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...goes beyond its ambiguity of meaning. Herriman's images and language make for pure, direct pleasure. The characters live in a fantastical desert landscape made of potted Joshua trees, adobe jails and giant disembodied elephant's feet. As Krazy argues with Ignatz over whether summer comes before winter the background magically changes from panel to panel - Ignatz on a road; Ignatz atop a mesa; Ignatz in a birdbath, etc. Herriman's simple device to keep readers entertained both narratively and visually goes right the heart of a pure comic art. Cartooning has no obligations to reality except that of eternal...
...This is something you would never see in Korea,” Yang said. “But it shows that, regardless of our background, we share a common immigrant experience, an experience that is vibrant and changing...
...gloriously united Albarn’s wailing fallen-cherub falsetto and a gritty, turn-table led melody with an eerie, unsettling video. “Tomorrow Comes Today,” the band’s new single, knit together accelerated London cityscape footage to create a background for the band members. Yet in the end, the band reprised both “Clint Eastwood” and “Tomorrow Comes Today,” with slightly different video footage, for their encore, before Hewlett sent us on our way with a final bit of cartoon-video nonsense...
...this less frantic idea even further, “The State We’re In” is a slow, sad electronic ballad. Who would have thought such a song possible from the kings of the frantic, distorted electric beat? That idea is still present though, permeating the background, and at the end of the song it takes over. Feel the need to bounce...
...citizens between the ages of 23 and 36 who are in excellent physical condition and have completed a 4-year college degree. Flexibility is key: new agents must be willing to take an assignment anywhere, at any time, for at least four years. Drug tests and background checks are also required. Under the new guidelines, a law degree is enough to qualify you for consideration, as is a BA plus two years of work experience. If you're proficient in Russian, Spanish or, better yet, Pashto, you're also in luck...