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Alan David Doane

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in Cambridge, NY, The United States

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http://www.troublewithcomics.com

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Comics & Graphic Novels, Entertainment, Nonfiction

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Roger Ebert, Pauline Kael, Gary Groth, Hunter S. Thompson

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Alan David Doane is the editor and publisher of Trouble With Comics, a website of commentary and criticism relating to the artform and industry of comics and graphic novels. Among his many contributions to TWC is the Alan Moore interview Emerging From the Narrative, which is also featured in Alan Moore's Yuggoth Cultures collection, published by Avatar Press.

His writing about comics has appeared in various publications, including World Literature Today, where he recently reviewed Palookaville #22, and The Comics Journal, including a profile of cartoonist Paul Hornschemeier in issue #259, and the essay A Future for Comics in issue #289. His interview with American Splendor writer Harvey Pekar was published in Harvey Pekar Conversations, edi ...more

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	Funghi di Yuggoth e altre colture by Alan Moore (Goodreads Author), Antony Johnston (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Bryan Talbot (Contributor, Illustrator) 3.44 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 1995 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harvey Pekar: Conversations by Michael G. Rhode (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alan David Doane (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stalagmite 2 by Craig Hurd-McKenney (Goodreads Author) (Editor/ Contributor), Daniel Miller (Contributor), Alan David Doane (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strange Whine: Writings on Comics and Other Matters 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conversations with ADD: The Comics Interviews of Alan David Doane 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anhedonia: More Writing on Comics and Other Important Matters 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Day in the Life of Jay by Jason Marcy (Author), Alan David Doane (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Doctor Strange Omnibus, Vol. 1

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The Harrows of Spring (World Made by Hand #4)

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Alan’s Quotes

“Ridicule is the unfortunate destiny of the ridiculous.”
― James Howard Kunstler

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“Those you cannot teach to fly, teach to fall faster.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

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“Art is never finished, only abandoned.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

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“The first principle of freedom is the right to go to hell in your own handbasket.”
― Robert Heinlein

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“The nation was cracking under the weight of bloated modernity and all the patches pasted onto its excessive and malfunctioning hypercomplexity, and people were bewildered by the strange glitches, failures and shortages. Going forward, nothing would really work anymore as it was designed to, yet the hope and expectation that it would all magically recover dominated the chatter in the rare moments when people could step back from their frantic lives and share a meal or a drink.”
― James Howard Kunstler, The Harrows of Spring