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...exchanges between Chick and Ravelstein cover a broad array of eternal questions, including, inevitably, death and the possibility of an afterlife. But the novel reads like the antithesis of abstractions. Ravelstein brims with life thanks to Chick's, that is, Bellow's, comic observations on the passing scene. Here are French waiters "working like acrobats" at a dinner Ravelstein throws for Chick at an exclusive Paris restaurant. Here is Chick on Ravelstein's notoriously messy eating habits: "An experienced hostess would have spread newspapers under his chair." Here is Ravelstein amused, laughing "like Picasso's wounded horse in Guernica, rearing...
...stop holding your breath. With the release of Eightball #21, underground-comic-book artist Dan Clowes has finally brought to a close his yearlong, three-issue saga, David Boring. If you're not a comic book fan and you weren't holding your breath, you should at least know this: Boring, with its concluding issue, has proved itself a work that captures the feeling of being young and filled with ennui and living in America at the end of the 20th century...
...those interested in comic art's potential, Clowes' work offers exciting literary possibilities (a film adaptation of one of his earlier series, Ghost World, is in production with American Beauty star Thora Birch). Boring is anything...
...have noticed the debate over the comic strip "The Misanthropic Mister Chu." Permit me to propose the renaming of the comic strip to "The Misanthropic Mister Celt...
...often the case with Boys' Shakespearean counterpart, the Dromio twins easily walk off with the show. Their long-suffering, high energy bawdiness clearly sets the pace for the rest of the production. Luce (i.e., Mrs. Dromio of Ephesus), played by Susan Long '02, shares two of the most enjoyable comic duets of the show, "What Can You Do with a Man?" and "He and She." Her earthy sexuality is a delightful contrast to her husband's submissive neurosis. As Tallevi pines for his lost "Big Brother" in Act Two, he establishes their finest moment, the Twins' Dance ballet...