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...Bogle's is one of a small, sturdy shelf of books about race films. Here are a few from my own shelves: Thomas Cripps' "Slow Fade to Black: The Negro in American Film, 1900-1942" (mostly about 30s Hollywood's view of race relations); John Kisch and Edward Mapp's "A Separate Cinema," replete with hundreds of color reproductions of movie posters and a good Bogle introduction; and Henry T. Sampson's invaluable "Blacks in Black & White: A Source Book on Black Films," which offers the most detailed history of the companies that produced black-cast films and the personalities...
...It’s not like I came from a family where money grew on trees. We had to work hard. I took out loans, but I recognized that those loans would pay off later in the game of life. But in terms of going out for those top-shelf players, Stanford gives out scholarships, Duke too. But that always is going to be a challenge—that Harvard will have to compete on an equal footing with those schools. Having said that, I still think that there is enough good talent out there for Harvard to be able...
...Were Top Shelf to fold we might never again see the likes of such special works as "Stripburek: Comics from the Other Europe," (Stripburger; 216pp.; $17.95) a collection of Eastern European comix imported by Top Shelf. Produced by the same group that did a strange and wonderful box of mini-comix last year (see TIME.comix review), "Stripburek" is a more straightforward collection of over fifty black and white works translated into English. Comix from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, the Ukraine and Yugoslavia are all here...
...Graphically and narratively many of the pieces in "Stripburek" will be a challenge for even the most experienced and patient of American comix readers. Ultimately it's a good thing and I'd hate to be denied it. Happily, within twelve hours of Top Shelf's plea comix fans had rallied to the cause, saving the publisher from demise. The consequences for other publishers remain to be seen...
...Stripburek" can be found at superior comic shops or purchased directly from Top Shelf's website...