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...talking bugs and rat creatures, his efforts seemed like folly. But the series grew into an award-winning favorite of cool kids and hip adults. Now finished and collected as a 1,300-page softcover (Cartoon Books), Bone combines the humor and look of early Disney movies with the scope of the Lord of the Rings cycle. A former animator, Smith draws characters that are both cute and scary, and he infuses every panel with dynamic energy. While children will read Bone for its breathless adventure and sight gags, older kids and adults will appreciate the themes of blind fanaticism...
Finally, Marable challenged the black studies community to create professional structures that facilitate better scholarship and respond to outside attempts to redefine its academic scope. This is key to the survival of black studies as an important and legitimate discipline. Over fifty years ago, Gunnar Myrdal scolded Americans for demanding objectivity in “legitimate” scholarship. Scholarship is legitimized when it identifies a problem or question and seeks to solve it. Black studies—an attempt to solve the problem of racism and racial inequality worldwide—has in many ways been moved away from...
It’s with a certain humility that both Phoenix and Travolta talk of the large scope of the movie and its potential impact...
...passion for Kerry begins with America’s challenges at home: Kerry’s domestic policies—both in scope and viability—are tremendously more convincing solutions to our domestic woes than Bush’s façade of empty promises. Kerry’s economic plan emphasizes middle class tax cuts, deficit reduction, and a focus on those who most need our attention. His healthcare and jobs plans both emphasize personal choice, but also a dedication to aiding those who have been forgotten over the last four years—the unemployed...
...enjoyable the series grew into a beloved, multiple-award winning favorite of kids and adults. Earlier this year, after 55 issues, Smith concluded the epic story. Newly collected into one volume, "Bone" is now a mammoth 1300-page, economically priced ($40; Cartoon Books) graphic novel combining the mythical scope of the "Lord of the Rings" cycle with the visual delights of the early Disney movies...