Books Kristine McKenna's Talk To Her By LJ Douresseau February 23, 2005 - 15:42 Publisher(s): Fantagraphics Books Writer(s): Kristine McKenna ISBN: 1-56097-570-9 246 pp., B&W, $16.95 TALK TO HER TALK TO HER is Fantagraphics second collection of the interviews of Kristine McKenna. McKenna has talked, gabbed, and chewed the fat with a number of noted artists, writers, musicians, philosophers, and other influential personalities or celebrated figures that have influenced alternative and popular culture for the last half-century. This text contains 25 interviews of or about such figures as filmmakers Robert Altman, Guy Maddin, Russ Meyer, and Orson Welles. The book also contains her discussions with and interviews of such cutting edge musical figures as Elvis Costello, Joey Ramone, John (Johnny Rotten) Lydon, Chrissie Hynde, Rickie Lee Jones, Joni Mitchell, and Iggy Pop. But what would a cool interview book be without talks with Jacques Derrida and Allen Ginsberg? I would be lying if I said that there’s something for everyone in Talk to Her; there isn’t. There’s something for everyone who is curious, investigative, open-minded, and at least not hyper-judgmental. For instance, Ms. McKenna’s interview of Elvis Costello reveals him to be an elitist contrarian stuck in an idealized world of 1950’s rock-n-roll, when music was pure and great, but the interview made me more curious about the man and his work. Each interview includes a portrait of the subject by some hot alt-cartoonists, including Jim Blanchard, Charles Burns (who has two in the book), Eric Reynolds, Johnny Ryan, Tony Millionaire, Ted Ralls, and Dan Clowes. For anyone who likes reading penetrating, intimate interviews, this is a treat. A- © Copyright 2002-2026 by Toon Doctor Inc. - All rights Reserved. All other texts, images, characters and trademarks are copyright their respective owners. Use of material in this document (including reproduction, modification, distribution, electronic transmission or republication) without prior written permission is strictly prohibited.