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Born in Omaha, Neb. in 1937, Ruscha is commonly characterized as a member of the Pop Art movement, though his work—which includes paintings, prints, and photographic books—defies categorization. Most notably, Ruscha has sought to explore the place of language in visual art in paintings like “Standard Station,” perhaps his most famous, and another in which dark clouds loom behind the words “SAFE AND EFFECTIVE MEDICATION...
SHEILA BOERNER North Platte, Neb...
...getting ready for Philadelphia’s camp at the end of August, while Tom Cavanagh (San Jose Sharks ’01) and Brendan Bernakevitch (free agent) will also be looking to play next season, the latter possibly for Calgary’s AHL affiliate in Omaha, Neb...
...during the book's best sequence, about a trip to Yellowstone National Park. What could be more American than a road trip to Yellowstone? A month and a half's worth of strips detail the adventures, with each daily location noted in the lower corner, "Cedar Rapids, IA ? Hastings, Neb. ? Yuma, Col.," etc. It may be the first ever cartoon travelogue. King's interest in America's pastoral wilderness would become a recurring theme in the series, especially in the color Sunday strips. (The publisher intends to reprint them separately.) The color Sundays reveal King's extraordinary visual imagination, often...
...effort, the fate of these rural towns may have more to do with their proximity to a large city than anything they can do for themselves. Last October the Center for Rural Affairs in Lyons, Neb., published a study on land giveaways that concluded, "The most successful projects are those towns close to and within easy commuting distance of larger cities." That's where the jobs are, pure and simple...