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...Dark Horse Comics; $9.95; 96pp.) that would, according to her, "somehow fit under the overarching umbrella" of the title. Interestingly, only a few of the contributions took the mandate literally. Harvey Pekar, of "American Splendor," proffers a disturbing piece about his mental breakdown and the return of a malignant tumor. He ends with "I'm trying to work my way through. What else is there?" Mixing independent newcomers with such big-name artists as Frank Miller ("The Dark Knight Strikes Back,") "Happy Endings" has the most mainstream appeal of the four anthologies. Miller's darkly funny piece is one "happy...
DIED. DR. MARNIE ROSE, 28, of brain cancer. Her battle against the tumor was followed by millions on the six-week ABC reality series Houston Medical...
...Mice and Cell Phones You can say a lot of bad things about cell phones. For starters, they're annoying, expensive, and poor quality. But here's one bit of good news: They may not foster tumor growth. In a study of 1,600 mice conducted at the Adelaide-based Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science in Australia, researchers concluded that radio waves from cell phones do not trigger tumor growth...
...before their condition is diagnosed, and for years more before it is properly treated. "If you don't catch it early on," says Dr. Demitri Papolos, research director of the Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation and co-author of The Bipolar Child (Broadway Books, 1999), "it gets worse, like a tumor." Heaping this torment on an adult is bad enough; loading it on a child is tragic...
...staggers to his feet, puts a jacket and trousers over his pajamas (the risible jammies in "Melody Makers" now a shroud for the walking dead) and somehow makes it to the Martin Beck Theatre, unseen by the preoccupied Rodgers. Furiously kneading his throbbing temples (he apparently has a brain tumor), Larry listens distractedly to a few bars of his and Dick's music, then goes outside, collapses and dies on the street...