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THIS AMERICAN STRIFE

Animation from Chris Ware
I finally caught up with the cartoons Chris Ware has been doing. I was avoiding them because of their association with This American Life, a show I hate. The narcoleptic punctuation of host Ira Glass makes me want to slap him on the back of the head. With the show's tempo, it's like being trapped for an hour with a bunch of Dave Eggers' readers in an elevator designed by Errol Morris. And the cutesy stories of irrlevance make a good argument for Maoism. Ugh. Anyway, here's some good artwork (sound is advisedly optional):







Posted by Charles Reece on June 7, 2009 at 09:56am | Comments (5)

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Chris Ware (1), This American Life (1), Ira Glass (1)

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Awww...c'mon. I like that show. It's better than Prarie Home Companion anyway.

Posted by Matt Messbarger on June 7, 2009 at 09:50pm

It's a lonely road I walk, Matt. I did find this blogger who hates the TV version almost as much as I hate the radio show.

Posted by chaz on June 7, 2009 at 11:02pm

Well, if you ever enter my apartment you may wince at the framed this american life poster or paradoxically marvel at its beauty as it was drawn my chris ware.

Posted by Matt on June 8, 2009 at 07:21pm

Is this your apartment? But, yeah, I like that poster.

Posted by chaz on June 8, 2009 at 08:14pm

No but I thought maybe it was for a second.

Posted by Matt on June 9, 2009 at 11:01am

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