Social conventions of etiquette, both past and present, are thus mercilessly mocked in a single sitting as ‘Arabella’ ably demonstrates.īAKING WITH KAFKA is one extended masterclass in pithy iconoclasm. Many are the result of beholding something customary, traditional, perhaps ancient and so semi-sacrosanct and looking at it anew and askew, often injecting a modern, over-emotional irreverence and need for speed as seen in social media into the formal, long-winded parlance of the past like letters of introduction. ‘The Life Of A Memoirist’, for example succinctly shows that they really can’t win. Human behaviour is what’s being satirised, essentially.Īs the title suggests, most of these cartoons and comic strips – and even without visible panel borders I would contend that the above was a comic with one hell of a gutter in the middle but also between each “exchange” – are indeed of a literary bent with far more to come from the ‘Guardian Review’ as well as, presumably, an entirely science-based book collected from Tom’s ‘New Scientist’ strips.
Gauld is also a dab-hand at skewering our polarised and ever so slightly hypocritical biases, as in ‘Our Blessed Homeland And Their Barbarous Wastes’ deftly arranged in a symmetrical, confrontational tableau descending from the lofty, towered, feudal hilltop heights on either side to the seas of separation. So why make the effort to revolt or even pop out to protest when you can sit at your keyboard and sign an on-line petition, neatly cleaning your conscience while soothing any potential urge to actually do anything about anything? Why even read a book before writing your critical essay, Tom suggests elsewhere, when you can studiously avoid studying and absorb all you need to know through Wiki-notes or its film adaptation? I’ve seen film critics do the same: writing their dismissive reviews of COLDEST CITY’s ‘Atomic Blonde’ adaptation without having seen the cinematic experience or read the graphic novel but blatantly plagiarised someone else who hadn’t read the graphic novel, either. Is it yours too? Shop-floor guffaws would suggest so! Then there are those little home truths we all secretly share, are already vaguely aware of, but recognise instantly upon their exposure. The Art of Tom Gauld part one: innocently expressing an almost ubiquitously held derision from the horse’s unusually candid mouth. I’m just trying to decide whether to end on the misleading statistics, the gross oversimplification, the glib soundbite or the blatant lie.” ‘Last-Minute Changes To The Politician’s Speech’ Baking With Kafka (£12-99, Canongate) by Tom Gauld. Culbard, Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson, Cullen Bunn, Luke Ross. Wonder Woman and Captain America in: "'Til Treason.Ģ4 (2) 3-D Man (1) A.A.Featuring Mike Medaglia, Hope Larson, Rebecca Mock, Tom Gauld, John Allison, Dan Abnett, I.N.J.Johnny Thunder and Ghost Rider in: "Same Name, Dif.Video Interview - STF: The Lost Issues on Mr.Justice Society of America and Miss America.Honestly, once Overkills backstory was revealed late in the seasons run, I was actually kind of impressed at the amount of detail and world building the show had going for it.Īnd of course, casting Rorschach himself, Jackie Earl Haley as the big bad was a stroke of genius. Much like the Tick, just in a different way. Absurdly incapable of interacting with normal people. Scott Spiesers "Overkill" is obviously a homage to characters like Punisher and Red Hood, maybe with a bit of Winter Soldier and so on, and he's laughably abnormal as the show goes on. Hence a more serious take on Griffin Newman's version of Arthur, and all the tragedy in his backstory.Īnd I would beg to differ on only the Tick getting to be a little on the crazy side in the new show.
#At the stroke of midnight steranko marshall series#
with one idiot among a few basically competent heroes.Īnd the new live action series take it's cues from the older comics, but this time the idea is to have a comedic take on modern super hero comics and super hero media like movies and TV shows from the last fifteen years. The Live action TV series was more of a comedic take on the non-adventuring side of super hero life. The original comic series and the Cartoon series that so closely adapted it, was a loving comedic send up of mostly Silver and Bronze age comics and comics tropes. I read a little blurb from Ben Edlund about the tone they were shooting for, and I feel they rather hit the mark.
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