Dad's Phallic Deterrent And Book Recommendations

For a while now I've been thinking of doing a blog post about the best graphic novels I've ever read. This is that blog post. Also included in this post, some fucked up comedy from The Whitest Kids U'Know. Enjoy!








Footnotes In Gaza is a 2009 release by Joe Sacco. There are very few histories of the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians that I've come across that are as in depth as this book is. Rarer is one told from the Palestinian's perspective. Joe Sacco takes interviews, government reports, vocal histories, and first hand account, and crafts a tale that truly changed my way of thinking about this conflict. The events that are detailed in this book are shocking. Not just that it happened, but also that the Israelis could do this to other people.
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Blankets is a 2003 release by Craig Thompson. Blankets is one of those rare things that I like. It's not that it's a coming of age tale, nor that it's a love story peppered with occasional sex. Blankets is a graphic novel with a lot of religious aspects to it, and I still like it. Usually when I encounter religion in literature, I usually shy away because it either bashes religion or tries to convert me. Blankets does not do that. Blankets deals with religion as most people do. Religion is a part of the protagonist's life, and because of that it affects the way he approaches a burgeoning relationship. Blankets is sweet, romantic, funny, and touching in a deep way.
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Logicomix: An Epic Search is a 2009 release Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou. Character design and artwork are by Alecos Papadatos and color is by Annie Di Donna. Logicomix is a biography of the theoretical mathematician Bertram Russell. Wait! Don't go yet! This is actually interesting, which I know is shocking given the high amount of math contained in this book. Russell approaches math the same way that philosophers like Derrida, and Butler approach language. Russell attacks the very foundations of math in a way that is driven purely by logic. Russell even attacks the very elemental and basic concept of 1+1=2. Is it this approach to logic that causes Russell to give a speech about his views about World War I, which has allusions to the Iraq War.
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