Horror Comics and Economics Comics (August 2011)

Published on August 4, 2011 in Uncategorized. Closed

Some time ago I wrote a review of Mike Howlett’s Weird World of Eerie Publications for The Comics Journal.

More recently, I wrote a short essay for the Progressive Populist, comparing two comics explaining the economic crisis — Erich Origen and Gan Golan’s Adventures of Unemployed Man and Seth Tobocman, Eric Laursen and Jessica Wehrle’s Understanding the Crash. The piece is mis-labeled as a review, but it isn’t really evaluative; instead it reflects on the different genre choices and visual strategies the two titles employ.

Old horror or new economics — Which is scarier?

International Copwatching Conference: July 22-24, Winnipeg

Published on July 19, 2011 in Uncategorized. Closed

I’ll be speaking at the International Copwatching Conference in Winnipeg.

I’m offering the keynote address Saturday, July 23rd, at 9am. Titled “Making Copwatch Matter,” the talk will consider the political potential of copwatching and the real challenges copwatch groups face.

Then, on Sunday, July 24, at 3pm, I’ll be participating in a panel discussion on copwatch tactics. There, I’ll tell the story of Rose City Copwatch’s debut action — a poster campaign to expose killer cops.

It looks like there are going to be a lot of great presentations at the conference. Check out the full schedule.