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...events of August suggested that Kerry's team was not yet quick or smart enough. Unlike in February, when Kerry was less well known, by August the Bush team had constructed a cartoon narrative of Kerry as a phony, unprincipled opportunist. When the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth launched its ads claiming that Kerry had embellished his war record, the accusations fell on fertile soil. Quite apart from Red America, in the purple enclaves of Missouri and Ohio, there were plenty of voters who would hear the charges on cable or online and believe there was something to them. Only...
...challenges, "Bone" proved to be so polished and enjoyable the series grew into a beloved, multiple-award winning favorite of kids and adults. Earlier this year, after 55 issues, Smith concluded the epic story. Newly collected into one volume, "Bone" is now a mammoth 1300-page, economically priced ($40; Cartoon Books) graphic novel combining the mythical scope of the "Lord of the Rings" cycle with the visual delights of the early Disney movies...
Though the title sounds grim it actually refers to the stars of the series, cousins Fone Bone, Smiley Bone and Phoney Bone, who couldn't be less threatening. Like the Hobbits, the Bones are a peculiar-looking, diminutive race. They are pure cartoon - cute and pantsless, with four fingers on each hand and smooth, rounded, sexless bodies. At first their personalities are similarly simple. Fone, the dreamy one, must constantly get out of the scrapes created by Phoney, the avaricious schemer, and Smiley, a goofball comic foil whose tongue hangs out like a friendly dog's. Over the book...
...pieces, such as the Great Cow Race, where Phoney introduces a "mystery cow" - actually Smiley in a costume - convincing the locals to go for this sucker bet over the favorite: Gran'ma Ben(!). The final race turns into a raucously funny slapstick worthy of a classic Chuck Jones cartoon. "Bone" keeps the comic in comix, without being juvenile, in a smart but universally funny way that has become all too rare in the form...
...release, Sha Ra Ra Ra, Mehndi is trying to keep pace with the times by adding what he describes as a moodier "jazz and blues" sound. But he's having a hard time keeping out the fun. At a recent recording session in Bombay, he still looked like a cartoon king, decked out in a black turban with sequined band, gold bracelets and chains, and a bright red designer shirt. ("I want the fans to look at Daler Mehndi like a maharajah," Mehndi explains.) He still has the same spring-soled bounce and huge smile. And, in the studio...