September 10, 2003

I woke up this morning with a bad hangover

and my blogwatch was missing again…

Dappled Things: In today’s only non-comics blogwatch link (WAIT! NO! READ FURTHER!), Father Tucker answers my question about when a homily is really a sermon and vice versa. Interestingly, “homily” is the most directly Scripture-linked term, while “sermon” is a more free-floating, umbrella term. I know you care! (Also, there’s an interesting point for us St. Anselm junkies.) Plus an excellent post on sex and growing up Cat’lick. I wouldn’t know, of course, but Father T’s reminiscences are well worth your time. Oh! and there is a comics link–how is Jeremiah like Spider-Man?

Unqualified Offerings: A growly, but I think accurate, review of Blankets. Actually, anyone in danger of creating vaguely autobiographical art (that would be me!) needs to read this post. UO doesn’t talk about all the very lovely snow, though–and in fact there’s pretty much nothing about the visual aspect of the book, where both I and Jess Lemon went all sweet on a book that otherwise left us not so thrilled.

Sean Collins: More on V for Vendetta. I didn’t have a problem with the vigilante-terrorism aspect (except for my aforementioned unexpected post-9/11 reaction to major landmarks blowing up–well, okay, I guess that’s a pretty big “except”) because I didn’t think we were supposed to fully identify or even sympathize with V. Maybe that’s not how most people experienced the book?

Sursum Corda: Okay, this is the non-comics entry. Necessity is the mother of ministry: A priest works to remove tattoos from people whose tats prevent them from getting jobs. Theodore Dalrymple has written about this problem in Britain as well.

Best blog name spotted today: Spanish-language comics blog called La Carcel de Papel (The Paper Jail). Via Johnny Bacardi. Maybe I’ll try to sharpen my Spanish on this site before I hit Ficciones again.

And a personal note to Grant Morrison: Unless something fairly large happens, you seriously annoyed me today. I didn’t even like “Of Living and Dying” and “Ambient Magnetic Fields” all that much… but why use ’em as throwaway red herrings for such a cheap twist? (Oh! and “Teaching Children About Fractals” and “When X Is Not X”–some of us want to know what happened with the Special Class…) This had better be going somewhere that actually means something for the characters, not just for the fans. You know?


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