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...Contract with God," published in 1978, gets the credit for being the first graphic novel, though it was not actually the first long-form graphic story nor the first use of the phrase. It was, however, the first marriage of the term, which appeared on the cover, and the intent of "serious" comix in book form. "It was intended as a departure from the standard, what we call 'comic book format,'" Will Eisner recently told TIME.comix. "I sat down and tried to do a book that would physically look like a 'legitimate' book and at the same time write about...
...fall of Japan’s revered samurai warrior class as the country modernized, wiping out lingering traces of its feudal past. Starring Tom Cruise as an American civil war veteran hired to train Japan’s first modern army and Ken Watanabe, it is a film intent on celebrating the samurai way of life, which is governed by the principles of its honor-based moral code, “bushido...
...wake of a petition campaign encouraging the University to withdraw from its investments in Israeli firms, Summers cautioned, “Serious and thoughtful people are advocating and taking actions that are anti-Semitic in their effect if not their intent...
...songs are all ache and attitude--classic-rock gold--but Adams has paired them with a simultaneously released, 14-song EP, Love Is Hell, which he accurately describes as "suicide music," a series of pulseless love dirges. The pairing is guaranteed to confuse everyone, which was probably his intent. Says Luke Lewis, president of Adams' record label: "Ryan's never been a pain in the ass to me personally, but professionally he's a handful...
...really despise ideologues,” Schumer declared before announcing his intent to “prevent hard-right ideologues from taking over the bench...