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People say that John Keats' ghost haunts his house below Rome's Spanish Steps. And, according to legend, a dragon lurks beneath the columns of Castor and Pollux's temple in the Forum. These are just a few of the tidbits to be found within the new Rome edition of The Ruyi, a series of guidebooks (www.theruyi.com) that turn visits to Italian cities into intriguing treasure hunts...
...Church carnival, a veritable menagerie in a two-bedroom apartment.I guess I grew up in a family where pets were members of the family. My childless aunt and uncle sent us photos of their Scottie dogs every few months, and queries about the cats (“How are Castor and Pollux?”) always followed the personal greeting when we called my grandmother. One of the Presbyterian goldfish lived for five years with my three cats drinking out of his bowl. I had named him Crackers, which in hindsight is an incredibly funny and racially charged name...
...ROUGH EDGES: a page from C.F.'s "Castor and Pollux" in "Kramer's Ergot...
...with characters doing something in every corner. Besides a fearlessness of "blowing up" edgy creators, Harkham's boldness also shows itself in a willingness to expose the materials of comix. The typically taboo corners, edges and surfaces of the original artwork have been made fully visible in some cases. "Castor and Pollux," a poetic single page by an artist known as "C.F." appears on a piece of torn-out spiral notepaper, complete with the rough fringe on the left edge. Souther Salazar's "Fervler 'n Razzle," features the antics of a pair of doodles on whatever surface the artist seems...
...says he is the "testament of the American Dream." He's also part of the President's dream; the White House picked Martinez to help Bush win Hispanic votes. The vitriol Martinez aimed at his chief rival in the primary turned off many Floridians. Now he faces Betty Castor, 63, a moderate former state education commissioner, who touts herself as a seamless replacement for popular retiring Senator Bob Graham...