I am doing remedial accumulation of cultural capital - (having done Bill Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes and the New Testament I've moved on to other fiction - Ovid's Metamorphoses. Mostly this stuff goes in one eye and out the other, because you don't use it so much in Day to Day life. Occasionally though, it's sooo... Continue Reading →
Husband – 20th Century in Cartoons – 1940s
So, I am reading - a decade a day - the late great Tony Husband’s book The 20th Century in Cartoons” (to be clear, he selected them, he didn’t draw them.) See also The Onion’s Our Dumb Century. This decade, in my mind is one of…horror. Extreme violence and then the promise of nuclear war.... Continue Reading →
Ovid’s Metamorphoses #021/111: “Tiresias”
What this project is about. This one is from Book 3. How long it took to read this (aloud): 1 mins 52s What it’s “about”: So Jove and Juno were fooling ‘round When he complained “I do all the pound. I bet you dames enjoy the fuck More than men” “Boy don’t press your luck”... Continue Reading →
Husband – 20th Century in Cartoons – 1930s
So, I am reading - a decade a day - the late great Tony Husband’s book The 20th Century in Cartoons” (to be clear, he selected them, he didn’t draw them.) See also The Onion’s Our Dumb Century. This decade, in my mind is one of…depression and fascism (the two entwined) What I didn’t know:President... Continue Reading →
Ovid’s Metamorphoses #020/111: “Semele”
What this project is about. This one is from Book 3. How long it took to read this (aloud): 4 mins 34s What it’s “about”: Juno, who really doesn’t understand that Jove has decided they are in an open marriage, disguises herself as an old woman, and convinces the preggers human Semele to ask Jove... Continue Reading →
Husband – 20th Century in Cartoons – 1920s
So, I am reading - a decade a day - the late great Tony Husband’s book The 20th Century in Cartoons” (to be clear, he selected them, he didn’t draw them.) See also The Onion’s Our Dumb Century. This decade, in my mind is one of… Prohibition, all forms of corruption, the Wall Street Crash.... Continue Reading →
Ovid’s Metamorphoses #019/111: “Actaeon”
What this project is about. This one is from Book 3. How long it took to read this (aloud): 8 mins 44s What it’s “about”: Actaeon, seeing too much and suffering the consequences! Words I didn’t know: none Quotable quotes: And filled the cave with sharp falsetto cries And tried to shield her with their... Continue Reading →
Husband – 20th Century in Cartoons – 1910s
So, I am reading - a decade a day - the late great Tony Husband’s book The 20th Century in Cartoons” (to be clear, he selected them, he didn’t draw them.) See also The Onion’s Our Dumb Century. This decade, in my mind is one of… well, the war, obvs, and the trauma that never... Continue Reading →
20th Century in Cartoons – 1900s
So, I am reading - a decade a day - the late great Tony Husband’s book The 20th Century in Cartoons” (to be clear, he selected them, he didn’t draw them.) See also The Onion’s Our Dumb Century. This decade, in my mind is one of… not much, tbh. Edwardian age. Australian Federation. Plutocrats. Er,... Continue Reading →
Ovid’s Metamorphoses #018/111: “Cadmus”
What this project is about. This one is from Book 3. How long it took to read this (aloud): 9 mins 30s What it’s “about”: A young man, Cadmus is told “come back with your sister Europa [kidnapped by Jove, obvs] or don’t come back at all." Cadmus can’t find the girl, takes advice from... Continue Reading →
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