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Cantor derived the title from a famous sketch by Arshile Gorky because he felt that Gorky's motive behind the drawing--the remaking of the self in art to overcome sadness--mirrors the purpose of the book. However, Cantor does little remaking of anything; he merely expounds on the injustices of conservatives and the scars left on our generation by the Vietnam...
...exact shape of a postwar scenario, of course, would depend on the details of the Iraqi proposal and of the negotiations that would follow. But it is possible to sketch the broad outlines. The most significant fact is that Iraq will emerge from battle with the menacing, bristling war machine that Saddam built up over the past decade substantially defanged, if not yet completely tamed. The allies have seen to that from the first days of the war, knocking out Iraq's ability, at least for the time being, to produce chemical, biological and nuclear arms and later obliterating about...
...American press corps is not really that dumb. But the sketch on NBC's Saturday Night Live struck a responsive chord. In the realm of ridicule, it was a telling symbol: TV's hip, anti-Establishment comedy series chose for its satirical target, instead of a stiff-backed military leader or a bumbling president, the not-so-gentle men and women of the press...
Subirachs' austere, squared-off style is the antithesis of Gaudi's ornamented surrealism. "My work has nothing to do with Gaudi's," says the sculptor, 63. Although Gaudi left a 1911 sketch of the Passion facade, Subirachs changed the arrangement of the sculptures and added controversial touches like a macabre skull below the crucifix. He gave his Roman centurions helmets playfully copied from Gaudi-designed chimney pots on a nearby building. Subirachs denounces his critics as "hooligans, snobs." Ironically, Subirachs in 1965 signed a letter protesting the basilica's continuation. But when offered the sculptural commission, he changed his mind...
...effect is reminiscent of that of Walt Kelly, the creator of Pogo. His forest scenes in volume one especially remind one of Kelly's Okefenokee swamp. All of Gonick's volumes, however, show a great attention to visual detail which only comes in the cartoonist who is able to sketch superbly but who's having a bit of fun drawing comics...