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...move that seems more like a smart company's buy-in rather than an artist's sell-out, DC comics has just finished publishing Gilbert Hernandez' five-issue "Grip: The Strange World of Men." With his brother Jaime, Gilbert's work on "Love and Rockets" set the benchmark for an entire generation of post-underground comix artists. (They were selected as one of TIME's 21st Century Innovators.) Though the publisher better known for its superhero "properties" clearly didn't know quite what to do with it, Hernandez's "Grip" combines all the elements that have gone into making...
...Grip" uses the 1950s crime, horror and sci-fi genre comicbooks as the guide for a new, postmodern comix narrative. Hernandez sets the tone by beginning each of the five issues with a full-page mock cover of a 10-cent pulp book: "Grip of Fear," "Grippingly Romantic Western Mystery," etc. But once inside, the rules have clearly changed. Freaks, unrepentant violence, monsters and sex have been jumbled into a dizzy story that sends up the genres it revels in as much as it honors them...
...Echo makes a friend in Gilbert Hernandez' "Grip...
...Unlike nearly all of Gilbert's previous work, "Grip" has been published in color. This makes sense for a send-up of the old four-color books. The bright color scheme combined with Hernandez' thick-lined, cartoony drawing style makes for a more punchy comedic effect than his black and white work...
SOCCER The Fight For FIFA He may not preside over any specific territory, but make no mistake: Sepp Blatter, the current head of FIFA, global football's governing body, has vast influence over his organization and an iron grip on international football. For almost four years, Blatter has deployed his lieutenants and outwitted his opponents to keep his place at the head of football's premier table. But in the past few weeks, he has appeared to be losing control over the house of FIFA. Soccer may be the beautiful game, but the body that governs it is riven with...