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...Afghanistan and Back," makes a fascinating contribution as both comix and journalism. Though Ted Rall's relentlessly snarky editorialization limits his usefulness as a historian, he takes full advantage of the medium's strength as a you-are-there tool. With this book Rall finds news in the world and a new kind of comix journalism...
...first emo band was Rites of Spring, a punk quartet named for the Stravinsky composition that caused a riot after its 1913 debut. When skinheads took over the Washington punk scene in the mid-'80s, Rites of Spring singer Guy Picciotto decided to change punk from a medium that glamorized aggression to one in which strength was measured by a band's willingness to share its pain with its listeners...
...pulling 4,000 men out of peacekeeping duties in Sierra Leone and stationing them along its eastern frontier. It is considering withdrawing thousands more of its soldiers from the coalition hunt for al-Qaeda fugitives on the Afghanistan border. On Saturday, it performed a provocative test of a medium-range Ghauri missile. With mutual nuclear annihilation as the ultimate escalation, the subcontinent once again regained its status, in Bill Clinton's phrase, as "the most dangerous place on earth...
...habits and aspirations, psychoses and strengths, triumphs and disappointments. Brazil's beautiful game. France's Les Bleus. Italy's Azurri. Nigeria's Super Eagles. They are more than teams. They are 11-man embodiments of national pride and passion. And yet the World Cup may be the only medium where national pride can be flagrantly, vividly manifest without diplomats being recalled and troops mobilized. The Cup will provide a joyous month?a cosmic moment?when we can for once set aside and even celebrate our cultural differences, in the midst of an era that sometimes seems all too ugly...
...COMICS MAKES A MINT OFF LURID BOOKS LIKE "TALES FROM THE CRYPT" BUT IS ALMOST PUT OUT OF BUSINESS BY A CENSORIOUS COMICS CODE. ALL COMIC SALES PLUMMET, AND THE MEDIUM SUFFERS...