Word: confrontational
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...trip," he recalled images he used to love - and copy - as a kid and realized cute cartoon animals were actually "grotesque and nightmarish," says Peter Poplaski, longtime friend and co-author of The R. Crumb Handbook (MQ Publications; 442 pages), published last month. Crumb has recently begun to confront his personal history in his work. In the strip Walkin' the Streets (2004), he shows himself strolling at night with his older brother, Charles, locked in intense mental exchange. Charles killed himself in 1995. Crumb has also drawn their addicted mother, who tried - and failed miserably - to maintain the facade...
...tell all. "I'm on a mission," she says. "For much of my adult life I have talked the talk of feminism and then given up my voice to keep relationships intact. And in my third act, presuming I live to be about 90, I've decided to confront it. This is not just my story. It's true for many women. And I want to socially inoculate as many girls, and boys too, as possible to let them know it doesn't have to be this way. Resist...
...tell all. "I'm on a mission," she says. "For much of my adult life I have talked the talk of feminism and then given up my voice to keep relationships intact. And in my third act, presuming I live to be about 90, I've decided to confront it. This is not just my story. It's true for many women. And I want to socially inoculate as many girls, and boys too, as possible to let them know it doesn't have to be this way. Resist...
...year-old group called the Civil Homeland Defense Corps, he is spearheading a new Minuteman Project that will place volunteers at quarter-mile intervals to watch a busy 50-mile stretch of border for the entire month of April. The goal, he says, is not to confront migrants but to monitor and report their locations to the U.S. Border Patrol...
...Meanwhile, since ending a five-year hiatus in 1998 - which feuding band members at the time suspected would be permanent - New Order finally discovered the courage to confront its painful origins. "We were so glad to be back together, it just felt the time was right to start playing Joy Division songs again," says Sumner. "Also, it was the best way we could think of remembering Ian. It was almost like bringing him back to life - or as much as we could." Yet another reason for fans to be cheerful...