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...reality is that the majority of those workers are workers of color,” he said...
...start with you need to find "Zippy." Residents of cities without a newspaper smart enough to run "Zippy" - such as, incredibly, New York - can catch up using the "Zippy Annual," (Fantagraphics Books; 144pp.; $19.95). The 2001 edition appeared late last year and includes over three hundred daily and Sunday color strips. Most feature Zippy, a polka-dotted-muu-muu-wearing jester with a head in the shape of a soft-serve ice-cream cone. Having his brain squeezed into such a tiny space grants Zippy a kind of American culture satori - he exists entirely in the moment - instantly obsessed with...
...fine pen work. Because of the reduced reprint size for most strips, only the most simplistic scribblers get rewarded. While many other strips look as if the cartoonists held the pen in their teeth, Griffith actually shades his work for depth and weight. The Sunday strips likewise use the color for effect rather than being merely colored-in. One Sunday strip has just two panels. The left shows a vibrant, eclectic city street and says, "Good for you." The right panel of a bleached, single-story, desolate mall reads...
Foxx is best known as a comedian--on TV's In Living Color and The Jamie Foxx Show, and he's appeared in half a dozen mostly forgettable big-screen comedies. But he started getting serious in 1999 with a bravura performance as an ego-driven quarterback in Oliver Stone's football drama, Any Given Sunday. "Chris Tucker beat me to the slot of big comedy," he says. "Chris Rock has his own slot. Will's got his slot. So do Martin Lawrence and all those guys. I got lucky in getting the chance to do something dramatic...
Fortunately, nature has given us a handy rule of thumb. Many of the very chemicals that make foods good for us are the ones that give them color, turning blueberries blue, spinach green and carrots deep orange. For optimum health, scientists say, eat a rainbow of colors. Your plate should look like a box of Crayolas...