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Printed on off-white paper with black ink and a very subtle gray tone for shading Sturm has a simple comix style that perfectly complements the kind of Americana he writes about. He uses old photographs for reference, particularly when drawing the players in action, but distills the details down to the fuzziness of memory. It feels like looking at an old snapshot album that actually tells a story...
...writ of the international tribunal does not extend beyond the sidewalk outside its chambers. Like many other international institutions, from the IMF to NATO, the tribunal is a subsidiary of Pax Americana. These institutions are granted more or less formal independence, but absent the U.S., they are powerless...
...label specializes in alternative country or Americana--music with a sense of tradition and a neoteric edge (on Essence, Williams sings "shoot your love into my vein"). Lewis doesn't like such format names, but it fits. "A lot of kids feel that a lot of contemporary music is a bit too polished," he says. "Just as there's a growing affinity for roots-oriented rap, I think there's a growing audience for roots-oriented country that's stripped down and not overproduced." He cites as proof the commercial success of the million-selling, bluegrass-infused O Brother Where...
...Saturday, when every other network goes fishin'. It does seem a tough sell: a family drama about a former senator (James Cromwell) trying to reconnect with his three grown daughters in Seattle (let's hope none of them are wolves). On the plus side, given the swelling Americana theme music, some viewers may think it's "The West Wing." Meanwhile, "The Agency," from movie director Wolfgang Petersen, is a drama about the brave, honest men and women of the CIA. Yes, the '60s were a long, long time...
Through it all, the every-increasing fan base has remained fervently loyal. The comic book industry has grown into a lucrative business and an entertainment heavyweight with close ties to Hollywood. And perhaps more importantly it has become an integral part of Americana. As the writer Harlan Ellison once said, “Comics are one of only five art forms native to the United States” (the others being jazz, the banjo, the musical comedy and the mystery novel...