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- These are a few of my favorite things about Japan
The Just Be Cause column has been running now for four years (thanks for reading!), and I've noticed something peculiar: how commentators are pressured to say "nice" stuff about Japan. If you don't, you get criticized for an apparent "lack of balance" ? as if one has to pay homage to the gods of cultural relativism (as an outsider) or tribal commonalities (as an insider).
comic people stick 07 Feb 2012 - 5 money moves Mark Mobius is making now
Mark Mobius is probably the only mutual fund manager ever to be the subject of a comic book, and certainly the only one who earns the title of ?Father of Emerging Markets Funds.? Such is the mystique of ...
comic people stick 07 Feb 2012 - Why Jim Lee And Dan DiDio Decided To Reboot DC Comics [Video]
The risky strategy of restarting their entire comic book line paid off for DC Comics, which had the top-selling comics of 2011 . We talked with copublishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio about what inspired the relaunch--and what challenges the creators had to heroically overcome to get it off the ground. Fast Company: Why was the decision made to reboot the entire comic line? Jim Lee: A year ago right ...
comic people stick 07 Feb 2012 - 'SNL': More stripping than comic
Aly Semigran: ''Lana Del Rey'' returned, Bon Iver hit a high note, ''Downton Abbey'' ruled -- and forget the rest
comic people stick 07 Feb 2012 - xkcd Protests SOPA With Personal Message
Popular stick-figure humor webcomic xkcd has joined the blackout to protest SOPA with a comic/personal message. The web site today is featuring a black bar with the words ?[don?t censor the web].? Randall Munroe, the site?s creator, says, ?I make ?
comic people stick 07 Feb 2012 - THE Q: Creators On WATCHMEN 2 - Should or Shouldn't They?
This morning, the comic book industry reacted in extremes to the news that DC is revisiting its Watchmen universe, releasing six mini-series that serve as prequels to the long-revered - and previously untouched - Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons story.The controversy rises from the feeling that the original story was complete, and that a sequel or prequel doesn't honor the impact it had on the industry ...
comic people stick 07 Feb 2012 - Patriot of Persia by Christopher de Bellaigue
This fascinating biography of a 1950s Persian nobleman and politician explains much of Iran's antipathy towards Britain Iran is the only country in the world where people think that secretly, behind the charade, America is Britain's poodle. The eponymous hero of the 1970s comic novel My Uncle Napoleon ? which was turned into one of the most popular TV series ever shown on Iranian television ? is ...
comic people stick 07 Feb 2012 - Six arrested in anti-police march in Oakland, California
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Six people were arrested, one for carrying a quarter-stick of dynamite, during a late-night protest march through downtown Oakland, California, marked by various acts of vandalism, police said on Sunday.
comic people stick 07 Feb 2012 - Superheroes, ninjas, vampires and spacemen gathered for Wizard World New Orleans Comic Con
William Shatner explained it all during a sold-out, standing-room-only Q&A session at the Convention Center.
comic people stick 07 Feb 2012
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