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...thing is certain: if it is political, none of its employees or fans will believe that it is. I write about TV and media for a living. Few subjects, I've found, incite more reader mail than media bias. And yet--though media bias is supposedly everywhere and universally despised--no one has ever written me to complain that a network or newspaper was biased in favor of his political view. There is no subject about which people are less objective than objectivity...
...Contract with God." Part 1 of TIME.comix's special anniversary coverage looked at the history, controversy and current status of the graphic novel. This week I present a list of 25 books that form a basic graphic literature library spanning the last 25 years. Following this are some reader's reactions to Part...
...TIME.comix responds: The intention of the opening anecdote was only to exemplify the on-going challenge of "graphic novel" as a term and a form, not to disparage librarians. Here are some internet resources, provided by a librarian reader, on this growing market: Graphic Novels in Libraries, Comic Books for Young Adults, The Librarian's Guide to Anime and Manga and Graphic Novels for Public Libraries
...such doubts. "The graphic novel is a format," he says. "We would not segment the category by splitting up the graphic novel section." According to Hershman, Borders' research shows the "demographics for 'Maus' overlap with the ones for Spider-Man," so that it is theoretically easier to lure the reader of one to the other than it is to lure a reader of Elie Wiesel to "Maus...
...systems use their music player to record voice memos and store digital photos. Snap the Voice Recorder ($50) onto your iPod, and the software (included in iPod's free 2.1 update) automatically launches, letting you make voice recordings that you can play back through the tiny speaker. The Media Reader ($99) is a lifesaver for photo buffs who travel light. Plug it into the iPod, slide in your camera's memory card and dump your pics onto the iPod's huge hard disc. When you get home, your "rolls" of film are ready for offloading...