![]() ![]() Columbia is really exploring the tension between paper objects and art for reproduction. ![]() All of this adds up to creating a collection of paper objects rather than a comic. Like an art book or a historical museum displaying paper ephemera in vitrines, Columbia shows us art not cleaned up for reproduction, but with visible pencil lines, yellowing, stains, tears, etc. This discomfort continues in Pim & Francie, where the art is presented as a collection of objects. This discomfort has manifested itself in many ways, mostly in the fact that he is not a terribly prolific cartoonist. My instinct, which is almost wholly guilt-driven, is to write full-length reviews.) Al Columbia is outrageously talented, but has seemed uncomfortable with the idea of doing comics for a long time. (As an aside, I confess that it is hard for me to write "brief notes"-which are a totally appropriate form for a blog-especially when writing about books. I just want to write a brief note about this book. ![]()
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