![]() A major player in the movement was Art Spiegelman. In recent years, films like “Crumb” and “American Splendor” have brought the story of the underground comics movement to movie audiences. Mo and Jo Fighting Together Forever, 40 pp. You can see him here reading to one of them.Ĭhildren’s Books as Comics: Three New Entries From Toon Books Since Josh was studying for the bar at the time and missing (I think) a dose of cultural fun, I sent the books his way. So, when a publicist wrote me to ask if I would review these new comic books for kids, I knew I wasn’t the best candidate: Josh was. It was definitely the apartment of a media junkie. He even had his fireplace stacked with books. The rest of the place was piled with vhs tapes, hardcover books, newspapers, New Yorkers and notebooks. ![]() ![]() Though he lived in a 200 square foot studio in the village, the only sign of real living done there was a futon. Josh has always had piles of media around him. Since then he has worked on David Letterman, PBS’s “Egg Show”, The Charlie Rose Show, ESPN (okay, that was a lapse in my mind), and now, he is a freshly minted lawyer. This opinion of him started in college when he was carving a totem pole with a chainsaw (!) next to me in art class. I always think of my friend Josh as culturally literate and open to all new ideas. ![]()
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