Word: chipping
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...Either of those terms seems preferable to the striving, mostly-inaccurate "graphic novel." But some would argue against any such terminology. Chip Kidd, book designer and "graphic novel" editor at Pantheon, an imprint of the giant trade publisher Random House, loathes the ghettoizing of such books, starting with their name. "What I don't like is when we have to categorize everything in order to appreciate or understand it," he wrote in an email. "At Pantheon, we do not see these books as part of a 'line,' or a 'program' any more than we would books...
...Most big bookstores, like Barnes & Noble and Borders, put all the graphic novels together in one place. Trade bookstores have become an increasingly important outlet for comic publishers so the strategy for selling them on the floor has become critical. Should Superman, manga and "Maus," sit side by side? Chip Kidd, among many others, can't stand this. "I truly believe that Spiegelman's 'Maus' should be shelved next to Elie Wiesel and Primo Levi, not next to the X-Men. Maus is a Holocaust memoir first and a comicbook second." Micha Hershman, the graphic novel buyer for the Borders...
...service to Australian tourism." Then he grabbed a bag of Doritos and sat down cross-legged for a chat about rugby. He was smart, funny and spontaneous. With his hair cut short, a week's worth of growth crowding his round face and his chubby hand digging in the chip bag, he looked like a very comfortable bear. After a while, Crowe suggested we paddle back to his apartment on the Woolloomooloo wharf. Moments later, the two of us were slicing through the waves. "I've got a wet ass," he shouted across the water...
Stephanie G. Nieto felt the same way, “Who doesn’t like ice cream?” she said, enjoying a bite of chocolate chip Breyers...
...Pain, manager Sushil Upadhyan says several people a week hold the bun or foccacia on their sandwich, or ask for only one slice. ABP’s new “zero trans fat” pastry advertisement has increased sales of pumpkin, chocolate chip and blueberry muffins, and Upadhyan says more people are switching to skim milk in their coffee...