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Joe Frank: Ascent by Joe Frank, N/A
4.0

Comix rendering of Joe Frank stories (story?). Has many of the things I expect to find in a Joe Frank episode: dreams, Israel/Palestine, lovers, the phrase “make love”, absurdity, existentialism, etc. Kind of felt like the stories were all dictated to Novak as he was drawing the pictures, with the purpose of tripping him up. Most of the stories felt like every line changed the direction & feel of the story, like it was trying to shake me off & disorient me, which is really what I’m looking for from Joe Frank. I should have read this while listening to some Jon Hassell, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, & Brian Eno (ambient Brian Eno).