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Character in Context – Interview with Elliot Lang & Cody Kuehl

Sarah Finnigan

In just a couple weeks, the Character in Context show opens at the A.R. Mitchell Museum. This event celebrates the enduring importance of illustration in the contemporary art sphere, featuring a comprehensive presentation of process work hanging alongside the traditional final work. [caption id="attachment_76705" align="aligncenter" width="526"] The Builders by Scott Brundage[/caption] A bunch of fantastic illustrators (many of them Muddy Colors contributors) are participating in the show, and many of the artists - a third…

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Grendel

Arnie Fenner

May 20, 2024 - One of my favorite books is John Gardner's 1971 novel Grendel, a reimagining of part of the epic poem "Beowulf" told from the perspective of its antagonist, the monster of the title. From the beginning Grendel comes off as sort of a petulent teenager who—when not attacking King Hrothgar's mead hall (where he kills and eats men, occasionally bringing one home for his mother's meal), chatting with a dragon about existential nihilism, or kidnapping Queen Wealtheow (whom he has something of a crush on)—explores the nature of good and evil and otherwise tries to find some meaning in the world. All before, of course, having a fatal wrestling match with the hero Beowulf. By turns philosophical, morose, and funny, Grendel is not exactly the horrific creature we've come to know from the poem from English Literature Class (well,…

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