I Like Comics

On hiatus

Administrator — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:17:28 +0000

Obviously, this web site is on hiatus.
But you should know that I’m alive and well and still love comics.
It’s just the little problem that I’m in Israel and very far away from my favorite comics store.
Plus I am lazy.
And poor.

One day, I will come back and work on this stuff again, maybe, I guess.

luv,
yak.

p.s. (added 19 April): when I changed web hosts everything got fucked up and now I can’t log in to work on stuff. So if I ever decide to start this up again I’ll have to begin my work with a fresh reinstall of Wordpress. So yeah, don’t expect to see anything new anytime soon. (I wrote this note directly into the database.)

Progress

Administrator — Sun, 15 May 2005 07:42:11 +0000

I’ve been rewriting and reorganizing more of the pages.
Now, you should be able to get through any page without the terrible “#” marking.
I’m currently rereading all my Clowes comics in preparation for rewriting his page.

Now, for those who might be wondering:
I’m reserving future additions to the “artist” list for those I consider to be “major” artists in the field, without regard to whether something was published in 2005, 1995, 1955, or 1925. On my “wish list” for future additions are Schulz, Herriman, Chester Brown, Dan Zettwoch, Jim Woodring, Art Spiegelman, Jeffrey Brown, and others. (I’ll try not to review anything that’s out of print or excessively hard to find.)

I’m not creating a full-service reviews site to talk about everything new & interesting (for that, try CBG or Comics Reporter), or review every minicomic that’s out there (try Optical Sloth or Poopsheet). Such a project is not within my financial means or available time. I would very quickly fall behind the tide of what’s published. (Notice that I haven’t even posted my FCBD review yet!) I’m also not reviewing other media like webcomics (like the astonishing Web Comics Review). My focus is printed comics by major artists about which I feel I have something to say.

However, all bets are off when it comes to this blog, which will include all sorts of paraphrenelia… whatever I’m thinking about on a given day.

(This post was rewritten at 2:21 on Sunday, 5/15.)

-yakov.

Popeye

Administrator — Thu, 12 May 2005 16:49:30 +0000

And, it begins

Administrator — Sun, 08 May 2005 07:35:03 +0000

I moved over all my old pages from 2003, now I’m ready to do some new pages.
Look at the Chris Ware page - I completely redid it. I rewrote a lot of what’s on here now, actually.
Post comments, post ‘em…
Tomorrow I’ll write a FCBD roundup.

(Hey — I just figured out how to make the pages searchable!)

new: Now comments must be approved to be posted, so you won’t see your writing right away.

did you make it?

Administrator — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 04:28:00 +0000

post a comment if you could reach this site… thanks