The notes already rock, Ken, but yeah, could perhaps be pushed further.
It's the Spiegelman of In the Shadow of No Towers that you should check
out, though, I think. Katsenjammers appear there....
Doug
On 2-Nov-05, at 12:18 PM, Ken Wolman wrote:
> May as well start with the most impossible one. Notes, really, nicht
> ein dichter. I think the person to read for research here isn't on a
> newspaper, it's Art Spiegelman.
>
> KATZENJAMMER COLUMBINE
>
> I am considering how I may compare the Columbine Kids
> to the Katzenjammer Kids, but because the Columbine Kids
> are dead, I cannot do it.
> Das jungen Katzenjammer! mit der Kaptain
> (du bist unser Vater nicht, du Hund!)
> und Frau Momma. O kleine Monsters,
> aber cannot ein Candle hold zu Dylan und Eric,
> bound to take themselves nach Valhalla,
> their Wagnerian exit, Gotterdammerung
> in der school library.
> Ah, these inheritors of Hans and Fritz,
> imagine Dennis the Menace with a Glok
> Prince Violent with an assault rifle,
> or Robert Crumb drawing Charlie Manson
> mit der stupid beard and hair wie ein
> crazyman
> crazy
> Hilfe uns, Gott...
>
> KTW/11-2-05
>
>
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