It’s hard to understate the impact that Osamu Tezuka has made on animation and visual storytelling. Among his works are Astro Boy, Phoenix, and Black Jack, and his influence can be seen around the world. A new documentary about his work from filmmaker Jason Andrew Cohn, titled Tezuka! God of Manga, will explore Tezuka’s life and legacy.
In our morning reading: an interview with Scott McClanahan, notable fall books, and more.
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on a new Wadada Leo Smith album, an inteview with Philip Terry, and more.
This month, the Folio Society released a deluxe edition of Anthony Bourdain’s memoir Kitchen Confidential. We’re pleased to share the introduction by writer and frequent Bourdain collaborator Joel Rose.
Robert W. Chambers’s visions of the future anticipated some things that have not yet come to pass, including personal booths intended for suicide. (Readers of Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows’s graphic novel Providence will also be familiar with the structures in question.) The title of one of his best-known works points to one of the things he predicted perfectly: The Repairer of Reputations. Nowadays there’s an entire industry dedicated to this; potentially industries, depending on whether you consider online reputation management and crisis PR to be distinct or interwoven.
In our morning reading: an interview with Clare Cronin, thoughts on a Lee Ranaldo album, and more.
Remember Me, Martin Schechter
by Wildman Schubert Reed
“I’ll be honest, it’s a front-loaded career,” Milroy had allowed. “But in the back half it’s all gravy.”
In our weekend reading: an interview with Kristen Millares Young, book cover thoughts, and more.