Happy Belated Birthday, Doug Holder

 

 

A Moment of Comics

The very first page of All-Star Superman #1 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quietely. For National Poetry Month, I wanted to feature a comics  page that contained poetry. This retelling of Superman's origin story in eight words and four pictures is perfect.

A Moment of Comics

From issue 5 of The Invisibles by Grant Morrison and Jill Thompson. It the first comic I ever read that integrated poetry into its story in such an in-depth way. 

The second page shows the beginning handwritten lines of a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Julian and Maddalo," a poem based on a conversation between fictionalized versions of Shelly and Lord Byron. The following page shows Byron and Shelly having the conversation that would make its way into the rest of the poem. Clever trick by Morrison.

Byron and Shelly's debate over the importance of their work (particularly Byron's pessimism) has stayed with me all these years since I read the comic as a junior in college.

More from Morrison and friends next week to finish off National Poetry Month.

A Moment of Comics

Continuing with the theme of connecting to National Poetry Month, a page from the first issue of Druid, the short lived series by Warren Ellis and Leonardo Manco. Another rare mention of poetry in a mainstream comic.

Kill poets on sight. Their souls are Pus-ridden with cowardice and duplicity.

A Moment of Comics

Morlock, a lab-created plant man in the service of a tyrannical future government, kills a subversive poet. From the first issue of Morlock 2001 by Michael Fleisher and Al Milgrom. From the short-lived Atlas Comics of the 70's.

 How's your National Poetry Month going?

 

Next Tuesday: David Miller, Denise Provost and Harris Gardner

From David P. Miller: 

I’m happy to let you know that I will join Denise Provost and Harris Gardner, in an online reading hosted by the Newton (Mass.) Free Library, for National Poetry Month. The date is Tuesday, April 12, from 7-8 pm EST. Please note that you need to register in advance, by 5 pm that day. Here’s the link: 

 

New Goal

I'm going to try and do one TikTok haiku per day for National Poetry Month.

 

Happy National Poetry Month

Let's all see if we can sell some books, fellow poets.

Preparing

Classic NaPoWriMo image by Maureen Thorson.

Just added my blog to the NaPoWriMo site.

Let me take the time to say hello to any fellow participants who happen to stop by. I wish you all the best of luck with this year's writing challenge. 

It all starts tomorrow on April 1st. See  you then.