{"id":191,"date":"2013-02-13T03:28:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T08:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.noendofneon.net\/comix\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2013-03-05T15:30:36","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T20:30:36","slug":"outside-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.noendofneon.net\/comix\/assignments\/outside-reading-report\/outside-reading-list\/","title":{"rendered":"outside reading list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some potential choices for the outside reading assignment, culled from things that have come out in the last few years (some of which I&#8217;ve read, some of which I haven&#8217;t) and things that are generally significant but didn&#8217;t quite fit on the syllabus. \u00a0I may add more options here as I think of them, at least until a critical mass of people have already picked their books.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re <em>particularly<\/em> interested in something that&#8217;s not on this list, let me know, and we can potentially\u00a0talk about it, but the goal of this is to get you to read something you wouldn&#8217;t necessarily already have been inclined to read, so I reserve (and am likely to use) the right to veto. \u00a0I&#8217;m also generally disinclined to have you read volumes of longer series, as I&#8217;d rather you have a complete work to talk about.<\/p>\n<p>All that said, you really shouldn&#8217;t have trouble finding something on this list that interests you. \u00a0If you have no idea where to start, or if you just want specifically-tailored recommendations, by all means talk to me after class or shoot me an email!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/La-Perdida-Jessica-Abel\/dp\/0375714715\/\">Jessica Abel &#8211; <em>La Perdida<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Alcoholic-Jonathan-Ames\/dp\/1401210570\/\">Jonathan Ames &#8211; <em>The Alcoholic<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Zahras-Paradise-Amir\/dp\/1596436425\/\">Amir and Khalil &#8211; <em>Zahra&#8217;s Paradise<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Epileptic-David-B\/dp\/0375714685\/\">David B. &#8211; <em>Epileptic<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Daytripper-Gabriel-Ba\/dp\/1401229697\/\">Gabriel B\u00e1 and F\u00e1bio Moon &#8211; <em>Daytripper<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Nat-Turner-Kyle-Baker\/dp\/B002CMLQF2\/\">Kyle Baker &#8211; <em>Nat Turner<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-It-Is-Lynda-Barry\/dp\/1897299354\/\">Lynda Barry &#8211; <em>What It Is<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Are-You-My-Mother-Comic\/dp\/0618982507\/\">Alison Bechdel &#8211; <em>Are You My Mother?<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gabrielle Bell &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lucky-Gabrielle-Bell\/dp\/189729901X\/\"><em>Lucky<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Voyeurs-Gabrielle-Bell\/dp\/098468140X\/\"><em>The Voyeurs<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Babys-Black-Kirchherr-Sutcliffe-Beatles\/dp\/1596437715\/\">Arne Bellstorf &#8211; <em>Baby&#8217;s in Black: Astrid Kirchherr, Stuart Sutcliffe, and the Beatles in Hamburg<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ed-Happy-Clown-Chester-Brown\/dp\/1770460756\/\">Chester Brown &#8211; <em>Ed the Happy Clown<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fatale-Book-Death-Chases-Me\/dp\/1607065630\/\">Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips &#8211;\u00a0<em>Fatale<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lovely-Horrible-Stuff-Eddie-Campbell\/dp\/1603091521\/\">Eddie Campbell &#8211; <em>The Lovely Horrible Stuff<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Blacksad-Juan-Diaz-Canales\/dp\/159582393X\/\">Juan D\u00edaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido &#8211; <em>Blacksad<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Neil-Gaimans-Neverwhere-Mike-Carey\/dp\/1401210074\/\">Mike Carey and Glenn Fabry &#8211; <em>Neil Gaiman&#8217;s Neverwhere<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Heads-Or-Tails-Lilli-Carr%C3%A9\/dp\/1606995979\/\">Lilli Carr\u00e9 &#8211; <em>Heads or Tails<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Johnny-Hiro-Half-Asian-Hero\/dp\/0765329379\/\">Fred Chao &#8211; <em>Johnny Hiro<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Daniel Clowes &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wilson-Daniel-Clowes\/dp\/1770460071\/\"><em>Wilson<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pussey-Daniel-Clowes\/dp\/1560971835\/\"><em>Pussey!<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Unterzakhn-Leela-Corman\/dp\/0805242597\/\">Leela Corman &#8211; <em>Unterzakhn<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Monsters-Ken-Dahl\/dp\/0979960940\/\">Ken Dahl &#8211; <em>Monsters<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>(CLAIMED)\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pop-Gun-War-Farel-Dalrymple\/dp\/1569719349\/\">Farel Dalrymple &#8211; <em>Pop Gun War<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Make-Me-Woman-Vanessa-Davis\/dp\/1770460217\/\">Vanessa Davis &#8211; <em>Make Me a Woman<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lucille-Ludovic-Debeurme\/dp\/1603090738\/\">Ludovic Debeurme &#8211; <em>Lucille<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Alias-Cat-Kim-Deitch\/dp\/B006CDFO0U\/\">Kim Deitch &#8211; <em>Alias the Cat<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Guy Delisle &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Jerusalem-Chronicles-Holy-Guy-Delisle\/dp\/1770460713\/\"><em>Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pyongyang-A-Journey-North-Korea\/dp\/1897299214\/\"><em>Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Nao-Brown-Glyn-Dillon\/dp\/1906838429\/\">Glyn Dillon &#8211; <em>The Nao of Brown<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Logicomix-An-Epic-Search-Truth\/dp\/1596914521\/\">Apostolos Doxiadis et al &#8211; <em>Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Infinite-Horizon-Gerry-Duggan\/dp\/1582409722\/\">Gerry Duggan &#8211; <em>Infinite Horizon<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Brecht Evens &#8211; <strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Wrong-Place-Brecht-Evens\/dp\/1770460012\/\"><em>The Wrong Place<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Making-Of-Brecht-Evens\/dp\/177046073X\/\"><em>The Making Of<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Special-Exits-Joyce-Farmer\/dp\/160699381X\/\">Joyce Farmer &#8211; <em>Special Exits<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/One-Soul-Ray-Fawkes\/dp\/1934964662\/\">Ray Fawkes &#8211; <em>One Soul<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Trinity-Graphic-History-First-Atomic\/dp\/0809094681\/\">Jonathan Fetter-Vorm &#8211; <em>Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Marbles-Depression-Michelangelo-Graphic-Memoir\/dp\/1592407323\/\">Ellen Forney &#8211; <em>Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Jinchalo-Matthew-Forsythe\/dp\/1770460675\/\">Matthew Forsythe &#8211; <em>Jinchalo<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Signal-Noise-Edition-Neil-Gaiman\/dp\/1593077521\/\">Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean &#8211; <em>Signal to Noise<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Goliath-Tom-Gauld\/dp\/1770460659\/\">Tom Gauld &#8211; <em>Goliath<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Calling-Dr-Laura-Graphic-Memoir\/dp\/0547615590\/\">Nicole Georges &#8211; <em>Calling Dr. Laura<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Interiorae-Gabriella-Giandelli\/dp\/1606995596\/\">Gabriella Giandelli &#8211; <em>Interiorae<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/A-Childs-Life-Other-Stories\/dp\/1583940286\/\">Phoebe Gloeckner &#8211; <em>A Child&#8217;s Life and Other Stories<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/King-City-TP-Brandon-Graham\/dp\/160706510X\/\">Brandon Graham &#8211; <em>King City<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Photographer-War-torn-Afghanistan-Doctors\/dp\/1596433752\/\">Emmanuel Guibert &#8211; <em>The Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Nightly-News-Jonathan-Hickman\/dp\/1582407665\/\">Jonathan Hickman &#8211; <em>The Nightly News<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Friends-Boys-Faith-Erin-Hicks\/dp\/1596435569\/\">Faith Erin Hicks &#8211; <em>Friends with Boys<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Paul Hornschemeier &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mother-Come-Home-Paul-Hornschemeier\/dp\/1560979739\/\"><em>Mother, Come Home<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Three-Paradoxes-Paul-Hornschemeier\/dp\/1560976535\/\"><em>The Three Paradoxes<\/em><\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Life-Mr-Dangerous-Paul-Hornschemeier\/dp\/0345494415\/\"><em>Life with Mr. Dangerous<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hicksville-Dylan-Horrocks\/dp\/1770460020\/\">Dylan Horrocks &#8211; <em>Hicksville<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gloriana-Kevin-Huizenga\/dp\/1770460616\/\">Kevin Huizenga &#8211; <em>Gloriana<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Moving-Pictures-Kathryn-Immonen\/dp\/1603090495\/\">Kathryn and Stuart Immonen &#8211; <em>Moving Pictures<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Beta-Testing-Apocalypse-Tom-Kaczynski\/dp\/1606995413\/\">Tom Kaczynski &#8211; <em>Beta Testing the Apocalypse<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mark Kalesniko &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Freeway-Mark-Kalesniko\/dp\/1606993569\/\"><em>Freeway<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Alex-G-N-Mark-Kalesniko\/dp\/1560977450\/\"><em>Alex<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/I-Kill-Giants-Joe-Kelly\/dp\/1607060922\/\">Joe Kelly and Jm Ken Niimura &#8211; <em>I Kill Giants<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Artichoke-Tales-Megan-Kelso\/dp\/B008SM9FEE\/\">Megan Kelso &#8211; <em>Artichoke Tales<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Graphic-Canon-Vol-Shakespeare\/dp\/1609803760\/\">Russ Kick (ed) &#8211; <em>The Graphic Canon<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(any volume)<\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wild-Children-GN-Ales-Kot\/dp\/1607065819\/\">Ales Kot &#8211; <em>Wild Children<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Citizens-No-Place-Architectural-Graphic\/dp\/1616890622\/\">Jimenez Lai &#8211; <em>Citizens of No Place: An Architectural Graphic Novel<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sullivan-Trials-Cartoon-Studies-Presents\/dp\/1423113365\/\">Joseph Lambert &#8211; <em>Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jeff Lemire &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Collected-Essex-County-Jeff-Lemire\/dp\/160309038X\/\"><em>Essex County<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Underwater-Welder-Jeff-Lemire\/dp\/1603090746\/\"><em>The Underwater Welder<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/EMITOWN-TP-Emi-Lenox\/dp\/1607063182\/\">Emi Lenox &#8211; <em>Emitown<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jeremy Love &#8211; <em>Bayou<\/em> (vols\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bayou-Jeremy-Love\/dp\/1401223826\/\">1<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bayou-Vol-2-Jeremy-Love\/dp\/1401225845\/\">2<\/a>\u00a0together)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Berlin-City-Stones-Book-Part\/dp\/1896597297\/\">Jason Lutes &#8211; <em>Berlin: City of Stones<\/em> (book 1)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Asterios-Polyp-David-Mazzucchelli\/dp\/0307377326\/\">David Mazzucchelli &#8211; <em>Asterios Polyp<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gone-Amerikay-Derek-McCulloch\/dp\/1401223516\/\">Derek McCullough and Colleen Doran &#8211; <em>Gone to Amerikay<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Birth-Nation-A-Comic-Novel\/dp\/1400048591\/\">Aaron McGruder, Reginald Hudlin, and Kyle Baker &#8211; <em>Birth of a Nation: A Comic Novel<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Shigeru Mizuki &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/NonNonBa-Shigeru-Mizuki\/dp\/1770460721\/\"><em>NonNonBa<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Onward-Towards-Our-Noble-Deaths\/dp\/1770460411\/\"><em>Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Exit-Wounds-Rutu-Modan\/dp\/1897299834\/\">Rutu Modan &#8211; <em>Exit Wounds<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/From-Hell-Alan-Moore\/dp\/0958578346\/\">Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell &#8211; <em>From Hell<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Echo-Complete-Edition-Terry-Moores\/dp\/1892597489\/\">Terry Moore &#8211; <em>Echo<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Flex-Mentallo-Man-Muscle-Mystery\/dp\/1401232213\/\">Grant Morrison &#8211; <em>Flex Mentallo: Man of Muscle Mystery<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/We3-Deluxe-Edition-Grant-Morrison\/dp\/1401230679\/\">Grant Morrison\/Frank Quitely &#8211; <em>We3<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Montparnasse-Graphic-Biography-Catel-Muller\/dp\/1906838259\/\">Catel Muller and Jos\u00e9-Louis Bocquet &#8211; <em>Kiki de Montparnasse<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Blot-Tom-Neely\/dp\/0974271586\/\">Tom Neely &#8211; <em>The Blot<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/A-D-New-Orleans-After-Deluge\/dp\/037571488X\/\">Josh Neufeld &#8211; <em>A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Not-Israel-My-Parents-Promised\/dp\/0809094827\/\">Harvey Pekar and JT Waldman &#8211; <em>Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/A-Tale-Sand-Jim-Henson\/dp\/1936393093\">R\u00e1mon P\u00e9rez &#8211; <em>Jim Henson&#8217;s Tale of Sand<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wizzywig-Ed-Piskor\/dp\/1603090975\/\">Ed Piskor &#8211; <em>Wizzywig<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Heavy-Liquid-SC-Paul-Pope\/dp\/140122007X\/\">Paul Pope &#8211; <em>Heavy Liquid<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Map-My-Heart-John-Porcellino\/dp\/1897299931\/\">John Porcellino &#8211; <em>Map of My Heart<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Swallow-Me-Whole-Nate-Powell\/dp\/1603090339\/\">Nate Powell &#8211; <em>Swallow Me Whole<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Song-Roland-The-Michel-Rabagliati\/dp\/1894994612\/\">Michel Rabagliati &#8211; <em>The Song of Roland<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Daybreak-Brian-Ralph\/dp\/1770461248\/\">Brian Ralph &#8211; <em>Daybreak<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Box-Office-Poison-Alex-Robinson\/dp\/1891830198\/\">Alex Robinson &#8211; <em>Box Office Poison<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Art-War-Graphic-Novel\/dp\/0062103946\/\">Kelly Roman and Michael DeWeese &#8211; <em>The Art of War<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Palestine-Joe-Sacco\/dp\/156097432X\/\">Joe Sacco &#8211; <em>Palestine<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Its-Bird-Steven-T-Seagle\/dp\/1401203116\/\">Steven Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen &#8211; <em>It&#8217;s a Bird<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Seth &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wimbledon-Green-Seth\/dp\/1896597939\/\"><em>Wimbledon Green<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/George-Sprott-1894-1975-Seth\/dp\/1897299516\/\"><em>George Sprott, 1894-1975<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dash Shaw &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/BodyWorld-Dash-Shaw\/dp\/030737842X\/\"><em>Body World<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bottomless-Belly-Button-Dash-Shaw\/dp\/1560979151\/\"><em>Bottomless Belly Button<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sailor-Twain-The-Mermaid-Hudson\/dp\/1596436360\/\">Mark Siegel &#8211; <em>Sailor Twain<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Stitches-A-Memoir-David-Small\/dp\/0393338967\/\">David Small &#8211; <em>Stitches<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/In-Shadow-Towers-Art-Spiegelman\/dp\/0375423079\/\">Art Spiegelman &#8211; <em>In the Shadow of No Towers<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Is-That-All-There\/dp\/1606996282\/\">Joost Swarte &#8211; <em>Is That All There Is?<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bryan Talbot &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Grandville-Bryan-Talbot\/dp\/1595823972\/\"><em>Grandville<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or <strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Alice-Sunderland-Bryan-Talbot\/dp\/1593076738\/\"><em>Alice in Sunderland<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Was-War-Trenches-Jacques-Tardi\/dp\/1606993534\/\">Jacques Tardi &#8211;\u00a0<em>It Was a War of the Trenches<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/A-Drifting-Life-Yoshihiro-Tatsumi\/dp\/1897299745\/\">Yoshihiro Tatsumi &#8211; <em>A Drifting Life<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Craig Thompson &#8211; <strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Blankets-Craig-Thompson\/dp\/1891830430\/\"><em>Blankets<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Habibi-Craig-Thompson\/dp\/0375424148\/\"><em>Habibi<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gingerbread-Girl-Paul-Tobin\/dp\/1603090800\/\">Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover &#8211; <em>Gingerbread Girl<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Shortcomings-Adrian-Tomine\/dp\/1897299753\/\">Adrian Tomine &#8211; <em>Shortcomings<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Vietnamerica-Familys-Journey-GB-Tran\/dp\/0345508726\/\">GB Tran &#8211; <em>Vietnamerica: A Family&#8217;s Journey<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Hypo-Melancholic-Young-Lincoln\/dp\/1606996193\/\">Noah Van Sciver &#8211; <em>The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chris Ware &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Jimmy-Corrigan-The-Smartest-Earth\/dp\/0375714545\/\"><em>Jimmy Corrigan<\/em><\/a> or <strong>(CLAIMED)<\/strong>\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Building-Stories-Chris-Ware\/dp\/0375424334\/\">Building Stories<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>(<strong>NOTE<\/strong>:<em> Building Stories<\/em> is particularly time-consuming, and rather expensive, though significantly less so on Amazon. It&#8217;s also kind of spectacularly good, and I hope someone does choose it, but you should know that you&#8217;re signing on for a longer reading experience than anything else on this list, most likely.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Set-Sea-Drew-Weing\/dp\/1606993682\/\">Drew Weing &#8211; <em>Set to Sea<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Barack-Hussein-Obama-Steven-Weissman\/dp\/1606996231\/\">Steven Weissman &#8211; <em>Barack Hussein Obama<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.easelainteasy.com\/store\">Breena Wiederhoeft &#8211; <em>Picket Line<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Local-Brian-Wood\/dp\/193496400X\/\">Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly &#8211; <em>Local<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(CLAIMED)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Blacklung-Chris-Wright\/dp\/1606995871\/\">Chris Wright &#8211; <em>Blacklung<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/American-Born-Chinese-Gene-Luen\/dp\/0312384483\/\">Gene Luen Yang &#8211; <em>American Born Chinese<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Birdseye-Bristoe-Dan-Zettwoch\/dp\/1770460667\/\">Dan Zettwoch &#8211; <em>Birdseye Bristoe<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some potential choices for the outside reading assignment, culled from things that have come out in the last few years (some of which I&#8217;ve read, some of which I haven&#8217;t) and things that are generally significant but didn&#8217;t &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noendofneon.net\/comix\/assignments\/outside-reading-report\/outside-reading-list\/\"><em>Continue&nbsp;reading&nbsp;<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":87,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-191","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noendofneon.net\/comix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noendofneon.net\/comix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noendofneon.net\/comix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noendofneon.net\/comix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noendofneon.net\/comix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.noendofneon.net\/comix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197,"href":"https:\/\/www.noendofneon.net\/comix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191\/revisions\/197"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noendofneon.net\/comix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noendofneon.net\/comix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}