Word: humors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Good and Evil" is a curious cut on Rei Momo that imposes tension and humor into a Rumba/Llesa sound. Lamenting that "Good and evil, good and evil/They turned 'em loose, they turned into people," this song combines piano and the bata instrumentation of Milton Cardona, Marc Quinones and Jose Mangual, Jr. to reflect the stresses of opposing positive and negative forces. The ending fades into the distance with a melody pattern not unlike a top 40 love song that takes a sharp turn from the salsa; in the context of all the varieties on the album, however, it is thoroughly...
...irritating to me. I often took my place feeding the ink-caked flatbed press that would lunge back and forth printing the pages. Each press run took nearly three hours, sheet by sheet. There was no escape. All eyes bored into my back. Patience was required, craftsmanship demanded, good humor expected. On hot summer nights, after taking the papers to the post office, I would stand with my Uncle John at the makeup stone, and we would throw the old lead back into the scoops to be remelted and used again. We would sip Pepsis and talk about printing...
What could be more American than Good Humor ice cream? Or the 60-year-old fizz of Alka-Seltzer? Or the Thermos bottle? Well, these familiar trademarks now belong to someone else: the Dutch and the British, the West Germans and the Japanese, respectively. So do such U.S.-born corporate names as Smith Corona, Brooks Brothers and Pillsbury (all British); General Electric TV sets and home electronics (French); Wilson Sporting Goods (Finnish); and Carnation (Swiss). Last year foreign investors acquired nearly 400 U.S. businesses, worth a total of $60 billion. That was 61% more than the previous year and represented...
...throws a brick at a cat, who constantly forgives the mouse for his attacks, Krazy Kat loves the mouse, but a dog cop loves Krazy Kat and arrests the mouse every time he throws a brick. The strip has long been acclaimed for its avant garde landscape and subtle humor. If Breathed is trying to revive the themes of "Krazy Kat," he should stop now before he embarrasses himself...
...Outland" does not even integrate humor and surrealism as well as G.B. Trudeau's "Doonesbury." Breathed's "Bloom County," though funny in its commentary on 1980s culture, was basically "Doonesbury" with funny animals. By the looks of "Outland," Breathed is still playing in Trudeau's shadow. If you want artistic adventurism in the comic pages, look to Trudeau's talking cigarette or his personification of Old Man History. Or look to Zippy the Pinhead. Or look to Life In Hell. Or even to Calvin and Hobbes...