Nebraska Speaks
June 2nd, 2010
Alan Rose checks in via email with a link to his memoir comic L’il Rose of Corn, a Sunday Paper-style strip about growing up in Nebraska, complete with newsprint colors to complete the illusion that it’s been printed (it hasn’t—yet).
I was impressed by the confidence and craftsmanship of both writing and art on display. It has a classic feel to it; bolstered by the simple fact that Alan’s stories are genuinely interesting.
In his email Alan shared a great quote attributed (perhaps wrongly) to H. L. Mencken about the great Nebraska-based writer Willa Cather: “I don’t care how great of writer she is, nobody wants to read about Nebraska.”
After reading Rose’s memoir comic, I’ll upgrade “nobody” to “one” at least.
Posted in Cartoonists, Webcomics
March 3, 2021
awwww. So cute. I find myself loving these for the same reason I loved the book “kick me.” The narrator is simultaneously a kid with a kid brain, and the adult embarrassed about the kid they used to be.