Jan 24, 2023
My Top 100 Favorite Movies:
95. American Splendor (2003) - Dir. Shari Springer Berman/Robert Pulcini
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My Top 100 Favorite Movies:
95. American Splendor (2003) - Dir. Shari Springer Berman/Robert Pulcini
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Brought to Light, by Alan Moore, Bill Sienkiewicz, Joyce Brabner & Thomas Yeates. This is the first British edition by Titan Books from 1989. It was published first by Eclipse Comics in the US.
Someone kindly digitized a pretty hard to find political graphic anthology called 'Brought to Light: Thirty Years of Drug Smuggling, Arms Deals, and Covert Action' from 1988. I recommend giving them a read. "Shadowplay: The Secret Team written by Alan Moore and drawn by Bill Sienkiewicz with an introduction by Daniel Sheehan (general counsel of TCI). It covers the history of the Central Intelligence Agency and its controversial involvement in the Vietnam War, the Iran-Contra affair, and its relationship with figures like Augusto Pinochet and Manuel Noriega. The narrator of ‘Shadowplay’ is an aging anthropomorphic American Eagle, a bellicose retired CIA agent." .... "The story of ‘Shadowplay’ is of an unseen character (presumably representing the oblivious American public in first-person view of the reader) in a bar, where he is approached by a man-sized, walking, talking eagle. The eagle, from the emblem of the CIA, proceeds to drink alcohol and, in a drunken stupor, divulge all the bloody details of The Agency's sordid past. Early on a reference is made to the number of gallons an Olympic swimming pool can hold, and the fact that an adult human body has one gallon of blood; from then on, the victims of CIA activities (directly or indirectly) are quantified in swimming pools filled with blood, each pool representing 20,000 dead. Sienkiewicz's dark, erratic, and blurry images keep the mood of Moore's narration (through the boozing eagle) unnerving, and hazily nightmarish." .... "Flashpoint: The LA Penca Bombing is written by Joyce Brabner (and drawn by Thomas Yeates), as told to her by Christic Institute clients Martha Honey and Tony Avirgan. It deals with the La Penca bombing which happened during the civil war in Nicaragua in 1984."
For a more detailed account of how this anthology was made and the actual history involved that this anthology is only skimming, go here. For a wider view of the CIA’s involvement in drug trafficking and other illegal activities, see the wiki page ‘Allegations of CIA drug trafficking’ but consider it a primer on the subject rather than a comprehensive overview. Not my usual posting fair, I know.Â
American splendor, 2003
American splendor, 2003
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Crowdfunding Corner: His Name was Harvey Pekar. Help Save Storage Units of American Splendor History Before its Lost #comics https://graphicpolicy.com/2026/08/03/crowdfunding-corner-his-name-was-harvey-pekar-help-save-storage-units-of-american-splendor-history-before-its-lost/
Activist, author, and advocate Joyce Brabner passed away after a long battle with cancer on Aug. 2.
A pretty good appreciation of Joyce Brabner who made multiple contributions to indie comics throughout her life. As is always the case with artists married to more famous male artists, her own work was always overshadowed by Harvey Pekar. But Joyce did some fascinating stuff in her own right as a writer and editor.
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It’s a new week and we’re still sifting through San Diego Comic-Con, Otakon, and Gen Con and looking ahead at more conventions. While we get all that sorted, here’s some comic news from around the web to start the day. The Beat – Writer Joyce Brabner passes away at age 72 – Our thoughts are with her family, friends, and fans. Boing Boing – Star Wars back in theaters (in Ojibwe) – This is pretty…