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...film, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese commander, rips a page off a calendar to show Dec. 7; in Japan the shot will reveal Dec. 8, which is when the attack occurred Tokyo time. But other changes were made for those reasons of cultural sensitivity. In the U.S. version, Alec Baldwin, playing Lieut. Colonel James Doolittle, declares that if he's shot down during a retaliatory air raid on Tokyo, he plans to crash his plane in such a way as to "kill as many of those bastards as possible." In Japanese subtitles, that line is vague: "I myself would choose...
...took a cue from the Titanic playbook and composed a central fictional love story. Two strapping pilots (Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett), friends since boyhood, fall for a hot nurse (Kate Beckinsale). Ultimate sacrifices ensue. Authentic figures such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Jon Voight), Lieut. Colonel James H. Doolittle (Alec Baldwin) and heroic black mess attendant Doris "Dorie" Miller (Cuba Gooding Jr.) appear in supporting roles, and the backdrop reaches for historical accuracy--at least until it gets in the way of the main story...
...Alec: How to be an Artist" can be found in better comicbook stores and through Eddie Campbell's American agent Top Shelf Productions. Eddie Campbell also has a personal website
...Alec: How to be an Artist," uses Campbell's long-time alter-ego, Alec MacGarry, to tell the story of his struggling years. Using this tether Campbell dives into and returns from extended caveats on subjects like the history of the industry during the '80s "boom-years," the difference between craft and art, and the challenges of remaining an Artist in such an historically disposable medium. Thus it bounces from essay, to history, to criticism, to autobiography in a way I haven't seen comix try before...
...instructional book, "Alec: How to be an Artist," applies to only one person: Eddie Campbell. Campbell cops to this right in the title, with that "Alec" part. Other artists will do better by taking the book's combination of memoir and essay as an example of comix' mostly untested non-fiction possibilities. The rest of us casual readers will treat the book like a smorgasbord, and take away those very nice parts that appeal most...