Some Online Commentary & Diversions to wrap up your week:
• Review: "Artist Carol Swain brings a sober British reserve to her husband Bruce Paley's tales of hippie and punk excess for a nostalgic feel with the winning Giraffes In My Hair: A Rock ‘n' Roll Life. …[F]rom the late ‘60s through the early ‘80s, his peripatetic adventures with drugs, women, and punker Johnny Thunders make for a series of fun, roguish vignettes. … Swain uses pencil to understated effect, and works up a lyrical, nostalgic vibe. Her simple scenes arrange a loose chronological narrative into a warm experience conveyed as in a film or a song—at its best, Giraffes plays like Dylan's 'Tangled Up in Blue,' if you will. … Highly recommended." – Byron Kerman, PLAYBACK:stl
• Review: "West Coast Blues is just the right mixture of action, suspense, and surprise to keep just about any reader’s attention. … It’s hard to ignore the strength of Tardi’s art in making West Coast Blues such a strong graphic novel. … West Coast Blues is a sharp, beautiful book. … For people looking for a noir thriller, you’ve come to the right place." – Greg McElhatton, Read About Comics
• Things to see: At the Covered blog, a version of Love and Rockets #23 by the artist KG
• Things to see: Oh, these fairy tale illustrations for The Guardian by Eleanor Davis are just lovely