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...fact, these 18th century figures were extraordinary men, products of a peculiar moment in our history when the forces of aristocracy and democracy were nicely balanced. Although almost all of them were men of relatively modest origins, they were unabashed elitists who had a contempt for electioneering and popular politics. They rejected blood and family as sources of status, however, and were eager to establish themselves by principles that could be acquired through learning and education. They struggled to internalize the new, Enlightened Man--made standards that had come to define what Jefferson called the "natural aristocracy"--politeness, sociability, compassion...
...bath, fix himself some tea and putter around the closed office. During all this he does something almost unseen in comix. He delivers a monologue. Nearly 70 pages long, during this strangely theatrical sequence he tells us about his sales technique, the history of the family business and his peculiar brother Simon. Essentially you are watching an old man ramble on. Whether you find this prospect alarming or enticing essentially defines your interest in this book and in Seth's work in general...
Comic books can be beautiful. Not just beautiful like touching, sad or poignant - though they can be all those things - but beautiful like an object. This may sound peculiar to some, and understandably so. Comics began as disposable entertainment. Investing the everlasting qualities of beauty into them would have been a waste of time. Only in the last twenty years, particularly these past five or so, have creators begun to explore the idea of the comic as a thing of beauty. With just a little care they can combine art, design and language into an orgiastic menage-a-trois...
...House," a drama, continuing a mini-trend of medical-sleuth shows, in which an idiosyncratic but brilliant doctor investigates peculiar disease outbreaks...
...sudden importance of this peculiar device reflects an abrupt change in scientific priorities in the post-Sept. 11 world. Biological researchers in academia, industry, and government have an incentive to work together now more than ever...