Volume 17 Issue 12
Seven Andy Capp Variations
Images courtesy of the artist, STANDARD (OSLO), and Air de Paris. Watch for a book of Torbjørn’s Andy Capps coming this winter from Hassla Books
Great Beatdowns in Literature
Street justice is a rare commodity in high literature. Unlike its companion universe of film, the realm of books is static and immutable.
Charles Burns
The author and artist behind uncannily creepy comic books like Black Hole, Big Baby, and Skin Deep. In his work, he’s created a world that feels like an eerie parallel to those of David Lynch and some of Lovecraft.
Hey Rube!
There were some people with Cameron’s Circus whom the corrosion of years could not rob of fine qualities. But the greater number were thieves, liars and embryo eggs. Desperadoes known as “cannons,” “dips” and “guns” followed us to every town.
Master WLTM Slave
Andy is the landlord of a pub. It’s a young people’s place, and if I’m with him, those who recognise him look at me respectfully, but if I’m in there by myself, I feel as inconspicuous as an old man in a school uniform.
Edward Albee
I arrived at Edward Albee’s Tribeca loft at 10 AM. The playwright’s last name is printed clearly next to his buzzer. His voice rumbled through the intercom: “Who is this?” I told him. Silence.
Amy Hempel
Together with writers like Raymond Carver, Barry Hannah, and Mary Robison, Hempel has been canonized both into the “golden age” of the short story and as a minimalist writer.