Not by the Direct Method.

Quotes and thoughts I lack the time or energy to pursue more fully and turn into proper blog posts.

Title taken from Lytton Strachey's Eminent Victorians:

"It is not by the direct method of a scrupulous narration that the explorer of the past can hope to depict that singular epoch. If he is wise, he will adopt a subtler strategy. He will attack his subject in unexpected places; he will fall upon the flank, or the rear; he will shoot a sudden, revealing searchlight into obscure recesses, hitherto undivined. He will row out over that great ocean of material, and lower down into it, here and there, a little bucket, which will bring up to the light of day some characteristic specimen, from those far depths, to be examined with a careful curiosity."

12 April 2012
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- golden age
ah, for the golden age of comics, when murderous zombies could be the good guys and carry a strip for two years straight.

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danschkade reblogged this from jessnevins and added:

…bears further investigation.
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Remember these are Voodoo zombies not the cannibalistic ghouls so popular nowdays.
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Nevins is always right
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It’s got nothing on the Silver Age. ayjay:
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Sounds like a great hook for a novel/TV show/movie: zombie noir, where the undead has no conscience, just a brain....
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But who knew that Mr. Clean was...zombie? That puts a whole new spin on generations of...
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