Chris Ware's "McSweeney's" #13

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This looks good, it seems to be intended as a kind of primer to alt. comics (a mix of old and new material from R. Crumb, Dan Clowes, Los Bros Hernandez, Adrian Tomine and others). Anyone going to buy this? ISTR that a lot of people over on ILE dislike McSweeney's, but this issue looks pretty worthwhile.

― Chriddof (Chriddof), Monday, 3 May 2004 12:12 (twenty-one years ago)

"essays from Michael Chabon, Ira Glass, John Updike, Chip Kidd, and others"

eep.

― tom west (thomp), Monday, 3 May 2004 13:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll pick it up. I realize McSweeny's is basically pretentious horseshit but they've always had good taste in comics...

Plus, I love Chris Ware's art and stories.

― Vermont Girl (Vermont Girl), Monday, 3 May 2004 17:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I believe this will mark the first McSweeney's issue I will buy. (I received a gift subscription a couple of years ago and thus have read several issues, but I have never bought any with my own money.) Having a nice hardcover edition of comix by all those fine folks is WORTH IT.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 6 May 2004 14:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Indeed. What's the deal, is McSweeney's available in bookstores or do you have to order it? I haven't cared until now.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 6 May 2004 14:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I haven't seen it in straight-up bookstores (although it might just sell out fast/be underordered, since that was true of Locus too), but they carry it at Tower Records and Virgin Megastore for some reason.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 6 May 2004 14:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Here's their list of stores that offer their publications. Otherwise, yah, I think you gotta order it online.

― Vermont Girl (Vermont Girl), Friday, 7 May 2004 11:36 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

I finally got around to reading this.

A lot of it is really good, and a lot didn't click. I hadn't read any Love & Rockets before and I'd like to read more. Those selections are pretty dark though, does most of the series have that tone?

I was surprised by how much I liked some of the twee indie autobio/relationship comics. A couple of them went way over the emo edge for me, but I'm probably going to pick up an issue of Optic Nerve, for example.

I also realized that I really don't like that certain school of Robert Crumbish, 1920's animation-looking underground comics. Something about the art style just makes me feel vaguely nauseous.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 15:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Sounds like too much emo for me too. Do you mean with 1920's animation style featuring heavy black-lined talking animals? I find this headache inducing as well, and the reason I have never wanted to read "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 15:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, exactly. I just can't hang with it.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 15:38 (twenty-one years ago)

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Chris Ware's "McSweeney's" #13 - All Comics Issue