| Picturing the wilder side of life |
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| An event that is usually characterised by tea, cakes and an air of genteel bohemianism was somewhat thrown by one handful of negative responses to Whiten's figurative drawings and paintings which satirised anthropology and fashion through the preposterous, but rather sympathetic, fictional character of one woman brought up by wolves and subsequently co-opted into modelling foxy lingerie. The show, which had already been seen in Edinburgh and went on to Dundee without complaint, was closed. ... |
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| Comic Review: Cocopiazo #1-4 |
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| Cocopiazo could have been dire. From what I can ascertain, Cocopiazo seems to be about the art of writing. Sure, series creator Daniel Warner can put main character/lush John Victory into limbo, having Death and Job try to put one over on Victory by proving how unsuccessful Victory will be as an author (he writes one book that goes into the bargain bin, if you're wondering). There can be asides to the world of "creative writing" and just how much mental masturbation there is out there. Sex and art can be writ large as one story arc. None of this matters if the comic books are unfocused, creatively bankrupt and generally awful. ... |
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