The Examined Life
"IF LIFE'S A silly ride, Kochalka is selling tickets." So wrote one critic about the Burlington, Vt.-based cartoonist and quirk-rock front man James Kochalka, whose James Kochalka Superstar albums and innumerable graphic novels are, collectively, a study in what philosophers have called "second naivete," or self-willed guilelessness. Kochalka's simple, meandering, bittersweet comics -- including "Monkey vs. Robot," "Quit Your Job," ... (Full Article: 381 Words)
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