Search Details

Word: comicalities (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...rigorous cross-examiners. "But from where exactly in her bedroom did the wolves appear?" a skeptical 8-year-old girl wants to know. Gaiman answers with not a moment's hesitation: "A foot above her head and a little to the left." As the famed creator of entire comic-book universes, Gaiman knows the importance of detail - and it is his ability to commute between them and the real world that has expanded his fan base far beyond the fantasy-fiction clichés of teen goths and pimply geeks. Whether through film adaptations of his best-selling fiction, graphic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leader of the Pack | 4/23/2006 | See Source »

...BUZZ The set radiated bad p.r.: there were rumors of reshoots and wild budget overruns (the reported cost is a mighty $185 million). And do comic-book fans really care if Superman is a lover as well as a fighter? New guy Routh fills out the blue tights, and Spacey looks like a deliciously loony Lex Luthor, but Clark Kent might need to find a new beat. -By Lev Grossman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Run For Your Lives! The Blockbusters Are Coming! | 4/23/2006 | See Source »

WHAT'S NEW In addition to a bigger part for the under-utilized weather witch Storm (Halle Berry), X3 also has new or much-expanded roles for several mutants beloved from the comic book. White-winged Archangel appears, as does Kitty Pryde, the girl who walks through walls and who served as the imaginary girlfriend for a generation of fanboys. Watch them closely: This is the last X-Men movie, and Fox is looking for mutants who can be spun off as stand-alone franchises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Run For Your Lives! The Blockbusters Are Coming! | 4/23/2006 | See Source »

...interesting move, cutting out sections of well known songs like “America.” The best scene of the musical is that featuring the song “Gee Officer Krupke.” Incorporating over-the-top theatrics, it serves a dual role as comic relief in an otherwise serious play and as an opportunity for the cast to truly engage their roles as social outcasts. This number alone entirely compensates for the cast’s lack of energy in preceding scenes. The orchestra is the highlight of the musical, delivering the familiar tunes...

Author: By Ryshelle M. Mccadney, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'West Side Story' To the Small Stage | 4/23/2006 | See Source »

...hours on this work, and then send it to me?” Smuts’s artists must sign away all rights to their work; there is no financial compensation, and little recognition.Smuts recounts an anecdote relating to one set of tiles he received from a Chicago comic-book artist that seemed to get at the driving feeling behind participation in the project. The package containing the tiles was covered in comic panels (themselves pixels of a larger work), and the artist had included a copy of one of his self-published comic books. The title of the book...

Author: By Alexander B. Fabry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Getting Lost in the Digital Wallpaper | 4/22/2006 | See Source »

Previous | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 | Next