{"id":947,"date":"2007-03-22T23:13:30","date_gmt":"2007-03-22T23:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/the-funnies\/"},"modified":"2007-03-26T13:42:18","modified_gmt":"2007-03-26T13:42:18","slug":"the-funnies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/the-funnies\/","title":{"rendered":"The Funnies"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Micrographia\"<\/div>\n

Comic news round-up: “One day in 1977, I bought the first issue of 2000 AD<\/strong>. Thirty years later, I bought it again along with most of the following eleven hundred and eighty eight issues in a moment of madness in an eBay auction. Obviously, this would be a total waste of money if I didn’t read them all.”<\/em> Paul B Rainey’s 2000 AD Prog Slog<\/a> {via Forbidden Planet<\/a>} * Charles Yoakum<\/a> looks at when good girls turn bad: “She puts on a darker costume (Dark Phoenix<\/strong>), uses her powers more creatively (Sue Storm<\/strong>), starts to use her vagina a little more, throw in a little lesbian kink and, PRESTO! You’ve got the “Bad Girl”.”<\/em> {via Journalista!<\/a>} * A review of a talk<\/a> given by Japanamerica<\/a> author Roland Kelts<\/strong> (look out for a review of the book in 3:AM soon) {via same<\/a>} * The LA Times profile Boom Comics<\/a>: “A lot of people think that if you’re not Marvel<\/strong> or DC<\/strong>, you can’t compete,” said Rob Felton, Wizard Entertainment’s associate publisher. “I don’t agree with that, and I think Boom is a perfect example.”<\/em> {via LHB<\/a>} * Alvin Buenaventura<\/a> attends a Robert Crumb<\/strong> retrospective in San Francisco. * Panels and Pixels<\/a> interview Aline Kominsky-Crumb<\/strong>: “My work is expressionistic. It doesn’t really fit into any comic genre. It’s not superhero. It’s not manga. It’s not feminist. It’s not science-fiction. It doesn’t refer to any of the comics genres because I really come from a painting and literary background more. It’s just like my own storytelling is very angst-ridden. So I’m talking to the other angst-ridden fellow travelers out there. It’s work that I’m attracted to reading \u2014 Charles Bukowski<\/strong>, Gene Rees [sic] \u2014 writers like that. I know there are people out there that can relate to it, I just don’t think that I’ve ever reached that audience and now maybe I will.”<\/em> {via Comics Reporter<\/a>} * Mr Skin<\/a> interviews Peter Bagge<\/strong>. * The Bwog<\/a> interview Art Spiegelman<\/strong>: “Not only don’t I like the praise, I’m not even sure that long comics were such a good idea. They were necessary for that one project of mine.”<\/em> * The Daily Cross Hatch<\/a> reviews Micrographia<\/a><\/em> by Ren \u00e9e French<\/strong> [above image]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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