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Giving back to this community that helped raise them to international success, the Bosstones have graced Cambridge's "creative and cool" Middle East for the past three years with their Hometown Throwdown. This year is no different, and for five consecutive nights, from December 10-14, the band returns to Central Square to satiate the already sold-out crowds. The Throwdown highlights the band's commitment to its fans and the rock music scene here, emphasizing the fact that Boston is the tie that binds them together...
Thus it is that "Scud: The Disposable Assassin," an independent comic written and drawn by cartoonist Rob Schrab, is one of the latest comics to emerge from the comics underground into the glare of Hollywood's scrutiny. Creator Schrab attributes Scud's success to what he calls its multimedia appeal and its "surrealistically" funky style--both of which were probably factors in drawing Stone's attention in the first place...
With a spin-off series, a video game and now a movie looming in the future, "Scud" is obviously one of the success stories of the competitive world of independent comics. And, unusually, it's succeeded not through literary depth or through the invention of strange new worlds, but through sheer attitude and its own idiosyncratic method of drawing together the disparate threads of popular culture. There's a prevailing opinion that genius consists less in originality than in the ability to bring together what's already in the air, giving it a new life of its own. According...
...University, our guest has made it his business to absorb wisdom from all sectors of society. An athlete who has tried out for the Reds, he exudes the determination and dedication we seek ourselves. Finally, as a two-time Emmy Award nominee, he has obviously mastered the secrets of success. Now, Class of 1998, I give you George Clooney...
Recipe for success: sizzle against an undefeated team, garnish with two quick third-period goals, add some young talent...and voila...