{"id":2742,"date":"2008-10-24T05:00:07","date_gmt":"2008-10-24T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2742"},"modified":"2008-10-24T04:57:10","modified_gmt":"2008-10-24T08:57:10","slug":"unrequired-reading-oct-24-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-oct-24-2008","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Oct. 24, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Links . . . of the undead! Just click “more”!<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Don’t hate the game! Uh . . . man-love the Haider<\/a>!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Jeremiah: right<\/a>! (And the graveyard is full of indispensable men<\/a>, Mike!)<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

I don’t know if I ever imagined, back in my college anti-hipster days, that Xaime Hernandez’ comics would get reviewed in the NYTimes<\/a>. (Note: kudos to the editor or whoever thought of that headline)<\/p>\n

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Charles Crumb: saint of the suburbs<\/a>. (But that’s “Skutch,” not “Hutch”!)<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Publishing is, uh, whatever<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

FAIL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

In defense of white racism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

R.I.P., Dolemite<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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