The Casual Optimist

Books, Design & Culture

March 20, 2013
by Dan
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Midweek Miscellany

WHAAM! — Comics historian Paul Gravett on Roy Lichtenstein’s appropriation from comics: Lichtenstein’s… success, his getting away with turning supposedly anonymous ‘found’ comic art into high-priced paintings, continues to directly encourage others to do the same. But there is a … Continue reading

March 11, 2013
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Monday Miscellany

“The Bat-Man” by Chip Kidd and Tony Millionaire from Bizarro Comics #1. I can’t quite believe I haven’t seen this before… (via Martin Klasch) Could Have Been Something – José da Silva interviews Billy Childish for The White Review: Critics want you … Continue reading