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...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...
...months will apply equally to the new members, and there's unease that instead of promoting reform, the enlargement process could take a back seat to it. "The really serious issue is whether the E.U. becomes divided into a fast-moving core and a slower group," says Dimitrij Rupel, Slovenia's Foreign Minister. "We don't want to be on the periphery."Under the proposed rules, delegates from candidate countries are full participants at the Convention - except that they "cannot block" any consensus among the current 15. However that ambiguous provision is interpreted, candidate countries are in the uncomfortable position...
...surprise that Australia, hardly a ski power, has a strong contender in Jacqui Cooper. Canada, an aerial force, will offer Veronika Bauer and Jeff Bean. Although the U.S. will dominate the snowboarding half-pipe, its riders are basically uninterested in the parallel giant-slalom race. Look for Slovenia's Dejan Kosir to take the men's duel, while Frenchwomen Isabelle Blanc and Karine Ruby will be tough to keep off the medals stand...
Adding to the exoticism, "Stripburger" originates in Slovenia and the contributing artists form a mini-Balkans with representatives from Slovenia, Bosnia, Serbia, Italy, France and England. (All the works are in English.) Not surprisingly the comix themselves are as unconventional as their package. One book has been designed to look like screen shots of a lost Atari 2600 video game about a prince and an onion-soup-loving demon. Andrej Stular's "Hole" has a single panel per page - an inky, scratchy image of urban grief accompanied by a word or phrase that may or may not connect...
Senior Margaret Gill, competing at the Womens New England Singlehanded Championships yesterday, ended the day with a strong second-place finish. Gill recently returned from Slovenia, where she competed in the 470 Womens World Championships. According to captain Sean Doyle, without the benefit of time to practice, her second-place finish is an indication of her tremendous skill...