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Such self-referential questions can be pointless and irritating, and books that dwell on them generally belong in a category that one friend of mine calls "art about art supplies."
Though a few stories are on par with his earlier work, most reviews find the collection riddled with self-referential tics and self-consciousness.
His obituary for Mad artist Antonio Prohias in the New York Times magazine was, for a tribute, unbearably self-referential (two paragraphs discussed Prohias, the other five discussed Spiegelman).
You're right about the magazine's sameness, however; it's the same damn thing each week, and it's the same as the other slick, self-referential, celebrity gossip mags around.
"A narrative as obtuse as a tax form" (Rita Kempley, the Washington Post ). Others praise its stylish, dark colors; terse dialogue; and self-referential humor.