http://biblioklept.org/2006/12/10/in-the-shadow-of-no-towers-art-spiegelman/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:38:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://biblioklept.org/2006/12/10/in-the-shadow-of-no-towers-art-spiegelman/#comment-18626 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:55:12 +0000 http://biblioklept.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/in-the-shadow-of-no-towers-art-spiegelman/#comment-18626 [...] In retrospect—what with the Bush administration’s ludicrous invasion of Iraq and the power-grab of the Patriot Act—DeLillo’s notation of “plans made hurriedly” seems downright scary. Still, I remember that immediate, overwhelming shock, that paralyzing inertia that had to be overcome. DeLillo wanted—needed—to grapple with this spectacular destruction immediately. David Foster Wallace responded with similar immediacy; the caveat that prefaces his moving essay “The View from Mrs. Thompson’s“ states that the piece was “Written very fast and in what probably qualifies as shock.” The same caveat would also apply neatly to Art Spiegelman’s big, brilliant, messy attempt at cataloging his impressions immediately post-9/11, In the Shadow of No Towers. [...]

]]> http://biblioklept.org/2006/12/10/in-the-shadow-of-no-towers-art-spiegelman/#comment-7575 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:23:07 +0000 http://biblioklept.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/in-the-shadow-of-no-towers-art-spiegelman/#comment-7575 [...] In retrospect–what with the Bush administration’s ludicrous invasion of Iraq and the power-grab of the Patriot Act–DeLillo’s notation of “plans made hurriedly” seems downright scary. Still, when I think back to those early days after the attacks, I remember that feeling of overwhelming shock, the paralyzing inertia that had to be overcome. DeLillo wanted–needed–to grapple with this spectacular destruction immediately. David Foster Wallace responded with similar immediacy; the caveat that prefaces his moving essay “The View from Mrs. Thompson’s“ states that the piece was “Written very fast and in what probably qualifies as shock.” The same caveat would also apply neatly to Art Spiegelman’s big, brilliant, messy attempt at cataloging his impressions immediately post-9/11, In the Shadow of No Towers. [...]

]]> http://biblioklept.org/2006/12/10/in-the-shadow-of-no-towers-art-spiegelman/#comment-7464 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:17:15 +0000 http://biblioklept.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/in-the-shadow-of-no-towers-art-spiegelman/#comment-7464 [...] Falling Man, David Foster Wallace’s short story “The Suffering Channel,” and even Art Spiegelman’s In the Shadow of No Towers. Actually, Wallace’s essay “The View from Mrs. Thompson’s” does a really [...]

]]> http://biblioklept.org/2006/12/10/in-the-shadow-of-no-towers-art-spiegelman/#comment-4731 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:51:06 +0000 http://biblioklept.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/in-the-shadow-of-no-towers-art-spiegelman/#comment-4731 [...] segment of last night’s episode, which featured three of our favorite comic book writers: Art Spiegelman, Daniel Clowes, and Alan Moore. Jack Black guest-starred as the owner of Coolsville, a new comic [...]

]]> http://biblioklept.org/2006/12/10/in-the-shadow-of-no-towers-art-spiegelman/#comment-873 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:39:02 +0000 http://biblioklept.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/in-the-shadow-of-no-towers-art-spiegelman/#comment-873 [...] of the C & H collections, and Art Spiegelman paid tribute to the glory days of the broadside in In the Shadow of No Towers. Still, even as comics creators draw attention to this downsizing, it seems that the trend in [...]

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