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...Buddha by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical, Inc.; 2003) The key founder of the Japanese comics style, the creator of Astro Boy helped turn an entire nation into comics fans. Though it first appeared in Japan in the early 1970s, Tezuka's imaginative version of the life of the Buddha has only now appeared in English. "Buddha" exemplifies Tezuka's playful style and deeply humane themes in a work for older audiences. Full Review
...former M.D., more or less invented Japanese comics - AKA manga - during the 1950s. Part D.W. Griffith and part Walt Disney, he is revered in Japan and throughout Asia but only recently has his work been appearing in quantity in the United States. His most famous creation, "Astro Boy," a series about a powerful robot who looks like a boy, has been reprinted by Dark Horse (see the TIME.comix review.) "The Phoenix Saga," a multi-volume series considered his life's work has properly begun to appear here courtesy of Viz. Now Vertical Inc., a two-year-old publisher of translated...
...Police release a composite image of a white box truck, below, and say they are also looking for a white Astro van with a ladder rack...
...Police arrest Matthew Dowdy, right, the man who falsely claimed he saw a cream-colored Astro van fleeing the Home Depot murder...
...album is its consistency of style. The rhythms remain resolutely rocksteady and the basslines low and simple—a sharp contrast to the wealth of styles that abounded on the original album. But then, after the colossal success of the earlier album, the Gorillaz and their astro-simian buddies are content to take a less ambitious approach this time around. I defy anyone to not feel the stress massaged out of the their spines by the floor-shaking bass and cheerful, air-headed vocals...