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Joann Sfar, much like the feline star of his most popular comic, always seems to land on his feet. The laid-back French artist, 33, regularly confronts three of the thorniest issues of the day--politics, religion and cultural conflict--but uses a deceptively light touch that results in stories that are thoughtful, charming and hands-down funny...
...Morgan herself is a testament to science fiction’s path into the mainstream. More into fantasy than science fiction, she was reluctant to make broad generalizations about science fiction, saying she didn’t “feel quite enough in touch with the world of science fiction” to do so, though she said she is “decidedly a part...
...Yale-educated Williams was once known as the anti-Barry, the technocrat the city needed. Now Williams has became a symbol of a leadership many feel is out of touch with the concerns of residents. Enter the ?Mayor for Life,? who shows up on the streets and asks residents how their mothers are doing. ?We miss you, we?re so glad you're back,? 51-year-old Sunetta Vincent yells from her car a Safeway parking lot to Barry, who made a short trip there a few days before he was to start his city council job. People come...
...news is piling up so thick and fast, in fact, that some Kremlin insiders speak of high anxiety among presidential staff, and of a President who seems increasingly isolated. Some analysts say Putin, who has worked so hard to project an image of authority and control, has lost his touch. Some even argue that his hold on power - which seems all but unassailable, given his 71% re-election win last year and his all-but-complete control of the Duma, the media and the regional governors - is beginning to slip...
...Carey's concerns about his son are the heart of Wrong About Japan. One of the writer's most persistent misunderstandings comes over the term otaku, which typically describes fans so devoted that they all but lose touch with the rest of the world. Carey sees a metaphor for the otaku in the characters of Mobile Suit Gundam?kids who fight battles from inside giant robots, alienated from everything outside them. As Charley interacts more fluently with the ticket machines on the Tokyo subway than with the people around him, it's not hard to understand what Carey fears...