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...Tips for hipsters The last movie with any sort of non-superhero, "underground" comix origin seems to be "Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat," a 1974 sequel to "Fritz the Cat," based on the Robert Crumb character. Am I wrong? Write me Watch for Clowes' artwork making a cameo in Seymour's "Cook's Chicken Inn" scrapbook as well as a masterfully saccharine unicorn in an art display. Similarly, Robert Crumb's daughter, Sophie, contributed all of Enid's drawings. Lastly, stick through the end credits for an alternate Seymour scene...
...with a cooking show b) a superhero who burns villains with spicy food and incessant yelling c) two weeks away from being yanked...
...real" Hispanic character is more complicated than it is for African or Asian Americans, whose physical characteristics help distinguish them. Light-skinned Hispanic actors can end up like Jewish actors have--relegated to playing other ethnicities. Arguably the most visibly Latino character announced last week was campy superhero Bat Manuel (Nestor Carbonell) on Fox's The Tick. On NBC's UC: Undercover, Jon Seda plays a cop named Jake Shaw; on NBC's Crossing Jordan, Miguel Ferrer is Dr. Garrett Macy...
From there, the network announced Judd Apatow's college comedy "Undeclared" and Barry Sonnenfeld's superhero spoof "The Tick." Fine comedies both. And I can say that with conviction because I've seen them already - "The Tick" was sent to critics last summer and "Undeclared" this winter, both with plans to run midseason. Taking your time to debut shows is fine, of course - it just tends, again, to undercut those claims about your vaunted sitcom development...
Never has popular perception been more mistaken. Today comics come in a dazzling array of genres, from superhero to science fiction, comedic to gothic and mainstream to independent. Comic book publishers have targeted audiences of all ages by catering their books to suit the preferences of every conceivable type of reader. The days of comics being the exclusive intellectual property of 12-year-olds-and-below are gone...