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...Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud (Perennial; 1993) The first and best of its kind: a book-length essay in the form of comix. McCloud's theories on why and how comics work are told with wit and imagination in this critically important book that has shaped the way many people think about the medium...
Nope—it’s absolutely wonderful. The fact that his subject matter hasn’t changed over nine albums makes it only more impressive that his self-obsession can remain so engaging. Lyrically, Jay has never been stronger, his rhyme schemes weaving and his wit razor sharp. Production, meanwhile, is also excellent. Even the weaker beats simply let Hova annihilate them as he exhibits his mastery of cadence, tone, flow, and inflection—things we’ve been taking for granted because he’s had them down for so long...
...They’re always busting each others’ chops,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy says. “They challenge each other. Both kids have very quick dry wits and that’s something you might not necessarily know about them. But if you’re around them enough you realize that they both have a quick wit and they’re not hesitant...
...will miss his friendship, wry wit and his sage and remarkably straight-forward advice,” Nadol said. “He had seen it all in the course of his professional career, and he knew what was the right thing to do intellectually...
Leon Neyfakh’s review panning the French Kicks was aimlessly abrasive at best (Arts, Oct. 17). Although Neyfakh desperately tries to disparage the French Kicks with dramatic one liners (“the French Kicks are nobodies”) and weak wit (“the Kicks’ll be getting the boot faster than you can say ‘au revoir’”), his critique reads as though his vendetta is personal...