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Miriam Katin's We Are On Our Own (Drawn & Quarterly; 128 pages; $20) can be read in less than hour, thanks to its page-turning true tale of life and death during the Nazi occupation of Hungary. Still, the return on such a short investment of time is an unforgettable tale of a mother's courage in the face of nightmarish cruelty. Along the way, it explores the precarious nature of religious faith, which for some can be stretched too thin for suspension...
...practicing her visual narrative skills. Working mostly in graphite pencil, the monotone palate evokes the grey days of Nazi rule in a past desaturated of color. Instead, Katin uses shading to create detail and rich texture. She keeps the layout simple, with rarely more than six panels per page. When the action heats up, characters will burst out of their borders, making the page more dynamic...
...incorruptible" husband. Having an active text version of the novel - which I also owned and knew - provided me with one of those extremely rare moments of pleasure, clarity, and completion in the act of writing, when the puzzle of an idea clicks firmly into place with words on the page. I searched, I found, I quoted...
...whether he was running for President in 2008. Senator Clinton's sturdy bran muffin of a speech about the environment-it read like a term paper but was filled with smart detail and inconvenient truthfulness-was almost totally ignored because the New York Times decided to print a front-page story revealing the shocking fact that she and Bill were...still married and a lot of people remain perplexed by their relationship...
...Proportions on the Continent are slightly higher, but there's clearly no rush to go green or - shudder - stop driving cars. Why such a disconnect between information and action? Part of the problem is that environmental advocates emit mixed messages. In mid-May, Britain's Guardian published a front-page story showing that five companies in Britain produce more CO2 pollution in a year than all the country's motorists combined. That's a strong argument for targeting industry, but the average reader could hardly be blamed for thinking, "Why should I bother to cut down my driving?" Similarly...