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...verbal intimidation. In every field, from the arts to the military, there are boundaries of acceptable behavior: in December, British Royal Navy Commander David Axon was permanently relieved of control of the frigate H.M.S. Somerset following allegations that he had verbally abused two service members. According to Charlotte Rayner, professor of human resource management at Britain's Portsmouth Business School, 15% of British workers are victims of repeated bullying. In France, as many as 9% of workers are thought to be targeted, while in Germany more than 11% are bullied during at least one stage of their careers. Cary Cooper...
When Cuban microbiologist Rayner R. Díaz applied for a visa to enter the United States, he thought he would be a shoe...
...former writer for the "Dick Tracy" comic strip and the author of historical crime novels, Max Collins has a talent for both comix writing and verisimilitude. Aided by Rayner's photo-based drawings, "Road," the book, combines great action with believable atmosphere. Michael O'Sullivan (changed to Sullivan for the movie), a lieutenant to real-life Midwestern crime boss John Looney (re-named Rooney in the film), provides for his wife and two sons as a killer nicknamed The Angel of Death. When O'Sullivan's oldest boy, Michael, witnesses a rub-out, old man Looney and his homicidal...
...Hanks' somber, journeyman character pulling off such a stunt, the comix version has a more exaggerated tone appropriate to its milieu. The movie and book take from the tropes of their respective mediums. Where cinematographer Conrad L. Hall evokes the dark tones of "The Godfather," English illustrator Richard Rayner's black and white drawings come right out of the illustrated pulp novels...
...Collins and Rayner's original "Road to Perdition" has more to recommend it than just the source material for the movie. It turns out to be a neglected work of smart, tense, hard-boiled crime comix with more going on than just the usual violence...