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...Both the "Little Lit" and "Little Vampire" series make for smart introductions to reading comics. While "Little Lit" will appeal to early readers, the wit of "Little Vampire" will delight their slightly older siblings. Citing the Carl Bark's Donald Duck comics from the 1940s and 50s as "among the best stories for kids on paper," Spiegelman says Americans have lacked for comics you can re-read the way kids like to do. Hopefully these two series will provide the beginning a greater selection of kid's comics. "Kids, as we know, are ambi-tasterous," Spiegelman says. "They'll like...
Franken also directed his wit at Fox’s conservative political commentators, calling Bill O’Reilly an “obnoxious bully” and a “pathological liar...
...Cigarette Beach seems unsatisfying at times, it’s because the album fails to truly capture the off-the-cuff wit and sheer lunacy of the duo’s live performances. With most of the tracks simply lurching into the next, Grape-a-Don never gets the chance to fully develop his loose cannon personality. What’s more, the absurd shout-along choruses of early Grand Buffet favorites like “Candy Bars” and “You’re on Fire” have largely been replaced with tedious...
...Hope." But the comedian provided millions of us with happiness, laughter and respite from rationing, poverty and rebuilding during the difficult period following World War II. The man was a comic genius, and although he had the luxury of scriptwriters, he was always quick-fire with his own natural wit. When his family asked whether he would prefer burial or cremation, his response was, "Surprise me." Hope passionately supported the U.S. all his life, even though he was British born. His dedication to entertaining the troops in the field was legendary. Hope was the 20th century's comic icon. Philip...
...because Amis, 54, is one of Britain's best-known serious novelists - and thus one of the biggest targets in the literary field - and Yellow Dog is his first big novel since The Information, eight years ago. Beginning with The Rachel Papers in 1974, Amis' cold eye, slashing wit and verbal ferocity made him a literary celebrity in his own right, not just the son of old-school lion Kingsley Amis. But as any Martin Amis fan knows, the London literary world seethes with vicious jealousy, so when one of its celebs stumbles, the rest of the pack attacks. Last...