Post a Comment On: The Life And Opinions of Andrew Rilstone

A meta review in six episodesThis essay is intended for people who do not intend to read The Strange Death of Alex Raymond, but are interested in what it contains and how it strikes me. It will probably also be useful to people who have not read it but think that they might, although it does contain what I can only describe as "spoilers". The usual preambles about how some people don't think you ought to read Dave Sim at all because his gender politics is so nasty and cancel culture doesn't exist can be taken for granted. Please do not feed the troll.
Episode I
Episode II
Episode III
Episode IV
Episode V

Appendix
Andrew Reviews of Glamourpuss

One General talk about shock and offence in art. (NOTE: Contains several usages of a very strong racial slur, in the context of a discussion of a work by H.P Lovecraft. If I were writing the piece today I might write this differently.)
Two
General discussion of Dave Sim, in response to a correpondent.
ThreeSubstantive review of Glamourpuss.
FourSubstantive review of Judenhaas, which came out at about the same time. 
FiveOral review of Glamourpuss by friend who is not a regular Cerebus reader.