sic transit
July 11th, 2006 | Uncategorized
The second, midwest leg of my book tour is over. Back to reality. No more adoring crowds or fancy hotels. Here’s a little movie on this theme I made this morning on the blue line out to O’Hare. Thus passes the glory of the world.
8 Responses to “sic transit”
Brill.
Very, very clever!
Yeah, but…
Simply thrilled to be there, I see.
…speaking of our old pal Gloria Mundi,
there’s a seriously good (in all senses) review of
_Fun Home_ by Hillary Chute in “The Village Voice”:
http://www.villagevoice.com/books/0628,chute,73800,10.html
(P.S. The article mentions “a promotional DVD that came
with the book”. Are these available anywhere?)
Finally, the latin pun explained. I’ve been wondering for years what “sic transit gloria Tuesday” was all about!
“QUITE”
This is off topic, but there was a PBS special about Herge, the maker of Tintin, last night. I thought you might enjoy it, if you have a chance to catch it as a rerun sometime.
Herge, too, had an interest in meticulously documenting the details of places, in his cartoons. Maybe that’s why you both are so good at capturing ambience, whether it’s a plane crash in Tibet or the family Fun Home.
You’ll never learn Latin from Mort Walker, folks.