Thursday, December 3 2009
Tim Burton Exhibit at MoMA: Publicity Ploy or Actual Art?
With over 700 works on display spanning his artistic life, MoMA's Tim Burton career retrospective is more than a commercial appeal, but an example of art for popular culture.
Thursday, October 29 2009
In from the Fog: Monstrous Fishermen in Popular Culture
To paraphrase Nietzsche, when fighting monsters one should be careful not to become one, but that’s a major reason why many people fish: to slay the proverbial dragon.
Tuesday, October 13 2009
Are Comics Like Reading with Training Wheels?
Reading a comic requires multiple forms of literacy and levels of interpretation. Every movement from word to image and back again so as to create a coherent, narrative whole engages the reader’s brain in distinct ways.
Thursday, May 28 2009
King’s Quest VI
Sixteen years after its release, King's Quest VI it is still one of the high water marks of the adventure game genre.
Thursday, April 2 2009
Far Cry 2: The Heart of Darkness Game
This is a game that is incessantly hostile. It is constantly pushing the player to become more efficient at destruction.
Friday, December 19 2008
The Vast Immensity of it All: Fear and Loathing on Sunset Boulevard
Faces of Sunset Boulevard is, without a doubt, one of the strongest statements about man’s dark fate in the West ever committed to paper in the author and photographer’s chosen form.
Tuesday, December 16 2008
Capturing the Abstract in the Concrete
What do the worlds contained within comics, within and between panels, tell us about the worlds in which we live out our lives?
