In mylast post, I said comic book week could have been a charming little throw back to Act I, and that Tom Batiuk should do this kind of thing more often. I take it back. Last week’s “bus driver shortage” arc inCrankshaftwas a perfect example of why Tom Batiuk shouldn’t try d...
In the fair night they could see something enormous rise high over the tree-tops of the forest, like a great wall that grew and grew with a white and foaming crest. “I suppose we’d better go into the drawing-room now,” said Moominmamma. ...
but the chimney above it had been boarded in, and a broad, low settee ran around the three sides of it. Above this settee, and planted into the wall, so that the head of those uprising should not come in contact with the shelves, was a bookcase full of...
In lieu of an , here is a brief excerpt of the content: Sixteen comic artists offer glimpses into the almost universally awkward junior-high experience in ... NF Maynard 被引量: 0发表: 0年 The stimulant khat--another door in the wall? A call for overcoming the barriers. In this articl...
Reading this in 2011 or so set me off reading everything else I could by the pair, particularly Cornelia Otis Skinner’s comic essays. There’s a lot to love, but nothing will equalOur Hearts Were Young and Gay.It is suffused with nostalgia for a period that was clearly exciting and un...
The wallpaper, curtains and counterpanes had all been resolutely striped and several chairs had had tartan-covered cushions on them. Eric had removed all these in his first enthusiasm and replaced them with a pale and restrained chintz he had got cheap when a shop in Glasgow, which had been...
In the fair night they could see something enormous rise high over the tree-tops of the forest, like a great wall that grew and grew with a white and foaming crest. “I suppose we’d better go into the drawing-room now,” said Moominmamma. ...
s, perhaps because that occasional lightness of tone isn’t reflected in the plot or characters and I prefer her in slightly more comic mode, with slightly more heightened characters – but I think there’s a very good argument thatThe Optimistis one of her most intriguing and complex novels...
Lydia set the trunk down carefully against the wall. This is all in 1920. The novel is in three parts, and the others are in 1930 and 1940. There is some plot along the way, not least when Lydia’s past life catches up with her in the middle section, but for the most partBeyond...
and rumours abound that she is a witch. The townspeople seem content to gossip about and ostracise her, rather than anything more concrete, and nobody puts up much of a fuss when she invites Gottfried to stay with her. At which point, Sackville-West breaks the fourth wall in a way I ...