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...massive archiving effort was launched earlier this spring in spite of strong criticism from American publishers and European library officials
...spite of more than three...
...spite of more than three decades of concern, Harvard has made only limited progress in its efforts to create a genuinely diverse faculty,” the task forces concluded in a joint statement introducing their reports...
...spite of its admirable ambition, The Plot doesn't perfectly gel into a masterpiece. It suffers chiefly from a problem I have found in many of Eisner's graphic novels: a sometimes-fatal distrust of the audience. Expository dialogue, repetitious action and one-dimensional characterization make The Plot feel more like a lesson than a deeply involving story. In the biographical first third, for example, character development never goes beyond stereotype, as if giving Golovinski more than one dimension would confuse us. One scene depicts a young Golovinski stealing his mother's necklace for no apparent purpose. Presumably fabricated...
...spite of its faults, Will Eisner's The Plot points the way to new ways of thinking about the form. Why shouldn't comix be used as a serious rhetorical device? Taking the medium out of the realm of pure narrative entertainment, Eisner's final work attempts the ultimate challenge of an artwork: something that will change the world. As such, it makes a perfect capstone to the oeuvre of one of comix' greatest forward-thinkers...