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...interpretive biography of a 19th-century Canadian rabble-rouser and mystic - with every deviance from recorded history carefully detailed in footnotes - Brown explores themes of abuse of authority, madness vs. religious exaltation and the nature of objective truth. That he tells it in the style of big-nosed comic strip characters makes it all the more remarkable. Full Review
...Hundred! Demons! by Lynda Barry (Sasquatch Books; 2002) A long-time weekly strip artist ("Ernie Pook's Comeek"), Barry created this all-original book from her own experiences. Labeled an "autobiofictionalography" it contains perfect-pitch memories of the awkwardness of adolescence in the form of short vignettes. Full Review
...tiny strip of land on the southeastern coast of Cuba, 600 men wait. They wait for a trial, for a lawyer, even for a charge against them. These men, most of whom U.S. military forces captured in Afghanistan and Pakistan over the past two years, have been denied their basic judicial rights...
...miraculous strip of Quaker running back Sam Mathews and a poor decision by Penn coach Al Bagnoli to pass on third down instead of bleeding the clock afforded Fitzpatrick an opportunity to be the hero...
Desperately trying to regain control of the ball with the clock winding down, Harvard’s defenders pounded Mathews, trying to strip the ball from his grasp...