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...Eisner went on to a 25-year career as a pioneer in the field of comics as educational material. Later, in 1978, his book "A Contract with God" appeared, published by a small press. Twenty-five years after this first-ever "graphic novel," Eisner's latest book, "Fagin the Jew" (128 pp.; $15.95), has just been published by Doubleday, an imprint of the very mainstream book publisher Random House...
...only place where nearly all the American comic publishers gather under one roof. Consequently it becomes like a dense star that pulls creators of every genre into its orbit. Fans can go crazy trying to find them all, from the venerable Will Eisner (who was previewing his latest book "Fagin the Jew") to Harvey Pekar (stumping for the "American Splendor" movie) to Alex Ross (previewing the new hardcover of his painted superhero art) to Michael Chabon (previewing his comic "The Escapist," based on the character in "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.") The number of creators easily reached several...
...People who have worked with Hasan claim he's simply a con man, a real-life Fagin who uses children for profit. Hasan "is a man of bad character," says Idris Luis Freitas (he is not related to him), who helped find recruits for Hasan in the 1990s. "It's nothing to do with whether he's a Muslim or not, he's just bad. He takes the names of the children and uses them to make proposals to charities for funding, then uses the money for himself. Without the children it would be impossible for Freitas to raise funds...
Cyberzines may represent a relatively recent alternative to hard copy publishing, with the advantage of more writers having access to more work from more places. But the possibility exists that the good writing-which, Fagin and North agree, can take years to be recognized as such-might be deleted before it achieves any critical acclaim...
...anti-academic poetry find its way into the academy?" Fagin asks. "At a reading a couple of weeks ago I was listening to the trip John was taking people on in his works wondering what the hell they were getting out of it. And I asked John, "how it was that you ever became famous at all?" And he doesn't know, he still doesn't know." Fagin acknowledges that "part of the problems is personalities." North, hardly a household name, will probably never receive the same kind of attention as Ashbery, someone who has become "famous for being famous...