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...Committee. Tauzin has strong backing from Disney, but that has proved to be a liability among some of the other major studios. His chief rival is John Breaux, the Democratic Senator from Louisiana, who is popular with the Bush White House. Other rumored candidates, among them former Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee, appear to have fallen back...
...rival shoemaker Reebok has signed its own precocious pitchman, Mark Walker, who is all of 3 years old. Reebok features Walker on its website, reebok.com where in a video clip he nails 18 straight shots into a basket set up in his family's garage. Jim Thompson, president of the nonprofit Positive Coaching Alliance, calls the clip innocent and sweet. But he considers "creepy" another spot, in which Walker stares into the camera and declares, "I am Reebok." The company says it is merely showcasing Walker's skills and is thrilled with the 660,000 hits the clip received...
...Blankets" plays a major part in the complex yet simple experience of the book. Thompson combines the detail of illustration with the dynamism of cartoons in his wonderful black and white drawings. Using both pen and brush he moves effortlessly from realism to expressionism as when demons shoot out of Craig's mouth during a purging of his childhood drawings. The layouts carry through this playful variety with every conceivable kind of design. The comforting hum of a basement boiler wraps around a room and hugs it with warmth. Later when Craig departs from Raina, in a typically poignant image...
...Raina. He must decide what to do with himself after high school. And both of these are tied into his reconciling the Christian doctrine he was raised on with the realities of his experiences and interests. Unlike less thoughtful depictions of such choices, the answers are not patently obvious. Thompson has carefully and beautifully lain out the complexities of this crucial period in everyone's life...
...Craig Thompson's "Blankets" has walked us along the path from Craig's childhood to maturity with extraordinary grace and sensitivity. Part teen romance novel, part coming-of-age novel, part faith-in-crisis novel and all comix, "Blankets" is a great American novel...