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CDIED. FRANK KELLY FREAS, 82, artist whose career included designing posters for NASA, illustrating Isaac Asimov's science-fiction books and creating the definitive portraits of Mad magazine's grinning mascot, Alfred E. Newman, originally drawn by Norman Mingo; in West Hills, Calif...
Where other cartoonists visualize the merely incredible, David B. visualizes the invisible. Two new works, "Babel" (32 pages; $10), a comic book released by Drawn and Quarterly, and "Epileptic," his extraordinary graphic novel just arriving from Pantheon Books, find visual metaphors for such elusive concepts as dreams, the forces of history, and illness. Both the comic and the novel find these metaphors through a powerful, moving account of his brother Jean-Christophe's debilitating epilepsy...
Some students are drawn to the subjects because they have family and friends shipping out to Iraq. But many see job opportunities ahead--not just in government (the federal Homeland Security Department employs 183,000) but in industry as well. "A lot of companies are specializing in homeland-security technology," says U.S.C. Dean Max Nikias. "Everybody wants to get into this." --By Margot Roosevelt
Defensively, though, the Crimson’s blueliners, who have consistently drawn praise for effectively keeping the front of Dov Grumet-Morris’ net clear throughout the year, will have a greater challenge...
...That is not a great concern, however, since he has run his last race, and it is not a surprise to a President who tends to measure his progress by the enemies he makes. "Sometimes you're defined by your critics," he says. "My presidency is one that has drawn some fire, whether it be at home or around the world. Unfortunately, if you're doing big things, most of the time you're never going to be around to see them [to fruition], whether it be cultural change or spreading democracy in parts of the world where people just...