Word: europeanize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...some other nations consider to be as important as film or novels--the comic strip. Although Americans have started to cultivate taste for the work of artists and animators from Japan, where comics have been "taken seriously" for years, realization has yet to hit the U.S. that our Western European neighbors have been developing the graphic narrative into an adult, provocative art form for decades. The French, once again, are light-years ahead...
...European Comics, an exhibition at the Boston Public Library, is a traveling display co-sponsored by a number of European-affiliated Boston organizations; its goal is "to introduce European comics to the American public on the 100th anniversary of comics in the United States." The material that has been chosen is interesting and engaging, and the documentation offers a fairly thorough look at the development of comics in French-speaking Western Europe over the last fifty years. Unfortunately, the supporting information is not as richly detailed as it could be, nor does it offer any background material on the history...
...first appearance of the "clean line" style of Herge, the creator and artist of the now-institutionalized mystery/adventure comic "Tintin," starring the plucky boy reporter and his faithful dog, Snowy. The influence of Herge's style has persisted through half a century and has influenced artists throughout the Western European cultural sphere. For demonstration, the exhibit offers thoughtfully selected examples by artists from Holland, Italy, Belgium, France, Switzerland and Spain...
LONDON: As his Conservative Party teeters on the brink of defeat for the first time in 18 years, Prime Minister John Major called a national election for May 1. Deprived of its majority in parliament and assailed on all fronts, from health care to European Union policy, the Conservatives trail the Labour Party by as much as 27 percentage points in the polls. Labour, the party once known for its nationalizing fervor and close union ties, now styles itself as a more progressive version of the Conservative Party. Like Major, Labour leader Tony Blair promises to be tough on crime...
LONDON: As his Conservative Party teeters on the brink of defeat for the first time in 18 years, Prime Minister John Major called a national election for May 1. Deprived of its majority in parliament and assailed on all fronts, from health care to European Union policy, the Conservatives trail the Labour Party by as much as 27 percentage points in the polls. Labour, the party once known for its nationalizing fervor and close union ties, now styles itself as a more progressive version of the Conservative Party. Like Major, Labour leader Tony Blair promises to be tough on crime...