Yet, no matter how many times I talked about it with my comics-savvy colleagues (just imagine these conversations, for a moment) I always walked away with a different idea: That comic books and jazz have more in common than we give them credit for.

My jazzbo father Dad would probably wretch, but I finally got around to writing about it on the Globe and Mail's new Books site. My essay is called "Batman and jazz," and doubles as a sort-of book review of the sensational Bat-Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan.
Please buy it! And read my piece! And if you feel the need, rip me one!
2 comments:
I can see your point. You made it well, nice piece. It actually puts the whole revamping tendency in a new light for me. For a while I just thought it was because they couldn't come up with anything better. After Paul Pope's 'Bat-Man year 100' I kind of 'got' what the riffing was all about.
Yoinks - i fully intended on mentioning Poe's take in the piece, but it slipped my mind. That book was pretty interesting, and refreshing to read.
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