tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16418379.post7037041360605361316..comments2023-10-02T05:12:27.635-04:00Comments on Hokum: American Journalism: Off the Monitor, In D.C.’s FaceMarco Siegel-Acevedohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655203770523207407noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16418379.post-21978272270267513832007-05-09T11:05:00.000-04:002007-05-09T11:05:00.000-04:00I like Ward's eerier compositions best— the madmen...I like Ward's eerier compositions best— the madmen and madwomen with the Conrad Veidt kohl-around-the-eyes look. From a narrative perspective some of his sequences definitely work better than others. I feel the foreboding is pretty effective in the comet-sighting sequence.Marco Siegel-Acevedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11655203770523207407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16418379.post-51784522270673640772007-05-09T10:51:00.000-04:002007-05-09T10:51:00.000-04:00Great— thanks for the Mefi post, pk, lots of mater...Great— thanks for the Mefi post, pk, lots of material there ... of course, Eric Drooker. Some of his BW woodcut work has a similar quality.Marco Siegel-Acevedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11655203770523207407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16418379.post-51508626164699070852007-05-09T10:39:00.000-04:002007-05-09T10:39:00.000-04:00Thanks for your kind words Marco. I've known of Ly...Thanks for your kind words Marco. I've known of Lynd Ward for a while. Sometimes I like the work...sometimes, not so much. I'm as mercurial as the next person I suspect.<BR/><BR/>You might like <A HREF="http://www.metafilter.com/53581/Novels-without-words-Lynd-Ward-Eric-Drooker-and-vacapintas-great-Frans-Masereel-post" REL="nofollow">this Mefi post</A> from the recent past.peacayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03997731249622552311noreply@blogger.com