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Comics You Should Read

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:07:51 GMT

clipped by: zizzy
clipper's remarks: The "1000 Comics You Must Read" link opens an Amazon.com page.

Clip Source: www.moreintelligentlife.com

there have hardly been any large-scale efforts to define a foundation for comic-book cultural literacy. Douglas Wolk’s excellent 2007 volume "Reading Comics" even takes great pains to avoid such a burden—“I’m more interested in starting discussions (and arguments) about comics than settling them with any kind of self-appointed authority

The closest thing we’ve had to an authoritative list is the one put forth by the Comics Journal ten years ago. Though full of great work, this list is wilfully elite: there are no superheroes in the top 30

the Comics Journal list needs a counterweight, and now it has one in "1000 Comics You Must Read", a full-colour survey of sequential art over the past 70 years

1000 Comics" has a definite superhero slant

the two lists serve as correctives to one another

Together they not only set a neophyte on the right track but also put an experienced reader in clover

On that note

we’re off to find a copy of 1957’s "Caught" #5

We might never have heard of it otherwise

Tags: comics, pop culture, reading list

The Number of Hugs

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:23:20 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Just liked the simple quirkiness of this comic.

Clip Source: cowbirdsinlove.com

672. The Number Of Hugs

This Mob Is Big in Japan

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:06:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Most Americans think of Japan as a law-abiding and peaceful place, as well as our staunch ally, but reporting on the underworld gave me a different perspective.

Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

This Mob Is Big in Japan

I have spent most of the past 15 years in the dark side of the rising sun. Until three years ago, I was a crime reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's largest newspaper, and covered a roster of characters that included serial killers who doubled as pet breeders, child pornographers who abducted junior high-school girls, and the John Gotti of Japan.

Most Americans think of Japan as a law-abiding and peaceful place, as well as our staunch ally, but reporting on the underworld gave me a different perspective. Mobs are legal entities here. Their fan magazines and comic books are sold in convenience stores, and bosses socialize with prime ministers and politicians. And as far as the United States is concerned, Japan may be refueling U.S. warships at sea, but it's not helping us fight our own battles against organized crime -- a realization that led to my biggest scoop.

27 Digital Photography Tutorials

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:42:29 GMT

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Clip Source: pelfusion.com

1. How To Create a Post Apocalyptic Photo Manipulation

2. Colorization Tutorial

3. Add Dynamic Lighting to a Flat Photograph

4. How to Create a Fantasy Landscape Photo Manipulation

5. Coloring a black and white image

6. De-Aging in Photoshop [Video]

9. Photo Retouching – Change Hair Color Photoshop Tutorial

10. Nesting Smart Objects for Multimask Effects in Photoshop

11. Comic Book Photo Effect

12. Quick Fix for Cluttered Backgrounds

13. Infra Red – The Invisible Light

14. Exposure blending tutorial

15. Realistic Spotlight Effect in Photoshop

16. Repairing Old Photos

17. Photo Makeover

18. How to Fix a Botched Tourist Photo in Photoshop

19. Gradient Mapping effect in Adobe Photoshop

20. Five Steps to Intense Colors

21. Turn a daylight photo into a night shot

23. How to Create Professional HDR Images

24. How To Make Digital Photos Look Like Lomo Photography

26. Photo Sharpening Techniques

27. How to Stitch Photos in Photoshop

BAD news for CNN

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:23:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: n October, Soledad O'Brien finished third behind actor Michael McKean of "Laverne & Shirley" and NBA legend Kareem Abdul Jabbar.

On an earlier show, Wolf Blitzer finished third and last behind comic Andy Richter and "Desperate Housewives" star Dana Delany.

Clip Source: news.newsmax.com

4. Bad News for CNN — and Its Anchors

CNN hit an all-time competitive low in October, with three of its four prime-time shows finishing last in the ratings among the four cable news networks.

The pioneer all-news cable network's programs airing between 7 and 11 p.m. lagged behind not only those on Fox News and MSNBC, but also CNN's sister network HLN, formerly Headline News.

CNN's prime-time ratings are down 22 percent from 2007.

"In an era when the relationship between the White House and Fox News is making headlines, and when the ideological rivalry between MSNBC on the left and Fox News on the right is commanding the spotlight, CNN has little from a news angle to stir consistent interest from viewers," The New York Times observed.

The only prime-time CNN show that did not finish last was "Larry King Live." It finished third.

Adding insult to injury, two CNN anchors recently suffered "humiliating defeats" on "Celebrity Jeopardy," NewsBusters reported.

Oh crap, a Republican!

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:43:58 GMT

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Clip Source: crooksandliars.com

Tags: halloween, candy, handouts, comic, humor, stuff

Panthers

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:30:51 GMT

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Clip Source: wulffmorgenthaler.com

Tags: funny, lol, comic

Why Are.....

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:30:01 GMT

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Clip Source: mitchclem.com

Tags: funny, lol, comic

Oh Crap

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:58:51 GMT

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Clip Source: img1.visualizeus.com

Tags: funny, crap, lol, comic

Graffiti on the Death Star

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:57:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Oh Darth!!

Clip Source: www.geekstir.com

Tags: comic, humour, funny, darth vader, star wars

I Did It

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:24:01 GMT

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Clip Source: www.explosm.net

Tags: comic, funny, lol

‘The Office’ Star Ricky Gervais to Host Golden Globes

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:23:22 GMT

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Clip Source: snarkfood.com

‘The Office’ Star Ricky Gervais to Host Golden Globes

British comic Ricky Gervais, creator and star of the original version of The Office, has been tapped to host the next Golden Globe Awards on January 17. Gervais, who recently starred in the film comedy The Invention of Lying, said hosting awards shows is a “thankless task.”

Tags: entertainment, celebrity, celebrities, tv, television, ricky gervais, ricky gervais the office, the office, ricky gervais golden globes

First, Do No Harm

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:52:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks: BU Med student accused of Craigslist killing and robberies. Gender-bending Harvard-educated rifle-wielding wife-murdering dermatologist Richard Sharpe ends it all in prison. Hooker-frequenting hammer-and-slash wife-murdering prominent allergist Dirk Greineder seeks a new trial. Harvard-trained doc who walked away from surgery does time on drug charges but skates on child rape charges when witness refuses to testify. You’ve got your nursing Angel of Death du jour. Nursing assistant accused of terrorizing elderly. Drug docs to the stars! A rash of them are staring at charges related to buried mistakes Jacko and Anna Nicole. All that’s before you get to the little remarked-upon regular run of docs who believe in hands-on examinations … whether their patients need it or not.

In a lot of those cases, the oath should have been “First, Do No Pharm.” But howbout, “First, Weed Out Barmy.” I know, I know, for every murderous, abusive wackjob there are thousands of caring,

Clip Source: www.julescrittenden.com

Wait a minute, that’s the Hippocratic Oath. Congress took the Hypocritic one. First, Make No Sense.

GMU Econ Prof Tyler Cowen at NYT: The finances of forcing people to pay for what they don’t want.

NYT: Pelosi, Reid determined to shove through public option. Washington Post: Zombie-like resurrecvtion of the public option … what brought it back to life? Weekly Standard: That fait is not exacty accompli.

AP, detailing the latest backroom evolutions, ups and downs, back and forth in a tragi-comic piece, the basic upshot of which is there is no bill, it has no support, and the guy whose idea this was and wants it most isn’t really helping much.

Meanwhile, Patches Kennedy’s holy war with the Catholic Church over who’s pro-life and who’s pro-death. Boston Herald.

Boston Herald: Six Harvard Medical School lab workers drank poisoned coffee. Follows on the heels of mouse-mess-obsessed Yale lab tech control freak accused of murdering pharmacology student.

Tags: crime, medicine, pols

How H1N1 Will Spread Rapidly

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:51:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks: (Transcription)

Office worker 1: "You have the flu?! Why didn't you stay home?"

Office worker 2: "And look like a slacker in this economic climate?"

Clip Source: www.cagle.msnbc.com

Tags: comic, h1n1, office, economy

Comedian Soupy Sales dies at age 83

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:04:28 GMT

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Clip Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built on 20,000 pies to the face and 5,000 live TV appearances across a half-century of laughs, has died. He was 83.

Former manager and longtime friend Dave Usher of Detroit says Sales died Thursday night at a hospice in New York. Usher says Sales had many health problems and entered the hospice last week.

Sales began his TV career in Detroit, where he drew a large audience on WXYZ-TV. He move to Los Angeles in 1961.

The comic’s pie-throwing schtick became his trademark, and celebrities like Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis and Shirley MacLaine queued up to take one on the chin.

Tags: comedy, tv, television, soupy sales