{"id":533,"date":"2008-07-03T16:50:50","date_gmt":"2008-07-03T16:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skullcull.wordpress.com\/?p=533"},"modified":"2008-07-03T16:50:50","modified_gmt":"2008-07-03T16:50:50","slug":"comicsphere-chip-zdarsky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skullcull.com\/?p=533","title":{"rendered":"Comicsphere: Chip Zdarsky"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I found Chip Zdarsky on twitter in the lists of more than a few people that were following him and have checked out a lot of his work recently and I am really getting into his style. So today I discovered the above strip on The Canadian National Post<\/em> website (you can click through the image to get there).<\/p>\n

It\\’s a great story that uses one of those techniques which I always enjoy when it is utilised to good effect — taking an off-kilter approach (absurdist?) and casting more light on a subject than a straight up look at the subject would be capable of. Tim Burton does it a lot but for some reason the first thing that sprang to mind was Six Feet Under<\/em> and I swear that has more to do with the style of approach and the sense of humour than the fact that the story starts at a funeral.<\/p>\n

The comedic has always had that facility — to deal with subjects which in other mediums come across as ham-fisted. Zdarsky, like a lot of comic creators I am having the good fortune to happen across lately, works with a scalpel and not the bloody great meat cleaver some writers are cursed with. Knowing when and where to push, how to apply the right pressure to the psychic wound of a character — that takes skill. I think the fact that comics straddle such a wide array of disciplines makes it even harder to get right and I think people might finally be starting to appreciate it. Well, maybe.<\/p>\n

Google Zdarsky and there is plenty our there on tinternet to enjoy. Go to it!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.chipstudio.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/chipzdarsky.livejournal.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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