vegades em re]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Banca de Quadrinhos 48 - Craig Thompson, o autor de "Retalhos" e mais FIQ 2009]]></title>
<link>http://programabancadequadrinhos.com/2009/11/05/banca-de-quadrinhos-48-craig-thompson-o-autor-de-retalhos-e-mais-fiq-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>donrodrigone</dc:creator>
<guid>http://programabancadequadrinhos.com/2009/11/05/banca-de-quadrinhos-48-craig-thompson-o-autor-de-retalhos-e-mais-fiq-2009/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A segunda edição especial da Banca de Quadrinhos no FIQ está no ar. No primeiro bloco, você confere ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>A segunda edição especial da Banca de Quadrinhos no FIQ está no ar. No primeiro bloco, você confere um papo gravado com o quadrinhista americano <a href="http://blog.dootdootgarden.com" target="_blank">Craig Thompson</a>, autor da belíssima hq autobiográfica RETALHOS Editora Quadrinhos na Cia). A obra mostra a infância e juventude de Craig. Fanatismo religioso, descoberta e culpa, desejo e muito frio são elementos que compõe a história de amor entre Craig e Raina. Nessa entrevista, Craig fala desse álbum de formação, de seu futuro projeto HABIBI e ainda é apresentado pelo Rodrigo ao ótimo quadrinhista nacional <a href="http://twitter.com/mariocau" target="_blank">Mário Cau</a>, autor da HQ <a href="http://mariocau.blogspot.com">“PIECES”</a> e grande admirador do trabalho deste artista americano</p>
<p>No segundo, mostramos quadrinhistas nacionais que estavam lançando hqs no FIQ. Tem a galera dos “Quadrinhos Dependentes” e a dupla responsável pelo gibi “DUO” (<a href="http://twitter.com/felipecunha" target="_blank">Felipe Cunha</a> e <a href="http://twitter.com/pablocasado" target="_blank">Pablo Casado</a>). Além de tudo isso, a Banca traz um monte de dicas e novidades dos quadrinhos&#8230; destaque para a imensa quantidade de boas HQs nacionais e pelo comentário sobre os enormes e ótimos Gênesis e Terra X.</p>
<p>hqtema: Demolidor, o homem sem medo (Panini Comics)</p>
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<p>A Banca de Quadrinhos é exibida na BlueTV -TVA-18 em São Paulo e Rio, TVA-70-Curitiba e TVA-75-Florianópolis, toda quarta às 20h30 e reprise quinta às 11h e em tempo real em www.bluetv.com.br. Para ver todas as edições da Banca, é só acessar nosso site: <a href="http://www.programabancadequadrinhos.com">www.programabancadequadrinhos.com</a>. Nosso e-mail é bancadequadrinhos@gmail.com e o twitter é @bancaquadrinhos.</p>
<p>Escreva pra gente e diga o que está achando dessa cobertura do FIQ. Programa que vem tem mais coisas que rolaram no nosso segundo dia no evento&#8230; com entrevista com Guy Delisle, Srbek e mais! =)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Visual Storytelling]]></title>
<link>http://elliotcrane.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/visual-storytelling/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cranege</dc:creator>
<guid>http://elliotcrane.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/visual-storytelling/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I was excited to hear that R. Crumb visited Richmond yesterday to talk about his new project with Ne]]></description>
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<p>I was excited to hear that R. Crumb visited Richmond yesterday to talk about his new project with New Yorker editor Francois Mouly. He has recently completed a graphic presentation of the book of Genesis. It&#8217;s a literal representation with no modifications to the text. It does however have Crumb&#8217;s visual aesthetic and storytelling eye. Recently in my own work I&#8217;ve rediscoverd  pictures  as an important part in the creative process. They help me get the creative juices flowing and allow me to flesh out a story seeing how scene&#8217;s work together. What role do pictures play in your process and in the final result of projects?</p>
<p><a href="Richmond Times Dispatch Talks with R. Crumb">Richmond Times Dispatch Talks with R. Crumb</a></p>
<p>A Few Other Visual Storytellers:</p>
<p><a href="http://audreyniffenegger.com/">Audrey Niffenegger</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/authors/wiesner/home.html">David Weisner</a></p>
<p><a href="http://blog.dootdootgarden.com/">Craig Thompson</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Gerais de Minas]]></title>
<link>http://oqueijoeosvermes.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/gerais-de-minas/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ronoc</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Cada vez que vou a BH, percebo uma nova faceta da capital mineira que minhas visitas anteriores simp]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Cada vez que vou a BH, percebo uma nova faceta da capital mineira que minhas visitas anteriores simplesmente não me tinham mostrado. E cada vez me apaixono mais <em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">com</span> </em>a cidade. Neste <em>post</em>, resolvi deixar registradas algumas brevíssimas impressões e observações desta última jornada belorizontina.</p>
<p>Finalmente conheci a <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://www.ufmg.br" target="_blank">UFMG</a>, ainda que numa visita relâmpago. Em meio ao ambiente charmosamente bucólico do campus, nada surpreendente notar que ao desmazelo das instalações da <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://www.fafich.ufmg.br/" target="_blank">FAFICH</a>, uma decadência cuidadosamente mantida nos limites da subsistência, corresponda a exuberância quase alienígena dos novíssimos prédios da <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://www.face.ufmg.br/" target="_blank">Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas</a> &#8212; tal qual acontece na <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://www.usp.br" target="_blank">USP</a> e em tantas estaduais e federais país afora, a César o que é de César. Não quis me impor o desgosto de conferir se por lá também existem as &#8220;salas patrocinadas&#8221; como no torpe modelo da congênere paulistana <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://www.fea.usp.br/" target="_blank">FEA</a>, mas poderia apostar a <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moedinha_N%C3%BAmero_1" target="_blank">moedinha número 1</a> que tem dedo da iniciativa privada por lá.</p>
<p>E foi no prédio da FAFICH (mais precisamente numa pequena  livraria chamada <em>Quixote</em>) que, depois de quase 3 anos de procura, consegui finalmente um exemplar novinho em folha do primeiro volume dos <em>Ensaios Reunidos</em>, do <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Maria_Carpeaux" target="_blank">Otto Maria Carpeaux</a>, que está esgotado há algum tempo e que, até em sebos, estava sendo difícil de achar. (Aliás, quem tem notícias de a quantas anda o projeto de resgate dos escritos de Carpeaux? A última coisa que ouvi, por parte da <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://www.topbooks.com.br" target="_blank">Topbooks</a>, é que não havia qualquer previsão para um novo lançamento&#8230;).</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">- Ω -</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 415px"><img class=" " title="Duplicação da Avenida Antônio Carlos (Belo Horizonte, MG)" src="http://www.transportes.mg.gov.br/images/stories/noticias/rua_arariba.jpg" alt="" width="405" height="270" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Duplicação da Antônio Carlos: soluções urbanas e photoshop, uma parceria que dá certo.</p></div>
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<p>BH segue investindo pesado em algumas adequações urbanas, como a <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://www.transportes.mg.gov.br/index.php/component/content/article/796-duplicacao-da-antonio-carlos-segunda-etapa.html" target="_blank">duplicação da avenida Antônio Carlos</a>, mas fico sabendo que nesta metrópole de quase 2 milhões e meio de habitantes, a expansão da malha metroviária (que, hoje, conta com apenas uma linha de pouco mais de 28km de extensão) tem sido bastante tímida &#8212; e isso mesmo com a &#8220;pressão&#8221; trazida pela Copa de 2014. De novo, a prioridade é o automóvel. Lógico, temos grandes montadoras instaladas no estado, como a Fiat. Abrir mais espaços para os carros é aumentar a capacidade de absorção do mercado (ao menos em termos físicos), é estimular a produção industrial; e estimular a produção é gerar emprego, gerar desenvolvimento&#8230; Até quando vamos insistir nessa cadeia equivocada de raciocínio? Perguntar não ofende (ou não deveria): investir em transporte público sobre trilhos não gera empregos nem desenvolvimento?</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">- Ω -</p>
<div id="attachment_1151" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1151 " title="Torre AltaVila, por Henriqueta Marques" src="http://oqueijoeosvermes.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/torre_altavila_queta.jpg" alt="Torre AltaVila, por Henriqueta Marques" width="300" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Fala-se muito em Varginha, mas parece que os ETs têm posto avançado é em Nova Lima.</p></div>
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<p>Quando você for a BH, algo que recomendo enfaticamente é uma visita à torre <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://www.altavila.com.br/" target="_blank">AltaVila</a><span class="wp-caption-dd">. Localizada no município de <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://www.novalima.mg.gov.br/" target="_blank">Nova Lima</a> (colado à capital),</span> a torre é parte de um centro comercial que tem entre suas atrações o <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://www.hardrockcafebrasil.com.br" target="_blank">Hard Rock Café</a> e um restaurante japonês instalado no ponto mais alto &#8212; a torre em si tem 101 metros de altura, mas como está fincada no topo de um morro, você acaba ficando 432 metros acima do centro de BH. Numa estrutura que propositalmente lembra um disco voador, é possível avistar boa parte de Belo Horizonte. Não sei como é durante o dia, mas à noite posso garantir que a vista é belíssima!</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">- Ω -</p>
<p>Outro lugar que adorei ter conhecido foi o <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://www.palaciodasartes.com.br" target="_blank">Palácio das Artes</a>, que fica no <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://portalpbh.pbh.gov.br/pbh/ecp/comunidade.do?evento=portlet&#38;pIdPlc=ecpTaxonomiaMenuPortal&#38;app=salaturista&#38;tax=14915&#38;lang=pt_BR&#38;pg=5342&#38;taxp=0&#38;" target="_blank">Parque Municipal Américo Renné Giannetti</a>. De 6 a 12 de outubro o Palácio abrigou a 6ª edição do <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://www.fiqbh.com.br/" target="_blank">FIQ!</a> (Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos). O festival prestou homenagem ao artista gaúcho <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato_Canini" target="_blank">Renato Canini</a>, e trouxe nomes como Liniers (o segundo álbum <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://www.livrariacultura.com.br/scripts/cultura/busca/busca.asp?tipoBusca=1&#38;sid=96214714411928249092261746&#38;k5=3292DC60&#38;uid=&#38;par=cnews&#38;bmodo=&#38;palavratitulo=macanudo&#38;modobuscatitulo=pc&#38;palavraautor=&#38;modobuscaautor=pc&#38;palavraeditora=zarabatana&#38;palavracolecao=&#38;palavraISBN=&#38;n1n2n3=&#38;cidioma=&#38;precomax=&#38;ordem=disponibilidade" target="_blank"><em>Macanudo</em></a> acaba de ser lançado no Brasil pela espertíssima editora campineira <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://www.zarabatana.com.br/" target="_blank">Zarabatana</a>, de Cláudio Roberto Martini), <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://blog.dootdootgarden.com/" target="_blank">Craig Thompson</a> (<a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://www.livrariacultura.com.br/scripts/cultura/resenha/resenha.asp?nitem=2774775&#38;sid=96214714411928249092261746&#38;k5=15F93186&#38;uid=" target="_blank"><em>Retalhos</em></a>) e <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://www.guydelisle.com/" target="_blank">Guy Delisle</a> (de <em><a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://www.livrariacultura.com.br/scripts/cultura/resenha/resenha.asp?nitem=2744370&#38;sid=96214714411928249092261746&#38;k5=1AE6346A&#38;uid=" target="_blank">Crônicas Birmanesas</a>,</em> <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://www.livrariacultura.com.br/scripts/cultura/resenha/resenha.asp?nitem=2224138&#38;sid=96214714411928249092261746&#38;k5=EACF61B&#38;uid=" target="_blank"><em>Pyongyang</em></a> e <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://www.livrariacultura.com.br/scripts/cultura/resenha/resenha.asp?nitem=13008710&#38;sid=96214714411928249092261746&#38;k5=EACF61B&#38;uid=" target="_blank"><em>Shenzhen</em></a>, todos da Zarabatana) para conversar com o público. Abaixo, uma pequena amostra do FIQ! nas fotos da <a class="wp-caption-dd" href="http://henriqueta.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Queta</a>.</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a title="FIQ! 2009 por Ro.n.o.c, no Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40473662@N07/4022144394/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2662/4022144394_61049db262_o.jpg" alt="FIQ! 2009" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">FIQ! 2009 - Belo Horizonte, MG</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a title="canini_picapau por Ro.n.o.c, no Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40473662@N07/4021382073/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3516/4021382073_1e38af6809_o.jpg" alt="canini_picapau" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Pica-Pau vs. Pinóquio, por Canini</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a title="Canini, no FIQ! 2009 (pastorinha e ovelha) por Ro.n.o.c, no Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40473662@N07/4022149730/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3510/4022149730_8618d265f0_o.jpg" alt="Canini, no FIQ! 2009 (pastorinha e ovelha)" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A pastorinha, por Canini</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a title="Canini no FIQ! 2009 (sertão) por Ro.n.o.c, no Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40473662@N07/4021384259/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2458/4021384259_390826aa77_o.jpg" alt="Canini no FIQ! 2009 (sertão)" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">FIQ! 2009: homenagem ao artista gaúcho Roberto Canini</p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[How satisfying it is to leave a mark on a blank surface]]></title>
<link>http://meghansland.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/how-satisfying-it-is-to-leave-a-mark-on-a-blank-surface/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Meghan</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[So, I read this book yesterday called Blankets which is like one of the most well-known &#8220;graph]]></description>
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<link>http://heatherlo.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/blankets-by-craig-thompson/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Title:  Blankets Author:  Craig Thompson Release Date:  August 6, 2003 Publisher:  Top Shelf Product]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><address><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/41110000/41115305.JPG" alt="" width="185" height="271" />Title:  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1891830430?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=bookaddi0a-20&#38;linkCode=xm2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creativeASIN=1891830430">Blankets</a></address>
<address>Author:  Craig Thompson</address>
<address>Release Date:  August 6, 2003</address>
<address>Publisher:  Top Shelf Productions</address>
<address>Page Count:  592</address>
<address>Genre:  Graphic Memoir</address>
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<p>As soon as I started reading graphic novels (which was just a few months ago), I started noticing interesting-sounding ones everywhere.  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1891830430?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=bookaddi0a-20&#38;linkCode=xm2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creativeASIN=1891830430">Blankets</a> was one of the first I saw that I was interested in, but its 500+ pages sort of intimidated me at first.  I wasn&#8217;t sure that I&#8217;d enjoy reading so many pages of pictures and text together.  Once I realized how much I&#8217;m really enjoying this genre, I took the plunge and picked up <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1891830430?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=bookaddi0a-20&#38;linkCode=xm2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creativeASIN=1891830430">Blankets</a> from my library.  I&#8217;m very happy I made that decision because this book was really very good.</p>
<p>I have to say that at first it was difficult for me to know how to classify this one.  The book jacket itself calls <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1891830430?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=bookaddi0a-20&#38;linkCode=xm2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creativeASIN=1891830430">Blankets</a> a novel, but Amazon.com calls it a memoir and it seems to me that the book is composed of Thompson&#8217;s experiences growing up.  So I&#8217;m going to go ahead and call it a graphic memoir, but someone feel free to correct me if I&#8217;m wrong here.  Either way, the book is basically a story of Craig Thompson and how he grew up with strict Fundamentalist Christian parents and a younger brother who he loved/hated all at once, how he came to form his own opinion of the church he was raised in, how he met and had a relationship with his first love, and how he became the adult he is today.</p>
<p>This really was a very touching, very sweet story.  Thompson chronicles his childhood in an honest way, but in a way that encourages the reader to laugh along with him too.  He and his brother didn&#8217;t have the perfect life as kids, but I&#8217;m sure there are plenty of people who grew up in much the same way &#8211; strict parents, Christian summer camp, questionable baby-sitters, etc.  While I felt sympathy for some of his not so great experiences, I also laughed out loud at the ways in which he depicted some of these experiences.  I particularly loved reading the portions of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1891830430?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=bookaddi0a-20&#38;linkCode=xm2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creativeASIN=1891830430">Blankets</a> that centered on Raina, his first girlfriend.  Their relationship was so typically high-school and so adorable that I couldn&#8217;t help wanting to read more.  I remember my first serious relationship &#8211; I was about the same age &#8211; and reading Thompson&#8217;s story made me remember all those emotions (in a good way!).</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t have a lot of experience with graphic novels/memoirs, so I can&#8217;t say that I am really able to critique the illustrations in the book at all.  But I will say that I enjoyed them &#8211; the pictures and words corresponded very well together, and Thompson was able to tell a complete story with just pictures in a few places throughout the book.  I truly felt like I got to know the characters, which is not always easy to do with so few words.  Overall, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1891830430?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=bookaddi0a-20&#38;linkCode=xm2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creativeASIN=1891830430">Blankets</a> is a wonderful graphic novel/memoir that is not to be missed.</p>
<p>For more blogger reviews of this book, please visit the <a href="http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=017997935591651423304:5fpbgt6-tou&#38;hl=en">Book Blogs Search Engine</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Craig Thompson Should Resign`]]></title>
<link>http://craigthompsonresign.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/craig-thompson-should-resign/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>craigthompsonresign</dc:creator>
<guid>http://craigthompsonresign.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/craig-thompson-should-resign/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It is time, he has been around long enough. The Mountain West continues to get worse. It is time for]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mis 10 cómics de la década]]></title>
<link>http://comicopia.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/mis-10-comics-de-la-decada/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>harrynaybors</dc:creator>
<guid>http://comicopia.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/mis-10-comics-de-la-decada/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[1- Ice Haven- Dan Clowes- Mondadori 2- La sonrisa del vampiro- Suehiro Maruo- Glénat 3- El grito del]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;">1- <em>Ice Haven</em>- Dan Clowes- Mondadori</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3670" title="Lasonrisadelvampirog" src="http://comicopia.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/lasonrisadelvampirog.jpg" alt="Lasonrisadelvampirog" width="250" height="345" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">2- <em>La sonrisa del vampiro</em>- Suehiro Maruo- Glénat</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3745" title="50293" src="http://comicopia.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/50293.jpg" alt="50293" width="223" height="257" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">3- <em>El grito del pueblo</em>- Jacques Tardi- Norma</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://elcoleccionistadtbos.zonalibre.org/archives/persepolis.jpg" alt="http://elcoleccionistadtbos.zonalibre.org/archives/persepolis.jpg" width="228" height="320" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">4- <em>Persépolis</em>- Marjane Satrapi- Norma</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3603" title="44701" src="http://comicopia.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/44701.jpg" alt="44701" width="196" height="269" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">5- <em>20th Century Boys</em>- Naoki Urasawa- Planeta</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://blogs.lavozdegalicia.es/comic/files/2008/03/blankets.jpg" alt="http://blogs.lavozdegalicia.es/comic/files/2008/03/blankets.jpg" width="200" height="295" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">6- <em>Blankets</em>- Craig Thompson- Astiberri</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://elcoleccionistadtbos.zonalibre.org/archives/bardin.jpg" alt="http://elcoleccionistadtbos.zonalibre.org/archives/bardin.jpg" width="216" height="288" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">7- <em>Bardín el superrealista</em>- Max- La Cúpula</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://comicopia.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/sock1.jpg?w=227&#038;h=340" alt="http://comicopia.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/sock1.jpg?w=227&#038;h=340" width="227" height="340" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">8- <em>Sock Monkey</em>- Tony Millionaire- Rossell</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.newpeopleworld.com/wp-content/uploads/Yokoyama_Travel_L.jpg" alt="http://www.newpeopleworld.com/wp-content/uploads/Yokoyama_Travel_L.jpg" width="247" height="356" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">9- <em>Travel</em>- Yuichi Yokoyama- inédito</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://www.megustaleer.com/var/plain_site/storage/images/libros/v/viviendo-del-cuento-es/viviendo-del-cuento/460691-1-esl-ES/Viviendo-del-cuento-TAPA-BLANDA-CON-SOLAPA1_libro_image_big.jpg" alt="http://www.megustaleer.com/var/plain_site/storage/images/libros/v/viviendo-del-cuento-es/viviendo-del-cuento/460691-1-esl-ES/Viviendo-del-cuento-TAPA-BLANDA-CON-SOLAPA1_libro_image_big.jpg" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">10- <em>Viviendo del cuento</em>- Juanjo Sáez- Mondadori</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Via:<a href="http://www.lacarceldepapel.com/2009/08/25/los-mejores-tebeos-de-la-decada/" target="_self"> La Cárcel de papel</a> y <a href="http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_sunday_feature_lets_you_and_i_make_a_list_nominees_for_best_of_decade_20/" target="_self">The Comics Reporter</a></p>
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<link>http://schmacklab.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/up-is-easy/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>schmacklab</dc:creator>
<guid>http://schmacklab.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/up-is-easy/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[YOU DO NOT HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO DRAW. Up is easy!  You don&#8217;t have to be a great artist to get i]]></description>
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<p>Up is easy!  You don&#8217;t have to be a great artist to get involved with Up.  You can paste pictures together, write a story, find an animated gif, post a youtube video, anything at all that progresses the story in some way.  This <a href="http://schmacklab.com/downloads/upgrid.pdf">PDF</a> that I have been linking to is a remnant of my very rigid process that I employ to create much more polished and far less interesting comics.  Forget it! You don&#8217;t need it.</p>
<p>So the big green swamp monster thing just <a href="http://schmacklab.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/up-page-8-and-this-is-how-the-world-began/">vomited the world</a>.  Think of all the story options you have:</p>
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<li>The villagers are running away and a little boy in the mix forgot his <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ycaZ2vqU6f0/RnTOQUfOniI/AAAAAAAAAIc/mbK0xgNv9Bo/s400/baby_gerbil.jpg">pet gerbil</a> and must go back in to the lava to save it.</li>
<li>The <a href="http://lib.lbcc.edu/handouts/images/Vikings/vikings3.jpg">Scandinavian vikings</a> sail over the waterfall and into a <a href="http://buzznet-87.vo.llnwd.net/media-cdn/jj1/headlines/2008/04/julianne-moore-little-mermaid.jpg">magical watery kingdom</a> fraught with danger and love and <a href="http://www.irreplaceablewild.org/media/gallery/narwhals_closeup.jpg">narwhals</a>!</li>
<li>The helicopter crashed into one of the swamp monsters teeth and he must go the dentist.</li>
<li>The swamp monster goes to the doctor for a <a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/swamp monsters tummy ache/seragamble/DSCN0646.jpg?o=1">tummy ache</a> and has to deal with a terrible insurance policy.</li>
<li>The<a href="http://www.cpinternet.com/mhurwicz/drawings/dragon_01.jpg"> dragon</a> is scared of the lava and visits a psychiatrist to deal the contradictions in his life.</li>
<li>The <a href="http://i30.tinypic.com/2425t84.jpg">old woman</a> in front of the house is actually a werewolf and eats everyone she can find.</li>
<li>There&#8217;s a whole city in the swamp monsters mouth, <a href="http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2008/10/31/chrysler__1225468023_9618.jpg">cities are alive!</a></li>
<li>Forget everything you see in the page and dig deep down to the molecular lever and find stories in the <a href="http://redgreenandblue.org/files/2008/09/mjg025.jpg">interactions between the molecules.</a></li>
<li>Atoms behave like planets in the solar system maybe they are all solar systems themselves and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GDC3u8k02c&#38;feature=related">we are just walking talking universes with infinite stories inside our bones.</a></li>
<li>Suppose the ones of the swap monster are actually the hallow homes of a tribe of <a href="http://img2.allposters.com/images/NGSPOD/1038968.jpg">nomadic goat herders</a> that must find a way to cross <a href="http://www.the-two-malcontents.com/wp-content/uploads/onion_news2647.jpg">the great pelvic chasm</a> to reach the western femur.</li>
<li>The children of the above nomadic tribe ride on the blood cells created in the marrow through the arteries of the swamp monster in <a href="http://travel.ninemsn.com.au/img/insiders/alicespringsandaround/camels.jpg">a youthful search to satisfy their craving for adrenaline</a>.</li>
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<p>Don&#8217;t be freaked out because you don&#8217;t have the skills to draw a comic page.  I started this because after years of trying to perfect my craft and find the perfect brush stroke I still find that random scribbled comics made in a few moments on a <a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1119/785726076_8d4a71a0ca.jpg">napkin</a> at a bar are way more interesting than what I&#8217;m doing.</p>
<p>The internet offers creative outlets that the printed page can never afford.  In print you are restricted by color and size and page number and print runs and publishers.  With the internet you can use any media you like!  Video, audio, text, sculpture, infinitely looping gifs, crazy tall pages, pages that reveal themselves as the reader scrolls, flash interactive pages!</p>
<p>Forget mistakes.  Follow your gut.  <a href="mailto:luetkemj@gmail.com">Submit</a>. <a href="http://schmacklab.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/up-or-i-have-no-concept-of-my-own-limits/">Go to page 1</a></p>
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<link>http://ciclic.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/novela-grafica-independiente-en-ciclic-libreria/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ciclic</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ciclic.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/novela-grafica-independiente-en-ciclic-libreria/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Pocas artes requieren medios tan escuetos como el Cómic, eso lo convierte en un arte popular, que mu]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Without music life would be a mistake. (Nietzsche)]]></title>
<link>http://kaorinagata.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/without-music-life-would-be-a-mistake-nietzsche/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kaorinagata</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kaorinagata.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/without-music-life-would-be-a-mistake-nietzsche/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Esboço de 2007, feito em algum momento tedioso preenchido com música. Ao devorar Retalhos (Craig Tho]]></description>
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<p>Esboço de 2007, feito em algum momento tedioso preenchido com música. Ao devorar Retalhos (Craig Thompson) lembrei desse desenho. E de Animal Collective também.</p>
<p><em>A 2007 sketch, made during a tedious moment filled with music. I read Blankets (Craig Thompson) and remembered this drawing. It also reminded me of Animal Collective&#8217;s song.</em></p>
<p><em>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br />
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<p><em><strong>Bluish</strong><br />
</em></p>
<p><em>I’m getting lost in your curls<br />
I’m drawing pictures on your skin<br />
So soft it twirls<br />
I like your looks when you get mean<br />
I know I shouldn’t say so but when you<br />
Claw me like a cat, I’m beaming<br />
I like the way you squeeze my hand<br />
Pulling me into another dream<br />
A lucid dream<br />
I’m getting lost in your curls<br />
I’m getting crushed out on the things<br />
that only I should see<br />
Not for boys, they’re just for me</em></p>
<p><em>Hurry to talk, from far away<br />
I can see you, you curl your fists and you pull your hair<br />
When we’re alone, I wanna say<br />
Let’s just stay in, no one’s here in our apartment babe</em></p>
<p><em>(Put on the dress that I like)<br />
It makes me so crazy, though I can’t say why<br />
(Keep on your stockings for a while)<br />
Some kind of magic in the way you’re lying there</em></p>
<p><em>I’m getting lost in your curls<br />
I’m getting rushed back on a whim<br />
Our breaths get wind<br />
Back to the time when we were green<br />
I know we have changed<br />
But I still grin cause I can’t wait to see you<br />
Back to the time I touched your hair<br />
When I was so scared to look that mean<br />
I think it’s weird<br />
I’m getting lost in your curls<br />
I’m getting crushed out on the things<br />
That only I should see<br />
They’re not for boys, they’re just for me</em></p>
<p><em>Girl, you can talk from far away<br />
It’s so hard for me<br />
Only to get the urge to kiss you there<br />
When we’re alone, I wanna say<br />
Let’s just stay in, no one’s here in our apartment babe</em></p>
<p><em>(Put on the dress that I like)<br />
It makes me so crazy, though I can’t say why<br />
(Keep on your stockings for a while)<br />
Some kind of magic in the way you’re lying there<br />
</em></p>
<p><em>Blue eye shadow<br />
It’s not exactly blue though<br />
And I refuse to call it anything but I’m your blue</em></p>
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<link>http://agenciayo.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/retalhos-craig-thompson/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Linhas Tortas</dc:creator>
<guid>http://agenciayo.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/retalhos-craig-thompson/</guid>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Eu tenho um problema crônico a respeito de começar textos. É sempre uma dificuldade pra mim. Nesse post, queria falar do livro retalhos, do Craig Thompson, mas não conseguia me decidir se falava um pouco do cenário atual dos quadrinhos no Brasil, se começava explicando o porquê de serem tão legais os quadrinhos com temáticas adultas ou se já partia do início falando da obra. Enfim, pra não alongar o post, vamos direto pro livro. <a title="Retalhos" href="http://www.livrariacultura.com.br/scripts/cultura/resenha/resenha.asp?nitem=2774775&#38;sid=897181205113144467858760&#38;k5=10471FF0&#38;uid=">Retalhos</a> é absurdamente bom. É autobiográfico e narra (em 500 e tantas páginas que você nem percebe passarem) a vida do Craig Thompson. Da infância até à vida a adulta, os conflitos com a famíla, os conflitos com ele mesmo, a primeira namorada e mais uma porção de coisas que todo mundo passa na vida. Tudo narrado com sensibilidade objetiva, que flui mesmo. Você lê em poucas horas. Traço e texto são ótimos e a tradução está impecável, mérito do <a title="Érico Assis" href="http://pontomidia.com.br/erico/">Érico Assis</a>, que soube transpor tão bem a essência do trabalho para a nossa língua. Obra prima, pode comprar que você não vai se arrepender.</p>
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<link>http://easelainteasy.com/2009/07/30/so-close-phonetically-but-i-was-looking-for-kristy-thomas/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bea</dc:creator>
<guid>http://easelainteasy.com/2009/07/30/so-close-phonetically-but-i-was-looking-for-kristy-thomas/</guid>
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<link>http://schmacklab.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/no-panel-page/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>schmacklab</dc:creator>
<guid>http://schmacklab.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/no-panel-page/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Trying out a test page for Punch Hug.  I&#8217;ve been looking at Craig Thompson&#8217;s Blog and hi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Trying out a test page for Punch Hug.  I&#8217;ve been looking at Craig Thompson&#8217;s Blog and his upcoming book <a href="http://blog.dootdootgarden.com/category/habibi/">Habibi.</a> He works without panels a lot letting the forms in his illustrations break up the page. This was a super quick page as I&#8217;m sure you can tell.  I spent about 2 hours drawing inking and coloring.  So forgive the mistakes?  Meh.  it was a test and moderately successful&#8230; still have to figure out black&#8230;.</p>
<div id="attachment_121" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 219px"><a href="http://schmacklab.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/phprocesspage32.jpg?w=760"><img class="size-medium wp-image-121  " title="PHprocessPage32" src="http://schmacklab.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/phprocesspage32.jpg?w=209" alt="Page 32 Test" width="209" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Page 32 Test</p></div>
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<link>http://oqueeuleio.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/24/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rafael Snarf</dc:creator>
<guid>http://oqueeuleio.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/24/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Retalhos&quot; de Craig Thompson Sou uma apaixonado pelas obras dramáticas assumido e disso nã]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 196px"><a href="http://www.companhiadasletras.com.br/quadrinhosnacia/?p=72"><img title="Retalhos" src="http://quadrinhosnacia.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/retalhos-big.jpg" alt="Retalhos de Craig Thompson" width="186" height="265" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">&#34;Retalhos&#34; de Craig Thompson</p></div>
<p>Sou uma apaixonado pelas obras dramáticas assumido e disso não tenho dúvida. Acho que por isso que esse quadrinho teve um grande impacto.</p>
<p>Quanto mais eu me indentifico mais eu gosto da obra. E esta ai mais um exemplo disso: &#8220;Retalhos&#8221; de Craig  Thompson. Ele conta a história de alguns traumas de infância, seu primeiro amor, a perda do primeiro amor e também a busca e perda de sua fé.</p>
<p>Ainda não consigo decidir se me identifico com a busca e perda da fé ou com o primeiro amor e a perda dele. A obra é escrita e desenhada com paixão e quanto mais você lê, mais se vê envolvido com o personagem.</p>
<p>Um ótimo quadrinho!!!</p>
<p>Até a próxima</p>
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<link>http://taowao.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/blankets-by-craig-thompson/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Blankets by Craig Thompson Lately I have been on a graphic novel reading binge and just finished 2 o]]></description>
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<p>Lately I have been on a graphic novel reading binge and just finished 2 of <a title="Craig Thompson wiki" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Thompson" target="_blank">Craig Thompson</a>&#8217;s work, &#8220;Carnet de Voyage&#8221; and &#8220;<a title="Blankets" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blankets_(comics)" target="_blank">Blankets</a>&#8220;.  An artist friend of mine recommended &#8220;Carnet de Voyage&#8221; and I instantly fell in love with Craig Thompson&#8217;s style of narration so I picked up a copy of &#8220;Blanket&#8221; from my local library and was completely blown away.</p>
<p>&#8220;Blankets&#8221; was on Time&#8217;s top 10 graphic novels of all time and it&#8217;s not difficult to see why.  He was once quoted saying that the idea of this beautiful memoir grew out of wanting to describe what it feels like to sleep next to someone for the first time.   It reminded me of the tastes of a real first kiss, the sensation of warm bodies pressed against each other in a first embrace, and the delicacy and beauty of first love.  I felt every emotion of guilt, hope, love, longing and in the end, acceptance. The 600 pages were a pleasure to turn one by one, with the very last page, leaving you wanting more.</p>
<p style="text-align:right;">I can&#8217;t wait until his new work, &#8220;Habibi&#8221; comes out.</p>
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<link>http://freelanceportraits.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/canine-companion/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Coffee, quiet, canine and graphic novel &#8230; peaceful diversion. ________________________________]]></description>
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<p>Coffee, quiet, canine and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Good_Life,_If_You_Don%27t_Weaken">graphic novel</a> &#8230; peaceful diversion.</p>
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<p>July 14 @ 5 a.m.</p>
<p>Decided to crack open another <a href="http://www.satt.org/grafiken5/craig_thompson.jpg">Craig Thompson</a> book since I enjoyed the first one so much.    This was his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good-bye,_Chunky_Rice">first ever</a> graphic novel, and won a Harvey Award.</p>
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<p>The book was disturbing, dark, and sad.  The characters suffered cruelty, anxiety, loss, and severe loneliness.   While I couldn&#8217;t put it down, the story was not at all satisfying, watching the characters endure emotional pain right up to the very end of the book.   The art was troubling, but perfect.</p>
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<p>July 16 @ 5:45 a.m.</p>
<p><a href="http://freelanceportraits.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/dsc7637.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-797" title="_DSC7637" src="http://freelanceportraits.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/dsc7637.jpg" alt="_DSC7637" width="604" height="401" /></a></p>
<p>I already had <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Blankets</span></strong> by Craig Thompson in my hand when I spotted this,<strong> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Corrigan,_the_Smartest_Kid_on_Earth"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth</span></a></strong> by <a href="http://www.readyourselfraw.com/profiles/ware/profile_ware.htm">Chris Ware</a>.  The art is so different from Thompson&#8217;s that I couldn&#8217;t resist it.  Having won the Guardian First Book Award, I figured this seal of approval gave it merit.</p>
<p>Cracking it open and reading the first few pages, I was instantly involved.  And I stayed involved, even when the book wasn&#8217;t in front of me.  All attempts made here to describe the book seem <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/trite">trite</a>, so I won&#8217;t say anything about a book that seriously says so much.  Except that it was stark and sad.  The author&#8217;s postscript was very appreciated.</p>
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<p>July 20, 2009 @ 5:15 a.m.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.acmenoveltyarchive.org/category.php?cat=1"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>The Acme Novelty Library Annual Report to Shareholders</strong></span></a><br />
By Chris Ware.   Not compelling reading but chocked full.</p>
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<p>July 22 @ 6:14 a.m.</p>
<p><a href="http://freelanceportraits.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/dsc7664.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-825" title="_DSC7664" src="http://freelanceportraits.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/dsc7664.jpg" alt="_DSC7664" width="604" height="401" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Spiegelman">Art Spiegelman</a> wrote these two important award winning books, <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus">Maus</a></strong></span> (Volume I: &#8220;My Father Bleeds History&#8221;) and <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/pantheon/graphicnovels/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679729778"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Maus</strong></span> </a> (Volume II: &#8220;And Here My Troubles Began&#8221;), both of which are definitely compelling reading.  I found these books when looking at the internet for award winning graphic novels.  Among a dozen other awards, <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Maus</strong></span> earned Spiegelman a <a href="http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Special-Awards-and-Citations">Pulitzer Prize</a> in 1992.  Wish I had the talent and insight to write an <a href="http://records.viu.ca/~Johnstoi/introser/maus.htm">editorial</a> of the books.</p>
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<p>Ordered <span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Watchmen</span> from the public library, but am number five on the hold list.</p>
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<p>August 12 @ 5:37 a.m.</p>
<p>Took Marjane Satrapi along on my recent<a href="http://freelanceportraits.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html"> trip</a>!  I had previously read <a href="http://www.bookslut.com/nonfiction/2005_07_005964.php"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Embroideries</span></a>, last year, not knowing what I was actually reading.  Seeing it on the shelf again, I picked it up and  two others by the author to also take along on my trip.  <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/pantheon/graphicnovels/persepolis.html">Persepolis</a> and <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/pantheon/graphicnovels/persepolis2.html">Persepolis 2</a> gave me insight into Iran that I couldn&#8217;t have ever imagined, much less the <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/pantheon/graphicnovels/satrapi2.html">autobiographical</a> accounting for recent history.  I wish I had read these years ago.   My loss!</p>
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<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen">It&#8217;s here!</a></p>
<p>My turn!  But arrrggghhh!  I don&#8217;t find it interesting!  :-/</p>
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<link>http://battlenerds.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/retalhos/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Comente este artigo no Fórum Omega Geek. Craig Thompson cresceu numa família pobre e extremamente re]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.omegageek.com.br/forum/showthread.php?p=133439#post133439">Comente este artigo no Fórum Omega Geek.</a></p>
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<p>Craig Thompson cresceu numa família pobre e extremamente religiosa, num ambiente de opressão e de temor a Deus, forçado a dividir a cama com o irmão até a adolescência, vítima frequente de bullying escolar e da intransigência de seus pais, que nunca lhe deram direito a ter uma opinião. Isso, somado à lavagem cerebral religiosa pelo qual passou, tornaram-no um crente fervoroso, fazendo-o renegar o seu dom para o desenho e se dedicar a uma vida &#8220;em Cristo&#8221;.</p>
<p>Todavia, num retiro para jovens cristãos (que mais se assemelhava a uma confraternização entre os mauricinhos da cidade, pra ser honesto), ele se depara e socializa com um grupo de párias tão deslocados quanto ele; e, entre eles, uma jovem chamada Raina lhe chama a atenção. Expressiva, jovial, vívida e independente, em muitas maneiras a sua total antítese. Tais como dois corpos de cargas opostas, eles se atraem, num relacionamento que afetará ambos profundamente.</p>
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<p>Retalhos se assemelha a <a href="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Fun_Home">Fun Home</a> no sentido de se tratar de uma auto-biografia com ênfase evidente em determinado aspecto da vida do autor; enquanto que em <em>Fun Fome</em> a relação de Alison com o pai é o foco, em Retalhos é a relação entre o protagonista (o autor) com seu primeiro amor (Raina, a moça na capa) que é abordada com mais profundidade.</p>
<p>Além disso, em comum as duas HQs também apresentam numerosas idas e vindas no tempo, costuradas por  narrativas sólidas e engajantes, onde cada recapitulação (ou &#8220;flashback&#8221;) funciona para justificar as ações no presente por um viés psicológico ou para realçar certos traços comportamentais dos personagens e/ou seus estados de espírito. Notar-se-á, por exemplo, como a relação entre Craig e o irmão é retratada de forma intensa no começo da livro e gradativamente deixada de lado, culminando numa espécie de metalinguagem narrativa &#8211; conforme os irmãos, na vida real, distanciaram-se, a interação entre os dois, na HQ, também.</p>
<p><a href="http://battlenerds.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/55_2914-alt-2009052752086.jpg"><img src="http://battlenerds.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/55_2914-alt-2009052752086.jpg?w=193" alt="55_2914-alt-2009052752086" title="55_2914-alt-2009052752086" width="193" height="300" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4553" /></a></p>
<p>Retalhos se trata de uma obra densa (são mais de 592 páginas), rica em metáforas e mensagens, que merece ser lida e relida várias vezes para ser apreciada em sua plenitude; lá fora, a obra venceu três prêmios Harvey (Melhor Artista, Melhor HQ e  Melhor Cartunista), dois Eisner (Melhor Escritor/artista e Melhor HQ) e diversos outros, reforçando o reconhecimento ainda que tardio dos quadrinhos como mídia adulta em potencial.</p>
<p>No Brasil, foi editado pela recém-formada Cia das Letras., subdivisão da Companhia das Letras dedicada exclusivamente a quadrinhos alternativos, com um preço de capa bastante atrativo de R$49,90, baratíssimo para uma obra com quase 600 páginas de arte, papel de qualidade e excelente diagramação.</p>
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<link>http://ababeladomundo.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/524/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>babelikos</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Semana passada, num surto consumista sem precedentes, comprei quatro livros de quadrinhos – quadrinh]]></description>
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<p>Semana passada, num surto consumista sem precedentes, comprei quatro livros de quadrinhos – quadrinhos, não: <em>graphic novels</em>! – lançados recentemente no Brasil. Dois deles fizeram sucesso por estas bandas – ao menos a princípio – por conta dos derivados: os longa-metragens de <strong>Persépolis </strong>e <strong>Valsa com Bashir</strong>. Os outros dois foram <strong>Nova York</strong> – a ótima coletânea das obras de Will Eisner que mergulha fundo na cidade para emergir de lá com toda aquela gama de personagens melancômicos (achei que eles mereciam um neologismo) aos quais só mesmo o autor de <strong>Avenida Dropsie</strong> saberia dar vida – e <strong>Retalhos</strong> – o quadrinho autobiográfico de Craig Thompson, que retrata a infância e a adolescência (com atenção especial ao primeiro amor) do aspirante a desenhista mal nascido entre uma família de cristãos fervorosos do interior do Wisconsin.</p>
<p>A idéia inicial era comprar <strong>Persépolis</strong>. Tive ganas de ler o livro graças ao Nick Hornby (acostumem-se, é possível que ele tenha cadeira cativa neste Ababelado por um longo tempo), que comenta o livro em <strong>Frenesi Polissilábico</strong> e – golpe de misericórdia – reproduz dele alguns trechos. Fiquei encantado pela sensibilidade da desenhista, que reconta a complicada história da revolução iraniana sob a ótica da menina que ela foi um dia. Os desenhos de Marjane Satrapi, em seus traços ingênuos, quase infantis, formam um todo tão consistente com os textos, de uma perspicácia profunda, que só mesmo o olhar de uma criança, quando revisitado pelo do adulto a que deu origem, é capaz de revelar.</p>
<p>A cada página de <strong>Persépolis</strong>, revivo um pouco do sentimento que experimentei há mais de 10 anos, quando li pela primeira vez<strong> O Sol é para Todos</strong> (<em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em>), de Harper Lee (a amiga do Capote, interpretada por Katherine Kenner no filme homônimo). Há certas perguntas que só as crianças podem fazer impunemente. Há muitas perguntas de criança que eu gostaria de fazer para mim mesmo, mas não tenho mais coragem. Quem sabe um dia consiga matar o <em>mockingbird </em>que canta aqui dentro e que toma de mim a palavra toda vez que tento ser honesto comigo mesmo.</p>
<p>Na esteira de <strong>Persépolis</strong>, comprei <strong>New York</strong>, por pura empolgação: gosto do traço, do clima e do humor de Eisner. Como <strong>Persépolis</strong>, a versão cinematográfica de <strong>Valsa com Bashir</strong> foi muito elogiado por terceiros que viram o filme (coisa que pretendo fazer em breve), daí resolvi aproveitar o momento (e a promoção) e meter no carrinho. Não li nenhum dos dois ainda, mas creio que não haverá decepção alguma.</p>
<p><img src="http://shelflove.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/blankets-panel.jpg?w=400&#038;h=243" alt="" width="400" height="243" /></p>
<p>A única aposta verdadeira que eu fiz foi <strong>Retalhos</strong>. Puta lance de sorte! <strong>Retalhos </strong>é uma das coisas mais tocantes que eu já li nos últimos tempos (livros tradicionais inclusos). Admiro demais essas pessoas que são capazes trabalhar por meio da arte os fragmentos mais complexos da própria biografia. Se pensar nessas coisas já é, não raro, um trabalho pra lá de penoso, se para conseguir falar disso sem pirar muita gente recorre a um analista, pense no estágio de amadurecimento (ou desespero) que a pessoa precisa alcançar para retrabalhar essa “matéria de memória” e apresentá-la – diante de si mesmo e do mundo – num livro, num filme ou num poema? Não consigo me imaginar fazendo tal coisa e talvez esse fato explique porque considero isso uma façanha e admira quem dela é capaz.</p>
<p>Sou do time dos “medrrrrosos”, como diria Clarisse, um voyeur do heroísmo alheio. Prefiro encarar meus fantasmas de uma distância segura – coisa que, até então, só a arte conseguiu me proporcionar –, que me permita compará-los com os fantasmas dos outros, para não me sentir assim tão só.</p>
<p>Mas não só os fantasmas. É bom reviver a beleza da vida no traço dos outros – traços que, também nós, traçamos um dia pelo mundo. É fácil reviver nos desenhos de Craig a tensão e os conflitos que envolvem a descoberta do amor e do sexo na adolescência. É bom rever &#8211; de longe &#8211; aquela insegurança que um dia pareceu eterna, mesmo que tenha durado aquele curto período que vai dos 12 aos 19 anos. E é bom perceber que o passado a gente remonta assim, quadro a quadro, feito uma <em>graphic novel</em>.</p>
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<link>http://geeksyndicate.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/small-press-big-mouth-episode-2/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Welcome to episode 2 of Small Press Big Mouth where Stace is full of wine and Lee is full of erm, ho]]></description>
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<link>http://comicopia.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/craig-thompson-experimenta/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Clic Via: The Comics Reporter]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Clic</em></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Via: <a href="http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/go_look_cartoonigami/" target="_self">The Comics Reporter</a></p>
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