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Comics Review: "NOW #11" - Now, That's What I Call Comics

NOW: THE NEW COMICS ANTHOLOGY #11
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

CARTOONISTS: Theo Ellsworth; Jesse Simpson; Justin Gradin; Tim Lane; Baptiste Virot; Stacy Gougoulis; Natalia Novia & Ariel Lopez V.; Kayla E. Chris Wright; Steven Weissman; Josh Simmons
DESIGN: Jacob Covey
EDITOR: Eric Reynolds
COVER: Daria Tessler
BACKCOVER: Nick Thorburn
ISBN: 978-1-68396-520-6; paperback (March 2022)
128pp, Color, $12.99 U.S.

NOW: The New Comics Anthology is an alternative-comics anthology series launched in 2017 and edited by Eric Reynolds.  NOW is published by alt-comix and art comics publisher, Fantagraphics Books.  Over its four-plus decades of existence, Fantagraphics has published what is probably the most diverse collection of comic book anthologies in the history of North American comic books.  That line-up includes such titles as Anything Goes, Critters, Mome, Pictopia, and Zero Zero, to name a few.

NOW: The New Comics Anthology #11 offers a selection of fourteen cartoonists and comics creators, as well as a back cover “comics strip” from Nick Thorburn.  NOW #11 holds to editor Eric Reynolds' creed (from NOW #1) that NOW showcases “...as broad a range of quality comic art as possible...”

The contributors list also includes a Leroy favorite, Steven Weissman.  But let's take a look at each of NOW #11's cartoonists' contributions:

THE LOWDOWN:  The illustration that acts as NOW #11's cover art is entitled “Untitled,” and is produced by Daria Tessler.  It looks like something at least partially inspired by the animation in “Monty Python's Flying Circus.”

“Untitled” by Theo Ellsworth:
The NOW regular offers a one-page comic with an impressive display of curvy lines.

“Snub” by Jesse Simpson:
What's with the eyes on the two lead characters, seriously?  I want to say that it has something to do with either emotions or personality.  So after being snubbed (maybe) by fellow party-goer, “Kevin,” two friends talk it out and reveal that it does bother them, although they are also saying it does not.  I like that Simpson creates what seems like a natural conversation.  The characters are talking as much to themselves as to each other.  I want more of this.

“Wounded Candy” by Justin Gradin:
Grover, a garbage man employed by a waste disposal company called, “Talkin' Trash,” and a creature, something I call a “sidewalk spirit,” have an adventure with a celebrity Halloween mask, lots of garbage, and vomited gum.  “Wounded Candy” is the kind of edgy, surreal fantasy that alternative cartoonists produce.  Why draw a Doctor Strange comic book for Marvel that pretends to be “way out there” when you can go “off the beaten path” in many phantasmagoric directions via alt-comics?  [If you say page rate...]  Once again, I say “Encore! Encore!”

“The Junkman” by Tim Lane:
I know Tim Lane's work from Glenn Head's amazing anthology, Hotwire Comics, specifically Hotwire Comics #2.  Lane drew the cover and contributed three stories, “Outing,” “In My Dream,” and “The Aries Crow.”

“The Junkman” takes place in a junkyard.  It features a young man with an instant camera and an older man sitting in the remains of an automobile, a 1955 Chevy Belair.  The young fellow likes to take pictures of junk, and the older dude likes to ponder what could have been.  Lane's art is sort of a combination of Charles Burns and of EC Comics' Al Feldstein and Jack Kamen.  Lane's art looks like it belongs in a 1950s comic book, which makes it the perfect method and medium for a story that laments choosing practicality over risk.

As lovely as the art is, with all its textures and draftsmanship, “The Junkman” is driven by the high-quality of the dialogue and how it evolves this moment in time between two different men.  They are really talking past each other for a time, and then Lane reveals that in their differences, there are connections and familiarity.  “The Junkman” is a tremendous work of comics storytelling.

“Interior Design,” “The Visit,” “Allo?” and “The Great Escape” by Baptiste Virot:
This suite of four stories, which totals seven pages, are surreal exercises concerning the difficulty of escaping one's current situation.  Virot's “clear line” style and flat colors reveal the skills of someone investing in print making.  I wish periodical comic books could support work like this, but alas...

“Mandorla” by Stacy Gougoulis:
I was just talking to a friend about the idiotic things stupid people do for a selfie.  Starting with a failed selfie, “Mandorla” is about the perception of time, possible lives, and especially about how life goes on … after us.  As the story goes down the rabbit hole of time, I found myself drawn into it.  Gougoulis' storytelling is so powerful, I barely escaped.

“Mission: E5” by Natalia Novia & Ariel Lopez V.:
Woodcut art, acid, Jack Kirby, and the last six decades of science fiction films come together in “Mission: E5.”  At the end of the story, we are informed that “Mission: E5” was inspired by the 1917 story, “A la Deriva” (“Adrift”), from author Horacio Quiroga, the influential Uruguayan short story writer (among other things).  I also felt drawn in by this story, and once again, I barely escaped the time-bending surrealism.

“Precious Rubbish” by Kayla E.:
This comic book is another case of adaptation, in this case a combination of old publications, including comic books, and text messages between the cartoonist and her elderly mother.  “Precious Rubbish” is an ordeal to read, but not because it is a terrible work.  It is as if Kayla E. is exorcising some personal demons … that I recognize.  So, this is another excellent entry.

“Monet Coil” by Chris Wright:
This story pits French surrealist Claude Monet and American expatriate and prolific portrait painter, John Singer Sargent, in a battle over a woman.  Monet believes that every moment is a rebirth, but Sargent just wants Monet to stay away from the woman.  Monet and Sargent were apparently real-life homies, but I have not found anything about them fighting over a woman.  However, I enjoyed this philosophical tale, which reminds me of the work of the late great cartoonist, Richard Sala.

“Now” by Steven Weissman:
This story about two women who place a baby in the mouth of a weird breed of cat called a “Qat” unsettles me.  But I'm a fan of Weissman, so I like it.

“Shortcut” by Josh Simmons:
I am still chuckling at this tale of two dopers who come to an ignoble end after taking a shortcut while smoking their weed.  Encore!  Encore!

“Some Guy's Food” by Theo Ellsworth:
This is an effective one-page comic.  I have feeling that someone might exploit this for a YA dystopian prose or graphic novel before the talented Theo Ellsworth does.  Seriously, these are nine panels full of raw comics and graphical storytelling power.

“Untitled” by Nick Thorburn:
This is another weird animal tale, but it is less creepy that Weissman's tale.

NOW #11 may be the best entry in the series since NOW #1, and that is saying a lot.  Not too long ago, I declared NOW #10 to be a series high point.  What The New Yorker is to American single-panel cartoons, NOW is to alternative and art comics.  If I have to pick a best of NOW #11 – and I don't – I'll choose Tim Lane's “The Junkman,” but tomorrow, I could change my mind.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of classic alternative-comics anthologies will want to discover NOW: The New Comics Anthology.

A+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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Negromancer News Bits and Bites from August 14th to 20th, 2022 - Update #12

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:

TELEVISION - From Deadline:  Warner Bros. Discovery has shuttered HBO Max's non-scripted division.  Discovery already has a non-scripted division and HBO Max is supposed to merge with Discovery+, so...

BUSINESS - From Deadline:  Swedish video game company Embracer Group has acquired "Middle-earth Enterprises," a division of The Saul Zaentz Company, which owns the intellectual property catalogue and worldwide rights to "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien.  Financial terms of the sale were not revealed.

TELEVISION - From Deadline:  Viewership of streaming programming surpassed that of cable TV for the first time in July, Nielsen reported.

NETFLIX - From Deadline:  Netflix has released a teaser trailer for "Wednesday," which is director Tim Burton's re-imagining of "The Addams Family."

ACADEMY AWARDS - From AlJazeera:  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has apologized to Sacheen Littlefeather, a Native-American activist who endured abuse when she took a stand at the 1973 Academy Awards against anti-Indigenous racism in the U.S. film industry.  The Academy will host Littlefeather, now 75, for an evening of conversation and healing on September 17th, 2022.

MOVIES - From Deadline:  Robert De Niro will star in Warner Bros' mob drama, "Wise Guys," which will be directed by Oscar-winner, Barry Levinson.

MOVIES - From Deadline:  The very busy Kenya Barris ("Black-ish") will write and direct a re-imagining of "The Wizard of Oz" for Warner Bros.

MOVIES - From Variety:   Actress Bryce Dallas Howard says she was paid so much less than her costar, Chris Pratt, on the "Jurassic World" sequels, but that Pratt did fight for pay equity.

BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro:  The winner of the 8/12 to 8/14/2022 weekend box office is "Bullet Train" with an estimated take of 13.4 million dollars.

CRIME - From YahooPolitics:  The FBI's search warrant for Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property has been released and can be read at the "Yahoo" link.

OBITS:

From Deadline:  German film director, Wolfgang Petersen, has died at the age of 81, Friday, August 12, 2022.  He came to prominence in America with his West German war film, "Das Boot" (1981).  He earned two of the film's six Academy Award nominations, "Best Director" and "Best Adapted Screenplay."  He would go on to direct some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters and action films, including "In the Line of Fire" (1993), "Outbreak" (1995), "Air Force One" (1997), and "The Perfect Storm" (2000), to name a few.

From THR:  Prolific film and television character actress, Denise Dowse, had died at the age of 64, Saturday, August 13, 2022.  She appeared in numerous film and said that her roles in "Ray" (2004) and "Coach Carter" (2005) were her favorites.  Her extensive TV career including recurring roles in "Beverly Hills, 90210," "The Guardian" and HBO's "Insecure."

From GuardianUK:  The television, film, and stage actress, Anne Heche, has died at the age of 53, Thursday, August 11, 2022 after being declared "brain dead."  She first came to fame as the twins "Vicky Hudson" and "Marley Love" on the daytime soap opera, "Another World" from 1987-91, which earned her a Daytime Emmy Award.  She came to prominence in the mid to late 1990s in a number of prestigious films, including "Donnie Brasco" (1997), "Psycho" (1998), and "Six Day, Seven Nights" (1998).  In recent years, she had recurring roles on such television series as NBC's "Chicago P.D." and CBS' former series, "All Rise."

Review: Alex Garland's "MEN" on Men

TRASH IN MY EYE No. 48 of 2022 (No. 1860) by Leroy Douresseaux

Men (2022)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:  United Kingdom
Running time:  100 minutes (1 hour, 40 minutes)
MPA – R for disturbing and violent content, graphic nudity, grisly images and language
WRITER/DIRECTOR:  Alex Garland    
PRODUCERS:  Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich
CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Rob Hardy
EDITOR:  Jake Roberts
COMPOSERS:  Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury

HORROR

Starring:  Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Gayle Rankin, Sarah Twomey, and Paapa Essiedu

Men is a 2022 British horror film from writer-director Alex Garland.  The film focuses on a recently widowed young woman on a solo holiday to the English countryside who finds herself tormented by a group of strange men.

Men introduces a young woman named Harper (Jessie Buckley).  Following the shocking and unexpected death of her husband, James Marlowe (Paapa Essiedu), London-based Harper decides to take a holiday alone in the small village of Cotson, located in the English countryside.  She will be spending her two weeks staying in a pricey rental, Cotson Manor.

Not long after Harper arrives at the spacious manor house, things start getting strange.  She is welcomed by the manor's owner, an odd sort of fellow named Geoffrey (Rory Kinnear).  Later, while taking a walk, Harper has a bizarre encounter with a strange man who seems to be naked.  As things start to turn more bizarre, Harper realizes that all the men in the village look alike...

I can see why Alex Garland's film, Men, is so controversial and even considered incendiary.  Basically, Garland's film is a horror movie about toxic masculinity, and the main point of toxicity is that men want to control how women react to men, maleness, and masculinity.  Here, men think that women should downplay some acts of violence and aggression, and that women exaggerate even the most violent and threatening behavior of males.  Harper's husband, James, is emotionally abuse and manipulative, and even his threats against himself are attempts to control Harper, in addition to being an act of violence against her.

In Men, Garland does not offer answers or, at least, many of them.  He uses surrealism and tropes from the horror sub-genre known as “folk horror” (isolated English village, pagan symbolism, atmosphere music, etc.) to create a scary movie that practically yells, “Fact!  Toxic masculinity is bad, and men are controlling and manipulative just as much as they say that women are.”  And that makes Men a flashpoint work of art and entertainment in a flashpoint time, so it automatically has groups of people that will not like it or be very critical of it – even before seeing the film.

The performances are good, but not great.  It is not that the actors aren't capable; it is just that the movie does not give them many verbal showcases.  Thus, Jessie Buckley spends a lot of time looking scared, but when she can speak as Harper, the film has more dramatic impact.  Also, as Geoffrey and others, Rory Kinnear gets to look like a chameleon without getting to play a chameleon.

The politics of men and women aside, Men is yet another film that reveals Alex Garlands ability to take conventional ideas for stories and twist them into unconventional film narratives.  His films offer his audience a visceral and unforgettable experience.  In this case, Garland presents Men as a kind of magical realism; the surreal and real live side by side and are sometimes as one.  Garland is a visual stylist as a film director and a maverick as a screenwriter.  With his contentious film, Men, Garland's reach sometimes exceeds his grasp, but the movie is simply more evidence that he can take his audience in the most unexpected directions.

8 of 10
A
★★★★ out of 4 stars

Thursday, August 19, 2022


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