Archive for July, 2008

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Review - What It Is by Lynda Barry

In this primer for cartooning — a sort of how to be creative instructional text book — Lynda Barry takes a very different and very abstract approach. Instead of merely telling you how to fashion ideas and work with them, Barry takes the reader through an autobiographical journey tracing the movement of her brain and [...]

Review - Mr. Big by Carol and Matt Dembicki

A nature tale about wetlands survival and the cycle of life unfolds as a suspense thriller, complete with a murder conspiracy and a plot twist involving just who really is the villain in the tale. Carol and Matt Dembicki’s “Mr. Big” delivers in its revelation of nature as an unsentimental and logical system that still [...]

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Review - The 10 Cent Plague by David Hajdu

Why do Americans love censorship so? We fight against fascists and dictators and communists, and yet we revere John Adams and the sedition act as a model for dealing with words and works we find uncomfortable. From Dixieland music to hip hop, popular culture has been at the forefront of the threat against American culture. [...]

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