{"id":122,"date":"2008-03-04T03:56:59","date_gmt":"2008-03-04T03:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skullcull.wordpress.com\/?p=122"},"modified":"2008-03-04T03:56:59","modified_gmt":"2008-03-04T03:56:59","slug":"peter-blegvads-leviathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skullcull.com\/?p=122","title":{"rendered":"comicsphere: peter blegvad\\’s leviathan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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All those people who queue up to get their copies of the Sunday broadsheets so that they look like they might have half a brain in their heads, or to make some stab at a claim for culture may be harbouring the same guilty secret as me — the only reason I bought half of them was for the comic strips in the back.<\/p>\n

Lest you think I was not discerning and that I settled for any old crap, which might be a fair enough assessment if you were to look at my track record, I offer in my defence Leviathan<\/i> by Peter Blegvad. Imagine if you will an existentially rich exploration of the nature of being and all matters philosophical through the eyes of a faceless baby, his rabbit, all under the occasional guidance of a cat and you are maybe a couple of steps on the way to understanding the peculiar experience that is Leviathan<\/i>. Yeah, this was why I bought the Independent On Sunday<\/i>. I would get home and throw aside all the bullshit that those intellectuals used to sit down and pore over while there toast and boiled eggs went cold and I would go straight for the supplemental magazines.<\/p>\n

If I might venture an opinion, and given that this is my blog I don\\’t think that would be out of order, the writing in those colourful parts of the paper was actually better. It was usually a damned sight more interesting for someone interested in modern culture. It covered music, art, literature — all kinds of things, and of course comic strips.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.leviathan.co.uk\/menu.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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