Cage Against the Dream Machine : Kristoffer Borgli- “Dream Scenario”

“It Was All a Dream” has been the subject of both hackery and brilliance as long as humans have been catching winks. Joseph had dreams back in the book of Genesis; Shakespeare took us through “A Midsummer’s Night Dream,” Calderon De La Barca said “Life is a Dream.” Androids have dreamt of electric sheep, and …

Comix on Fire : Art Spiegelman et al – “Arcade”

"Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow. There is no need for humor in heaven." Mark Twain. A roller-coaster is just a zany, surreal bridge. Art Spiegelman and Bill Griffith's "Arcade: The Comics Revue" is that bridging roller-coaster ride, arced halfway between the ground-breaking world of Zap Comix and the …