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...will be helpful but not essential to figuring out what's going on. The exhibit, laid out in roughly chronological order, starts by giving the viewer background on the classic comic weeklies Spirou and Pilote--started up in Belgium in 1938 and in France in 1959, respectively--which gave shape to the gradually maturing aesthetic of French comics. The commentary will take you through the first appearance of the "clean line" style of Herge, the creator and artist of the now-institutionalized mystery/adventure comic "Tintin," starring the plucky boy reporter and his faithful dog, Snowy. The influence of Herge...
...scenario. Eisner, in an interview with TIME, denied the reports of his involvement, calling them "totally and completely wrong." The Disney chief went on to praise Arledge and to discount any suggestion that ABC News is seriously troubled. "I wish the rest of our company were in as good shape as ABC News," said Eisner. Arledge, meanwhile, insists that no timetable has been set for his retirement. "I have a contract that goes well beyond the year 2000," he says. "Whether I'll be as active two years from...
Walking into the Jill Reynolds exhibit The Shape of Breath can be a slightly intimidating experience. As Reynolds herself points out, "[The exhibit is] meant to be experienced as one thing. When you're entering the room, you're entering the piece...
Overall, The Shape of Breath is a deliciously intricate exploration of the physical construction and constraints of speech itself. The pieces are funky and original, and their marvelous metaphorical components are worth mulling over for some time. Do not be intimidated by its seemingly-small stature--this is an exhibit that exemplifies the statement "Less is More." In Jill Reynolds' own words regarding The Shape of Breath, "It's about the three-dimensionality of language and breath--that those things exist in space, that [they are] not just flat text on a page or a cartoon balloon. Language has form...
...genetic difference than on commonality. In this view, the world is already chock-full of virtual clones. My next-door neighbor--or the average male anywhere on the globe--is a 99.9%-accurate genetic copy of me. And paradoxically, many of the genes we share empower the environment to shape behavior and thus make us different from one another. Natural selection has preserved these "malleability genes" because they adroitly tailor character to circumstance...