Word: graphically
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...most refreshing films of the year, American Splendor skillfully manipulates the medium of film in the same way last year’s Adaptation toyed with the basic structures of the screenplay. Splendor’s foundation is the life of chronically cantankerous graphic artist Harvey Pekar, whose series of autobiographic comic books in the ’70s and ’80s captured the innate complexities of a simple existence and ultimately revolutionized the comic book industry. These books had a number of different illustrators, and the varying styles are translated by directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert...
...wasn't easy for Bill Thielker to believe it when his doctor diagnosed him as depressed--mostly because he wasn't terribly sad. The 54-year-old landscape photographer and graphic designer felt lousy, all right--empty, unmotivated, detached from the people around him. But that was more or less how he'd always felt. "It was normal for me," he says. "I didn't realize anything was wrong. I just assumed life sucks and that's that...
...that appeared in newspapers from 1939 to 1952, 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...
...article about the popularity of graphic novels and the serious topics they explore [BOOKS, Aug. 25], writer Lev Grossman showed an incredible lack of respect for comic-book writers and artists. His comment that graphic novels are underestimated because they "look just like their less evolved forebears, comic books" was insulting. Comic books, even the ones about superheroes, deserve far more respect. And they can be just as visually creative and well written as the rather pretentious "adult" graphic novels described in his report. MICHAEL W. LIMBERG Burbank, Calif...
...Killing of Uday "Hot on Saddam's Trail" described in graphic detail the military's hunt for Saddam Hussein and the killing of his two sons [Aug. 11]. I was horrified by the description of the death of Uday Hussein, which said a soldier "pumped two bullets into Uday's mouth, to ensure his death." This was sickening. I reject the cold-blooded stalking and killing of any human being cornered like an animal, even a murderous dictator and his family. This was an extreme example of American savagery and violence. Why weren't Uday and Qusay brought to trial...