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...Everybody loves a hero," Peter Parker's Aunt May tells him in Spider-Man 2. "People line up for 'em." This summer they have lined up at the multiplexes for two unlikely heroes: Peter, the quiet college student who when duty calls becomes Spider-Man, and Shrek, the green ogre out of a revisionist fairy tale...
...hidden from prying eyes off Sukhumvit Soi 22, but Bangkok's Washington Square is a compact slice of Americana lost in space and time. If you're in the Thai capital and happen to need a fix of bourbon and Johnny Cash tunes?or a quiet spot to chow down fried chicken amid Jim Beam and Burma Shave signage?then you've found your mecca...
...religious an acquiescence in the will of the majority, and deep conviction of the fundamental importance of the principle that the will of the majority ought to be submitted to the minority, that a majority of a single vote, as at the last election, produces as absolute & quiet a submission as an unanimous vote...
...While comics have a reputation for being high-impact, garish entertainments epitomized by such superhero antics as Marvel's Spider-Man, they have just as much ability to be quiet and contemplative. It is this aspect that the singularly named Seth, nee Gregory Gallant, 41, has come to make his metier. "I think what most interested us when we were in our twenties and talking about cartooning a lot was not so much the content of the stories but breaking away from the traditional approach to how cartoon stories are told," Seth told TIME.comix. "Certainly for the history of comics...
...Anyone turned off by the screaming, exploding in-your-face graphics of mainstream comicbook fare should seek the solace of Seth's "Clyde Fans Book One." Pull your rocker onto the back porch, or spread your blanket on the roof, turn on the fan and enjoy the quiet...