ICYMI -- Comics Criticism and Whatnot for 1/10/16 to 1/16/16

Highlighting some great comics criticism being published, as well as other random things that have caught my eye over the past week.

COMICS CRITICISM

* Nick Francis Potter's graphic review of Sam Alden's NEW CONSTRUCTION
* Sequential State has been running a great list of COMICS THAT CHALLENGED ME: 2015
* Alexander Lu on SANDMAN: THE KINDLY ONES
* Andy Oliver on TILLIE WALDEN
* Thomas Powers on Garrett Price's WHITE BOY
* Kyle Garret is still writing about Grant Morrison's ANIMAL MAN
* Jason Wilkins on Lovern Kindzierski and GMB Comichuk's UNDERWORLD

WHATNOT

* The Venture Brothers Creators talk about BOWIE
* A.G. Moore's MOURNING A BLACKSTAR: BOWIE AND THE PERFORMANCE OF SELF
* Dangerous Minds on BOWIE
* Tom Ewing on discovering BOWIE
* Tracy K. Smith's poem "DON'T YOU WONDER, SOMETIMES?"
* Sarah Larson's GROWING UP WITH DAVID BOWIE
* Chris Thompson and Michael Shields' BOWIE'S FINAL ALCHEMY
* Momus on BOWIE
* Christian Hoffer on BOWIE'S LASTING INFLUENCE ON GEEK MEDIA
* Lou Anders' tribute to BOWIE