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...Larry Gonick (Harvard class of 1967) will change all that. Gonick is the author of the recently released Cartoon History of the Universe (Volumes 1-7), a milestone in the development of cartoons used for serious purposes...
Nobody can accuse Gonick of lack of ambition. The author of the Cartoon Guide to Genetics, used in Harvard genetics course and the now-defunct weekly Cartoon Kitchen has his work cut out for him: cartooning the entire history of humankind. After leaving Harvard's math department in 1972, Gonick has managed to produce seven "volumes" (read: comic books) of History so far, up to the time of Alexander the Great...
...prime-time cartoon show's evil power-plant owner with overbite, the dozing employees and a three-eyed fish named Blinky all have contributed to driving industry officials into a critical mass. But more than anything, Homer Simpson has them glowing under the collar...
...Olympic gold medal, the full range of options for professional skaters was open to him -- to wit, Ice Capades or Holiday On Ice. Signing with either established show, or with competing vehicles, would have meant performing mostly for children, vying for their attention with actors impersonating furry animals and cartoon characters. It would have meant coping with fake snow sifting from the ceiling and a clutter of chorus members on the ice. Boitano wanted nothing to do with six-performance weekends in the company of Snow White and the Seven Smurfs. "I didn't want people to come...
...many of the rights to his works and image and remains a controversial figure in his story. For those reasons, Buddy bears a striking resemblance to the 1978 film The Buddy Holly Story, starring Gary Busey, including a tendency to make saints of the singer and his wife and cartoon cads of almost everyone else. The real reason for telling Holly's story again is as an excuse for a rock concert...