{"id":160,"date":"2011-07-16T22:41:13","date_gmt":"2011-07-16T22:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/07\/16\/from-the-klaw-archives\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:28","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:28","slug":"from-the-klaw-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/07\/16\/from-the-klaw-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Klaw Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As it sometimes happens, my original concept for a Nexus Graphica episode leads me down a rabbit hole, digging deeper and deeper into the abyss of nonsense. Rather than subject you, our loyal reader, to the unadulterated chaos of my thoughts, I decided to reach into the Klaw archives and reprint a circa 2001 essay that originally appeared as part of my previous long running SF Site column ]url=http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/geeks01.htm]Geeks With Books[\/url] and reprinted in my collection <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Geek Confidential<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>One of my earliest pieces on graphic novels, &quot;Broadminded&quot; recounts the struggles of an unabashed comics fan in the often close-minded realities of 90s science fiction fandom and publishers.<\/p>\n<p>Check it all out plus my reviews of the latest Tardi and the lauded French cartoonist Ludovic Debeurme American premiere over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/columns\/graphica348.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">SF Site<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/grc\/1107\/sniper.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/grc\/1107\/lucille_cover_sm_lg.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As it sometimes happens, my original concept for a Nexus Graphica episode leads me down a rabbit hole, digging deeper and deeper into the abyss of nonsense. 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