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...only disappointment readers of the comic may feel is that director and co-writer Terry Zwigoff (who last did "Crumb," about the underground comix master) turns the focus of the movie more on Enid and her emerging relationship with Seymour rather than the girls' friendship. The book enjoys its reputation primarily for the uncanny naturalness and intimacy of the two girls' banter as they constantly affirm each other with "I know," or refer to each other's past history with questions like "Isn't that the thing David Lipton gave you in the fifth grade?" Much of the book...
...Tips for hipsters The last movie with any sort of non-superhero, "underground" comix origin seems to be "Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat," a 1974 sequel to "Fritz the Cat," based on the Robert Crumb character. Am I wrong? Write me Watch for Clowes' artwork making a cameo in Seymour's "Cook's Chicken Inn" scrapbook as well as a masterfully saccharine unicorn in an art display. Similarly, Robert Crumb's daughter, Sophie, contributed all of Enid's drawings. Lastly, stick through the end credits for an alternate Seymour scene...
...started to wonder if this was the path I wanted to be on. Did I want to follow two of my immediate predecessors into working for Sports Illustrated, the Bible of my youth? Did I want to trail overpaid athletes with a tape recorder, hoping I had gotten the crumb of a quote to separate my story from a rival's? Did I want to sit in an office, orchestrating a section from my desk, waiting for my minions to bring their "big scoops" about the contract negotiations for a new shortstop...
...rendering light and texture. Instead of building up forms with continuous movements of the brush, he used tiny luminous highlights, pasty dots and spots bringing more dissolved areas of light into focus. These gave a startling effect of studied, textural distinctness. It's as though you see every crumb in a cut loaf, every thread in a tapestry...
...American Splendor," the world's most low-key comic, has been around for twenty five years. Each issue contains several short non-fiction pieces written by Harvey Pekar, a Cleveland, Ohio native, and drawn by many different artists, including Robert Crumb. With his mostly autobiographical stories, Pekar has fearlessly pursued the mundanities of life: going to the market, shoveling snow, talking with co-workers, and elevated them to a work of art. The latest issue, published by Dark Horse comics, "American Splendor: Portrait of the Artist in His Declining Years," has been released as a "Special 25-Year Anniversary Issue...