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...personal favorite of NBM's recent adaptations, "The Yellow Jar" (48 pp.; $12.95) by the previously unpublished Patrick Atangan, doesn't look or read anything like your typical Japanese comic. No saucer eyes, robots or schoolgirl outfits can be found. With Hokusai and Gustav Klimt as his influences Atangan has adapted a pair of Japanese folk tales into a gorgeous hybrid of comix and prints of ancient Japan. The titular story begins when a fisherman collects a yellow jar in his net. Somewhat disappointed that it contains no treasure, instead he finds that it holds a sleeping woman. She agrees...
...Whereas one can today advertise Dale Earnhardt’s number “3” on the back of one’s pickup, the “Choose Life” plate still languishes in the courts due to a lawsuit brought by Planned Parenthood (PP...
...November 2001, PP won an injunction preventing plate production. Then, this past Dec. 26, the U.S. District Court for South Carolina ruled that the “Choose Life” license plate legislation violated the First Amendment protection of freedom of speech because it facilitated speech for only one side of the debate. This ruling was contrary to an October decision in which the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a “Choose Life” license plate from Louisiana, despite similar charges...
...Carolina legislators is interesting. Last week, State Representative John Altman (R-Charleston Co.) introduced legislation for a corresponding “Choose Death” license plate—for those who believe a “Choose Life” plate doesn’t speak for them. PP is not amused...
...State governments serve all citizens, regardless of their political beliefs,” said PP President Gloria Feldt when the “Choose Life” plate was overturned. “If a public forum is open to one political group, it must be open to all.” In that, she is right. The South Carolina legislature is a forum that is open to all beliefs. If that forum decides to produce “Choose Life” plates, then so be it. PP and the courts should stay...