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HUCKLEBERRY FINN Reeks Of The Past In A Most Glorious Way
“Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” reeks of the past. It reeked of the past when it was first published in America in 1885. And it sure as hell reeks of the past today — but in a most glorious way. Mark...
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COMIC-CON 2012: CHARLES YU
Charles Yu was quite gracious to sit down with me during Comic-Con for this interview. Known for his inventive and hilarious, “How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe,” Mr. Yu talks about...
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THE FIFTY YEAR SWORD Review
“The Fifty Year Sword,” the novella by Mark Z. Danielewski, seems to be the stuff of urban legend. The book was first published on Halloween 2005, in the Netherlands, with only 1,000 copies printed in...
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Review: A WRINKLE IN TIME: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
“A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel,” is as full of delight and mystery as the original book. Hope Larson, known for wonderfully ethereal comics like “Salamander Dream,” “Gray Horses,” and...
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Mark Z. Danielewski at Town Hall, Seattle
It was a treat to see Mark Z. Danielewski directing a performance of his marvelous work, “The Fifty Year Sword” here in Seattle at Town Hall this last Sunday, October 28. Much to celebrate as “The...
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PAUL KRASSNER AND THE ART OF THE OFFENSIVE CARTOON
Print Magazine’s Michael Dooley provides a profile on legendary iconoclast, Paul Krassner. If you are looking for the heart and soul of the counterculture in America, the roots of everything from “The...
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The Return of AMAZING STORIES
First Issue of “Amazing Stories,” April 1926 In some respects, the idea of “Amazing Stories” is more engaging than the actual publication. But that would be just looking at things too harshly, wouldn’t...
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SOARING PENGUIN’S PETER PAN By Régis Loisel
A Peter Pan book like you’ve never seen before. This is a sophisticated look for adults. And you’re getting a heads up now in the United States. This beautiful book will be available shortly in the UK...
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Review: ‘Huck Finn’s Adventures in Underland’
Alterna Comics presents for your consideration, the mini-series, “Huck Finn’s Adventures in Underland.” It is written by Nikola Jajic, with art by Gabriel Peralta and Felipe Gaona, lettering by Peter...
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Creative Living: Meredith Clark
From Meredith Clark’s “Residence,” a collection of poems: Leeds The Inside pocket of his jacket. Wool. The wind picked round the owling boats. Found on the wharf: a sheaf of black and white...
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Review: THE GRAPHIC CANON, VOLUME 3, Edited by Russ Kick
Not all the work here is by cartoonists, per se, but most of it is and everyone here is part of the larger world of the graphic arts. We still live, may always live, in a world that, for the most...
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Review: ‘Bread & Wine: An Erotic Tale of New York’ by Samuel R. Delany and...
“Bread & Wine: An Erotic Tale of New York” is a curiously disarming story about love. There is sex but there is also love. The matter-of-fact quality of this graphic novel reassures us in an...
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THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY Unplugged
Here is a comic that attempts to tap into the elegant simplicity of the James Thurber short story. It is a delicate and precise little story: A henpecked husband daydreams he’s a hero while he goes...
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Book Review: MOUNTHAVEN By B.P. Chamberlain, Jr.
“Mounthaven” is the story of a man on a journey of self-discovery stymied by his own personal set of blinders. Those blinders prove to be a costly problem for him. He seems to be aware of them. He...
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Review: ‘The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock...
Holmes investigates Holmes. Art by Henry Chamberlain. It is clear that Zach Dundas loves Sherlock Holmes. A quest to explore how and why the interest in Sherlock Holmes has endured is the subject of...
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Book Review: ABRIDGED CLASSICS by John Atkinson
ABRIDGED CLASSICS by John Atkinson We can all use a laugh and cartoonist John Atkinson has a unique way to provide that for you with his new book, “Abridged Classics: Brief Summaries of Books You Were...
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Review: Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, adapted by Peter Kuper
Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, adapted by Peter Kuper Guest Review by Paul Buhle Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Adapted by Peter Kuper. Foreword by Maya Jasanoff. New York. W.W. Norton, 2019,...
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Interview: Jerome Charyn on J.D. Salinger, History and Heartbreak
Jerome and Henry discuss writing, history, and J.D. Salinger. Just about any reader has an opinion about J.D. Salinger. In his latest novel, Sergeant Salinger, Jerome Charyn takes that most celebrated...
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Book Review: ‘Tenderness’ by Alison MacLeod
Tenderness. Alison MacLeod. Bloomsbury. London. 2021. 640pp. $24.49 Editor’s Note: This book is ready for pre-order purchases. Available in the US as of 11/09/21. Tenderness is a feast of a novel....
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