{"id":9426,"date":"2010-04-23T09:54:43","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T14:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=9426"},"modified":"2010-03-27T15:20:55","modified_gmt":"2010-03-27T20:20:55","slug":"english-austin-windy-corner-magazine-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=9426","title":{"rendered":"English, Austin – Windy Corner Magazine #2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Windy Corner Magazine #2 <\/strong>edited by Austin English Now Available<\/a>! $10<\/p>\n

Why on earth would you put out a magazine like this (as it contains brilliant and vibrant colors throughout) and give it a black and white cover?\u00c2\u00a0 Sorry, I just felt the urge to get my one tiny complaint about this issue out of the way early.\u00c2\u00a0 This is more of an anthology than a traditional magazine, if that makes any difference to any of you.\u00c2\u00a0 There are two pieces here that are full of text, one of which is Austin discussing the art of Lois Lenski at length and the other is an interview between Onsmith (interviewer) and John Hankiewicz (interviewee).\u00c2\u00a0 This interview is absolutely priceless, as who in the comics world would you want to see interviewed more than John?\u00c2\u00a0 OK, it’s possible that there are people you’d rather read about, but John’s work contains so much in every panel and every issue that it was greatly informative to see him break down what he’s doing (or trying to do, in some cases), how he manages to put that level of detail and crosshatching into every panel and how his creative process has evolved through the years.\u00c2\u00a0 Then, of course, there’s the comics.\u00c2\u00a0 This begins on the inside front cover with two short pieces by Mollie Goldstrom (contemplative pieces on the outdoors) and quickly moved to three stories by Austin.\u00c2\u00a0 There’s a trip to the Planetarium as a child and his innocent and wide-eyed reactions, the second part of a series called Francis (and I really should have read the first issue before this), and the memory of a trip to the movies with his parents as a child.\u00c2\u00a0 For anybody who complains about the price of these magazines, and they are a bit steep in these times, the fact that Austin’s work is able to be produced in color because of it is worth the price of admission.\u00c2\u00a0 That still leaves two comics: a piece by Fiona Logusch about the entanglements of relationships and how hard it is to get free and an autobiographical piece by Dylan Williams about his mail relationship with Alex Toth, what he learned from him and Dylan’s own progression as an artist through the years.\u00c2\u00a0 As a whole it’s damned near flawless, assuming you’re a fan of the people mentioned above, and why on earth wouldn’t you be?\u00c2\u00a0 Even if you’re not, picking this up and reading this will make you a fan.\u00c2\u00a0 Don’t take my word for it; a glance around this website will show you work from everybody in this issue, then you can make up your own mind.\u00c2\u00a0 $10<\/p>\n

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Website Windy Corner Magazine #2 edited by Austin English Now Available! $10 Why on earth would you put out a magazine like this (as it contains brilliant and vibrant colors throughout) and give it a black and white cover?\u00c2\u00a0 Sorry, I just felt the urge to get my one tiny complaint about this issue out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2740,1861,2739,2738,1812,2736,2737,2222,1045],"class_list":["post-9426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-alex-toth","tag-austin-english","tag-dylan-williams","tag-fiona-logusch","tag-john-hankiewicz","tag-lois-lenski","tag-mollie-goldstrom","tag-onsmith","tag-windy-corner-magazine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9426"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9437,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9426\/revisions\/9437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}