My response to Noah Berlatsky? I refer readers to my reply to his original BACC blog post. He only offers more personal attacks on me (adding “craven” and “toadying”), more of his painfully limited definition of all things literary, and adds a piece-by-piece and insulting dismissal of the individual authors collected therein.
I certainly have mixed feelings about being a part of this. I had my say in the introduction to The Best American Comics Criticism. Then again, critics of BACC didn’t much pay attention to my introduction. So much for the high road. Friends told me, “Don’t do it! You’ll look thin-skinned and over-sensitive.”
I hope Doctor Tory has a great run, but the next one needs to be played by or Russell Brand or Lennox Lewis.
King and Gray and some others can be seen “in-action,” sketching and inking actual strips. Gray was rarely photographed, so movie footage is pretty amazing to see.
All three parts of this promotional film can be downloaded at archive.org. …
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