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...Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, about a quartet of mutant superheroes, has been three TV series and a movie. Now Tim Story (Barbershop) tries to please both fans and civilians. The tricky thing about a comic-book franchise is that if you make a movie pure enough for the cultists, it may confuse Joe Multiplex. "I remember when the fans found out Spider-Man wasn't going to have web shooters," Story says. "It was like a march on Washington. But the spirit of Spider-Man was captured, and so they relinquished that fight. I'm kind of in the same...
...Time Traveler Convention” was organized by MIT graduate student Amal Dorai after he was struck by a thought-provoking line in the comic strip “Cat and Girl...
...comic tonic came at a helpful moment for the Bush operation, which is off to one of the slowest second-term starts in memory. The President's plan for an overhaul of Social Security is flat on its back, and most Washington Republicans privately say it's unlikely to get back up. Bush's popularity is sagging again, as gasoline prices have jumped, the economy has struggled to show sustained momentum, and American casualties in Iraq are mounting. Several veteran reporters at the White House correspondents' dinner noted that one reason the comedy routine fell to Laura was that Bush...
Stevens’ work does show promise, as is indicated by his acquisition of a grant from the Xeric Foundation, a non-profit corporation offering financial assistance to self-publishing comic book creators. Although “Guilty” does not entirely live up to its potential, its artwork and the narrative it embodies hold the kind of profound and simple truth that could one day make for something great...
Both the attention-challenged fan looking for a bit of comic relief before reading period and the theater fanatic should venture to this cozy production of “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” in for a peculiar and unique mix of art, science, and theater...