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COVER STORY
Comics
Kurt Andersen and writer and cartoonist Art Spiegelman talk about the narrative and artistic spell of comics.
  The
Escapist: Michael Chabon
The author of the Pulitzer prize-winning
novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, tells us how comics
reveal unintended things about their creators. Produced by Jonathan Mitchell.
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to Michael Chabon's home page
Go
to an Interview on Powells.com
Go
to a review of Kavalier and Clay
 Silver
Surfer
The smooth lines and defined muscles of a comic book
character often make the pictures more interesting than the story they
tell. Produced by Judith Kampfner.
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to the Marvel Comics website
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to a Silver Surfer fan site
Grrl
Comix
In the old days comic books written for female readers
tended to be soap operas and adolescent fantasies drawn by men. Two female
comic artists of different generations, Jessica Abel and Trina Robbins,
talk about their work today. Produced by Amy Standen
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to Jessica Abel's website
Go
to Trina Robbins' website
 SPECIAL
GUEST
Art Spiegelman
is the Pulitzer prize winning author of Maus and Maus II. Since 1992 he has been a contributing editor and cover artist for The New Yorker. He is also the co-founder/editor of Raw, a magazine of avant-garde comics and graphics. Most recently, he and his wife Francois Mouly edited Little Lit: Strange Stories for Strange Kids (Harper Collins), an anthology of stories, puzzles, and games for children.
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to Art Spiegelman's bio
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Commentary
Culture's Comfort Food.
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Now
Playing
Homebody/Kabul. Tony Kushner traces the bloody
invasions of Afghanistan in his newest play. It opens on December 19th
at the New York Theatre Workshop. Produced by Andrea Bernstein.
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to a Tony Kushner bio page
George
Harrison
We asked writer Tim Riley to reveal some of
the things one might overlook about the former Beatle who passed away
a week ago.
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to the BBC's Harrison obituary
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