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Some 900 works are on display in what John Carlin, a curator of the show, describes as "an art history of comics. When I started doing research, I felt this was a lost continent. Comics are one of the most important forms of artistic expression in America, and they were never given proper attention." To focus that attention, Carlin and fellow curator Brian Walker selected 15 artists who created their own visual languages and did so with distinctive graphic grace and power...
WHAT OTHER STAND-UP COMICS INFLUENCED YOU? Cosby, Carlin, Robert Klein. Bill Cosby was the one I related to the most. He had brothers; I had brothers. He played ball at Temple; I belonged to a temple...
...Paul Carlin could deal with snow, rain and the gloom of night, but the U.S. Postal Service finally succeeded in staying him from his appointed rounds. After only twelve months as Postmaster General, the 16-year postal careerist, age 54, was fired last week by the Postal Service Board of Governors. His replacement as the 66th successor to Benjamin Franklin: Albert Casey, 65, a tough manager who retired as chairman and chief executive of American Airlines last year...
...Carlin's tenure, one of the briefest in history, was abbreviated by a need for more forceful management. Said Board Chairman John McKean: "The governors did lose confidence in Mr. Carlin. We think we can do better." Helped by increases in all postal rates, including a boost in first-class stamps from 20¢ to 22¢ last February, the service ran a $479 million surplus in the final quarter of 1985 and was carrying more mail than ever, 140 billion pieces to 73.8 million businesses and households last year. Carlin, though, was seen as cut from the old post-office mold...
Casey's term, however, will probably be even briefer than Carlin's. He plans to serve only six to nine months, while the governors find a permanent replacement. After experience in railroads, publishing and airlines, Casey said, "I want to dip my toe in every pool. I hope to do the job and move...