(He much preferred the crisp distinctions of that area's topography and flora to the blending greens of the Northeast).
As to the blending of genres, while that's an apt way to describe it, I never thought of "Ghosts, Cowboys" as anything but a story.
Comics have always had their critics, and what lies behind many of their objections is a peculiar resistance to the blending of prose and pictures.
The titular encounter refers to the blending of Spanish and pre-Columbian cultures at the root of modern Mexican life, evoked through dance, live music and poetry by Ms. Anaya and her performers.
It's mysterious enough to suggest various subtexts (Does "English and Western" refer to the blending of two different kinds of rock and roll? Is it about bisexuality?), and melodic enough to make the question of subtext secondary.
Unusual paintings like the trompe l'oeil mural in the theater, mixing Chinese themes with European techniques, speak to the blending of Eastern and Western influences that typified the late Qing court.
