The Comics Journal

“Jeez, are you sure there’s enough of a market for books to support all these big stores?”

“It’s okay, we sell CDs too!”

Q: What would the Velvet Underground’s theme song have been if they’d been mentored by Don Kirshner instead of Andy Warhol?

A: “Hey! Hey! We’re the Junkies!”

If I was unwilling to watch people cut their own arms off in the Saw movies, why would I want to do it for 127 Hours?

I was considering holding onto this until a context arose for it, but I think I’ll just give it to you naked: Adapting a comic strip into a movie makes about as much sense as adapting a blowjob into a love song. You might get a decent love song out of it (see Liz Phair) but nothing of what you truly value in the original experience will translate into the new medium.

Drew Friedman, court painter of the contemporary ruling class.

Your passive-aggressive literary apologetics for today.

Something that occurred to me.