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...contrast to such self-important autobiographies as Joe Esterhaz's Hollywood kiss-and-tell, comix have long been a haven for the story of the little guy. The marginalized nature of the medium has meant that virtually anyone can afford to put out a comic about his or her life. Harvey Pekar's "American Splendor," about the travails of a Cleveland file clerk, has become the best known ordinary-guy autobiography, but virtually every great cartoonist of the last twenty years has tried their hand at it. Two recent graphic novels are perfect examples of comix' ability to capture...
...viewed architects as celebrities, Louis I. Kahn’s life would have been made into an “E! True Hollywood Story” a long time ago. Kahn battled early obstacles–a fire that permanently disfigured his face, his family’s immigration from Estonia to America—to become a celebrated designer of famous buildings all over the world. Then he lost it all, falling deep into debt and finally dying of a heart attack in a train station restroom. Thirty years after his death, Kahn’s son has created...
Unsurprisingly, that writing process was an intensely personal one. Though his string of critical successes has no doubt brought a wide range of Hollywood stars within his reach, Kaufman says he paid no attention to casting possibilities as he wrote...
...revenge fantasy of a boy forced to take piano lessons under the stern eye of Dr. Terwilliker, whose mad ambition (in the boy's dream) is to have 500 boys play a piece of his at the world's largest piano. The project was a nightmare for Geisel, too. "Hollywood is not suited for me," he said when it was over, "and I am not suited for it." He rebelled, futilely, when Kramer insisted that a love interest be added to Geisel's. Geisel hated all the compromises of a studio production, the sapping of his vision. He recalled that...
...Between "Dr. T." and his next Hollywood job, Geisel had vaulted from an author whose children's books sold steadily to the top of the best-seller list. "The Cat in the Hat," with a vocabulary of only 225 words, opened up the joys and sheer, surrealist fun of reading to pre-schoolers. Also, the Hollywood producer who wanted to work with Geisel was his old Private SNAFU friend Chuck Jones. They were kindred spirits: Chuck used fake-Latin names for his Road Runner and Coyote, as Ted had for his Esso-lube beasties. The cute, round-faced Jones even...