Word: paled
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...Drawn with a palette of black, gray and pale blue, Clyde Fans exudes a melancholy nostalgia. The first half of the book follows older brother Abraham, long retired, as he passes a lonely day. We see him take a bath, fix himself tea and move some boxes around, all while delivering a monologue about his days as a salesman. The second half follows brother Simon, 40 years earlier, on an unsuccessful attempt at opening new sales territory. Using nearly as many silent, atmospheric panels as there are panels of people talking, Seth creates a quiet, elegiac atmosphere. Deliberately pitching itself...
...begins to turn that pale shade of gray that heralds the rising sun. The birds begin to chirp. Inside, you feel the giddy lightness that springs from a mix of fatigue, anxiety and satisfaction—fatigue from lack of sleep; anxiety about the work you have not done and will not get to do; satisfaction at having made it through the night. You are happy but horrified to be awake...
...crowd at the mosque erupts when al-Sadr appears. At 30, he is pudgy and pale faced. He stands at the lectern draped in his burial shroud, a symbol of his determination to die for his faith. He reads his address at high speed, his head down, his body occasionally rocking from side to side. Al-Sadr speaks to the crowd with no rhetorical flourishes or demagogic appeals but makes his purpose plain just the same. He takes a swipe at the Shi'ite hierarchy, which has withheld its support for his uprising. "When I die," he says...
Drawing "Leviathan" with a palate of pale green, black and white, Harder loves to see things rendered, in both senses of the word. Beautifully designed sequences show tentacles flying, wood splintering and people flailing desperately in the churning sea. Between the scenes of oceanic chaos come surprising and strange tableaus, as when the whale somehow transgresses the bounds of the earth and floats in outer space. You don't read "Leviathan" so much as give in to its visceral sensation. Harder depicts the angry cetacean as, among other things, a metaphor for our fears of nature. But, while quite fascinating...
...dash across the field and pause for breath. When we reach the base, it's already daybreak. A sense of euphoria kicks in. Some faces are pale, others flushed. Some Marines light cigarettes and laugh about the night's adventures. The company has taken no casualties. "This has been really good for morale," says 2nd Lieut. Nathan Dmochowksi. "We have taken so much s___ from those positions." A couple of Marines flash sly smiles at me. "Stick around," says one of them. "This is only the beginning...