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The Beats : a graphic history
Details the history of the Beat movement, which began in the 1940s, and describes the lives of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs; along with other writers, artists, and events in a graphic novel format.
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From Krakow to Krypton : Jews and comic books
Jews created the first comic book, the first graphic novel, the first comic book convention, the first comic book specialty store, and they helped create the underground comics (or \"Comix\") movement of the late '60s and early '70s. Many of the creators of the most famous comic books, such as Superman, Spiderman, X-Men, and Batman, as well as the founders of MAD magazine, were Jewish. From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books tells their stories and demonstrates how they brought a uniquely Jewish perspective to their work and to the comics industry as a whole. Over-sized and in full color, From Krakow to Krypton is filled with sidebars, cartoon bubbles, comic book graphics, original design sketches, and photographs. It is a visually stunning and exhilarating history.
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my dual career
Pekar, the author of American Splendor comics, spent 37 years clerking at a VA hospital. Pekar comments on his dual career and the vicissitudes of life and work. For the time being, the earnings from his comic book work supplements his pension and Social Security income. However, he is constantly afraid that this period in his life will soon end, that people will tire of his comics or just comics in general. He cannot stop obsessing about this. He is making more money as just a writer now than he did as a file clerk/writer back in his days with the VA, but he misses the security of the civil service job.
Journal Article
Words and Pictures: Interview with Harvey Pekar
The conference was inspired by the forthcoming publication of Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History (Hill &Wang), edited by Paul Buhle, with artwork by Gary Dumm, Summer McClinton, Wes Modes, Nick Thorkelson, and others. Harvey Pekar is best known for his selfpublished comic book, American Splendor, which inspired a prize-winning independent film of the same name.
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Jackson transformed himself, but did he transform our culture? ; Review Popular culture
[Margo Jefferson] notes, \"The Jackson Five brought youth culture back to Motown,\" but without the politics or confrontation. And unquestionably, [Michael Jackson] was the star, \"a national sex object,\" Jefferson writes, or rather, \"a sex toy, really.\" Then we have a discussion of Jackson's altering himself physically. Not everyone was horrified by this. Artist Keith Haring admiringly wrote, \"He's denied the finality of God's creation and taken it into his own hands. ... \" Jefferson is at least fascinated. \"In the past two decades we've watched Michael Jackson morph from a slender, brown-skinned man to a slightly anorexic, white-skinned ... what? ... But it's the face, is it black or white, male or female?\" Like Haring, Jefferson admires Jackson's courage using medicine and surgery to look as he envisions himself. She spends time analyzing the tactics and attitude of the prosecution and defense here, and paints an unflattering portrait of Janet Arvizo, the alleged victim's mother. Debbie Rowe, Jackson's ex- wife, stands by him. They've had their differences, but they're still friends. It's a sad process, Jefferson writes. \"At this point Michael Jackson's defense is equal to what his talent was, and that means it is extraordinary indeed.\"
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Fictionalized story of Patty Hearst
In 1995, [Christopher Sorrentino] published Sound on Sound, his first novel, which showed him to be the possessor of gifts few novelists ever acquire. The book focused on a rock band, \"Hi-Fi.\" The first chapter dealt with one night in their existence, the other chapters provided commentary, sometimes contradictory, about the band's prior and subsequent history. Though somewhat repetitive, it was a daring work that demonstrated Sorrentino's extraordinary technical facility, fine eye and ear for detail, and rich sense of humor. Now Sorrentino has come out with his second novel, Trance, a fictionalized version of [Patty Hearst]'s abduction and stay, mostly as a member in good standing, with the Symbionese Liberation Army. Hearst's name has been changed to Alice Galton, other characters in the book have been renamed and fictional elements have been introduced, though the plot is generally faithful to what happened to Hearst in 1974 and 1975. The three SLA members hook up in Manhattan with Joan Shimada, a Berkeley fugitive from earlier days who [Guy Mock] is already supporting. Shimada is more sophisticated politically than the SLA group and refuses to take orders from their chief, Teko. (Women dominated the SLA, although they installed males as figurehead leaders.) Shimada has a liberating influence on Alice, who, although she remains anti- capitalist, starts to view Teko as inept.
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