John Holbo

Holbo hasn't been updating this old page for a while

I've moved my graphical works here for how. I'm thinking of reviving this page as a place to showcase my academic works. (A blog is better for that sort of thing.) But, for the time being, this old place looks pretty quiet.

[This post has been updated to direct you to the right place]

UPDATE (March 21, 2021):  looking for the latest On Beyond Zarathustra stuff? It's here!

[Long story short. I took, the old stuff down because I'm re-launching it. Doing it right this time!]

#Inktober Hegel Sketch

I don't usually attempt non-digital inking but why not? It's #inktober! So I did Hegel. The face is ok but my brushwork is just terrible. Maybe I'll get better by the end of the month.

 

 

Caricature and Comics

I contributed a survey article, "Caricature and Comics", to the Routledge Companion To Comics, eds. Meskin, Cook, Bramlett. You can read my self-archived version of the piece here.

Abstract:

Caricature and comics are elastic categories. This essay treats caricature not as a type or aspect of comics but as a window through which we can view comics in relation to the broader European visual art tradition. Caricature is exaggeration. But all art exaggerates, insofar as it stylizes. Is all art caricature, since all has ‘style’? Ernst Gombrich’s classic Art and Illusion comes close to arguing so. This article conjoins critical reflections on Gombrich’s discussion of ‘the experiment of caricature’ with a survey of art historical paradigm cases. It makes sense for comics to emerge from this mix.

[This post has been updated to direct you to the right place]

UPDATE (March 21, 2021):  looking for the latest On Beyond Zarathustra stuff? It's here!

[Long story short. I took, the old stuff down because I'm re-launching it. Doing it right this time!]

[This post has been updated to direct you to the right place]

UPDATE (March 21, 2021):  looking for the latest On Beyond Zarathustra stuff? It's here!

[Long story short. I took, the old stuff down because I'm re-launching it. Doing it right this time!]

[This post has been updated to direct you to the right place]

UPDATE (March 21, 2021):  looking for the latest On Beyond Zarathustra stuff? It's here!

[Long story short. I took, the old stuff down because I'm re-launching it. Doing it right this time!]

[This post has been updated to direct you to the right place]

UPDATE (March 21, 2021):  looking for the latest On Beyond Zarathustra stuff? It's here!

[Long story short. I took, the old stuff down because I'm re-launching it. Doing it right this time!]

[This post has been updated to direct you to the right place]

UPDATE (March 21, 2021):  looking for the latest On Beyond Zarathustra stuff? It's here!

[Long story short. I took, the old stuff down because I'm re-launching it. Doing it right this time!]

[This post has been updated to direct you to the right place]

UPDATE (March 21, 2021):  looking for the latest On Beyond Zarathustra stuff? It's here!

[Long story short. I took, the old stuff down because I'm re-launching it. Doing it right this time!]