Word: barues
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Dates: during 2002-2002
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...Road to America" (Drawn and Quarterly; 56pp.; $14.95), a graphic novella by the French artist known as Baru (né Hervé Baruléa) hopes to make a worldwide impact this June when it gets simultaneously published in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. A sports comic with themes of race and identity, set at a time reminiscent to current events, "Road to America" goes for the knockout, but wins instead by decision...
...printed in full color on large, nearly nine by twelve, heavy, off-white paper, it looks fantastic. Layers of translucent watercolor seem to have soaked into the paper, achieving one of the most varied and spectacular of palates I've seen in a comicbook. Typical of European comic-making Baru puts his stylized characters into carefully-detailed, realistic settings. While its setting becomes nostalgic, its sense of danger does not. Filled with paranoia, prejudice and terrorism, the time and place have a particular resonance...
...Like a quick three-rounder between a pair of pretty boys, Baru's "Road to America" is a little too short and a little too obvious, but it's still beautiful to look...
...Southeast Asia, meetings - sometimes several a month - between representatives of militant Islamic groups and their al-Qaeda financiers continue to take place in Malaysia: in cheap hotels and guest houses outside Kuala Lumpur, in the beach resort of Port Dickson and in the cities of Melaka and Johore Baru across the strait from Singapore. "These groups use the Internet to set up the venue and date for their meetings," says Mat, the arms trader. "The messages are sent in encrypted codes. For example, MILF might want 3,000 M-16s and the al-Qaeda member will agree...