Comments on: “Birdland Reconsidered”: Part Five (of Five) http://classic.tcj.com/alternative/birdland-reconsidered-part-five-of-five/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=birdland-reconsidered-part-five-of-five The Comics Journal is a magazine that covers the comics medium from an arts-first perspective. Fri, 04 Mar 2011 23:56:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Kim Thompson http://classic.tcj.com/alternative/birdland-reconsidered-part-five-of-five/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Kim Thompson Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:30:10 +0000 http://www.tcj.com/?p=660#comment-50 Gilbert created BIRDLAND specifically for the EROS line, yes (as Bill Willingham did IRONWOOD and Ho Che Anderson did I WANT TO BE YOUR DOG, just to cite two of the other earlier, "classier" EROS titles). There has never been much if any interest in interviewing any of the EROS creators, or interviewing cartoonists who created EROS material, so the point while well taken is moot -- and Gilbert isn't one to toot his own horn by making that kind of hifalutin' claims for his own work even if he was asked. I always thought the first couple of years of EROS at least comprised some pretty stunning work that made EROS one of the better comics publishers of its time, period (Thorne's and Schultheiss's work was stellar too). But most people shy away from the porn, although I'm not sure making someone laugh is inherently more noble than giving someone a boner. (Although the best of the EROS books did both.) Gilbert created BIRDLAND specifically for the EROS line, yes (as Bill Willingham did IRONWOOD and Ho Che Anderson did I WANT TO BE YOUR DOG, just to cite two of the other earlier, “classier” EROS titles).

There has never been much if any interest in interviewing any of the EROS creators, or interviewing cartoonists who created EROS material, so the point while well taken is moot — and Gilbert isn’t one to toot his own horn by making that kind of hifalutin’ claims for his own work even if he was asked.

I always thought the first couple of years of EROS at least comprised some pretty stunning work that made EROS one of the better comics publishers of its time, period (Thorne’s and Schultheiss’s work was stellar too). But most people shy away from the porn, although I’m not sure making someone laugh is inherently more noble than giving someone a boner. (Although the best of the EROS books did both.)

]]> By: Rippke http://classic.tcj.com/alternative/birdland-reconsidered-part-five-of-five/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Rippke Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:21:27 +0000 http://www.tcj.com/?p=660#comment-49 Thank you for this detailed review. I wonder if Birdland would be better remembered if Gilbert had given some interviews and included some high-minded rhetoric about turning porn into "something liberating and socially useful," like Alan Moore did with Lost Girls. Was this book created for the Eros line, or just reprinted under it? Thank you for this detailed review. I wonder if Birdland would be better remembered if Gilbert had given some interviews and included some high-minded rhetoric about turning porn into “something liberating and socially useful,” like Alan Moore did with Lost Girls.

Was this book created for the Eros line, or just reprinted under it?

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