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...Legal Action Comics" should be found in the "Silver Linings" department of your local comicbook store. A thick, book-length anthology, "Legal Action," (256 pp; $14.95) has been published by the Dirty Danny Legal Defense Fund towards which, short of printing costs, all proceeds are going. The peculiarity of "Dirty" Danny Hellman's situation motivated enough comix heavyweights, like Robert Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Spain, and Kim Deitch, to donate their work and turn "Legal Action" into one of the most anticipated comix of the year...
...camels lope up to the start line, men shouting, animals bellowing. The riders sit on camel saddles, their feet resting forward in the curve of each camel's neck. A bridle runs back from a silver ring through each animal's right nostril. The camels crowd together as the starter raises his starting stick, but before he can drop it, a huge cheer sends the camels lurching forward in one heaving mass. Their long legs kick forward, riders bobbing to and fro atop 60 dancing humps. The race comprises two laps of Timia's valley floor - less than 4 miles...
...Silver Lining to the Tech Meltdown
...Californian. "None of my friends got a Mercedes for their 16th birthday. What we do have are the problems that the President is leaving for the future." A Wisconsin high-schooler was more upbeat: "Rest easy, folks. The 95% of us who weren't handed our lives on a silver platter will make sure your later years are prosperous and pleasant. Just keep the Cartier watch on layaway...
...There was, as always, a little silver in an otherwise black, black lining: New home sales rose 4.9 percent in July to 950,000 units, up from a revised 906,000 units in June, according to the Commerce Department. Analysts had expected a dip to 918,000 units, but instead the hike brought the housing number to near its March peak. That?s good news for the consumer-spending watch - while the economy waits for businesses to come out of their post-bubble fetal position, it seems our nation?s shoppers - who account for two-thirds of U.S. economic activity...