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I must admit she’s not my Catwoman. My Catwoman is Eartha Kitt. How do you…
Year of the Month: Leo Noboru Lima on THE LIFE OF OHARU
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Attention Must Be Paid: Ray Collins
One of the most memorable parts of the classic Mercury Theatre on the Air “War…
Disney Byways: THE PARENT TRAP III
Sometimes, in Best Buy, you come across DVDs with The Parent Trap and The Parent…
Year of the Month: Good Artists, Gilded Men, and Golden Helmets (Part 2 of 2)
I read Carl Barks’ work voraciously ever since I learned of the existence of the…
Year of the Month: The Happiest Comics on Earth (Part 1 of 2)
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THE PALM-WINE DRINKARD (Year of the Month)
I was a palm-wine drinkard since I was a boy of ten years of age.…
Year of the Month: Son of Griff on SCANDAL SHEET
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Celebrating the Living: Emilio Estevez
People come up to me on the street and say, Men at Work is the…
Attention Must Be Paid: Maya Deren
The past is full of shadows. After sixty years, most of what we remember of…