Anhedonia: More Writing on Comics and Other Important Matters

by Alan David Doane

A collection of essays by Alan David Doane, editor and publisher of Comic Book Galaxy. Topics include paring one's graphic novel collection down to "the essentials," reviews of comics by Grant Morrison, Alison Bechdel, Inio Asano, Warren Ellis and others, a film review of The Dark Knight, a look at Star Trek, and non-fiction pieces about topics as varied as late-night trips to the bathroom and a night of bar-hopping in the company of beautiful women. Much like Doane's previous ebook Strange Whine, Anhedonia is a blend of comics and non-comics essays and reviews serving as a good sampler of the type of writing found on his website, Comic Book Galaxy.

70 pages

First published March 23, 2009

About the author

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, edited by Michael Rhode (published by University Press of Mississippi). ADD also provided editorial input and contributed to the introduction of Barry Windsor-Smith's Young GODS and Friends (published by Fantagraphics Books). His comic book story, "Meeting the Marcys," appeared in Jason Marcy's collection My Day in the Life of Jay. Online, Alan has contributed to Newsarama, Silver Bullet Comic Books, and his own sites, Trouble With Comics, Comic Book Galaxy, and others. He also served as expert comics blogger for the website iTaggit.com.

Alan has compiled three ebooks to date, featuring his writing about comics as well as other subjects. You can download a single .RAR file containing Strange Whine, Anhedonia and Conversations with ADD by clicking this link: Download the ADD 3-Pak.

Alan lives in upstate New York with his wife Lora.