Maury joins NPR

0 Comments POSTED ON Jun 25 2008 AT 12:48 pm BY Beat

Frequent PWCW contributor and Beat pal Laurel Maury has been named the new official comics reviewer for NPR. Congratulations to Laurel! Her first piece covers THE RABBI’S CAT:

If you’re used to comics smacking you over the head with superheroes and fantasy, prepare to be seduced and charmed. Joann Sfar’s series about the rabbi and his talking cat draws on the Franco-Belgian artist’s roots to recreate the sights, smells and vibrancy of early 20th century Algeria.

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dave roman says:

06/25/2008 at 1:13 pm

Congrats Laurel!!
Christopher Moonlight @ Moonlight Art Magazine says:

06/25/2008 at 1:36 pm

Hey, yeah! That’s great for Laurel. I’m impressed. NPR is the big BIG time.
Lawson says:

06/25/2008 at 1:54 pm

Oooh! I lub comics and I lub public radio. She’s puttin’ chocolate in my peanut butter!

Congratulations Laurel. Now go represent!
Karen says:

06/25/2008 at 4:01 pm

Oh, congrats to Laurel! I met her in the subway after MoCCA and we had a great chat about stuff; she sent me the link to her LATimes review of “Skyscrapers of the Midwest,” which was simply a beautiful piece of writing.

And now NPR! She’s made it to the Show!
Tom Spurgeon says:

06/26/2008 at 10:10 pm

Is Joann really Belgian? Huh?
rich says:

06/27/2008 at 5:02 pm

“If you’re used to comics smacking you over the head with superheroes and fantasy, prepare to be seduced and charmed.”

Congratulations. Too bad she started with that line, a standard cliche that all comic books are about superheroes beating each other up. Then again, most NPR listeners probably don’t read comics, so I suppose they are “used” to that.