The Examined Life

Whose attention would not be arrested by the headline "Socratic dialogue with a woolly mammoth"?

In this review of a comic--er, graphic novel--entitled Blue Pills:  A Positive Love Story, Sam Leith (the Telegraph) describes how the main character's "mixture of lust, fear, tenderness and growing paternal feelings are delicately charted...[as well as]...negotiations with sexual intimacy."  Sadly, the book's appropriation of the classical tradition is not entirely happy--and I guess you have to read it to find out how this part is even supposed to make one iota of sense--:

Where it loses its way, slightly, is in a peculiar closing fantasia in which Peeters debates with himself about love are framed as a Socratic dialogue with an Epictetus-quoting woolly mammoth.

Gosh, I really need to post once in a while...

Comments

[a reader]

nice to see you up and posing again!
your page is hilarious

[Anonymous]

I'm glad you're posting again. I've never taken a classics class until I decided to take your Greek Religion class this semester. I've got to say, you're a wonderful teacher, and now it seems that you have a bit of a Facebook following.
Oh, and the video game you mentioned, although it is interesting in terms of exploring Egypt, has the most cliche plot ever. But I guess there are only so many archetypal characters and scenarios to use.