Film Review: Wild
BY brandon latham
12/06/14 6:28pm
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Forget Superman, Read Penance: Relentless
Some books, like Marvels, have deconstructed the notion of the helpless citizen constantly relying on the superhero to save them. Other graphic novels have even gone so far as depicting the depressed superhero hoping for forgiveness for a mistake in his or her past (Kingdom Come shows white-bearded Superman in such a state: retired in self-imposed exile). Yet, no graphic novel has gone to the lengths Penance: Relentless does to defile the superhero genre hope motif, one that Superman is the prime example of. Read More
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Art Exhibit Review: Portraits of Planet Ocean at the Natural History Museum
To quote a well-loved movie about a clownfish searching for his son, Portraits of Planet Ocean at the Natural History Museum was both “big and blue.” But despite the small children screaming “Nemo!” every few minutes, Brian Skerry’s photography was far more profound than an animated film. Skerry is an established photographer for National Geographic who has used the digital medium to forward issues regarding wildlife protection. Read More
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Feature Interview: GRL VS creator Steph Pettit
Steph Pettit is a senior at American University making a triptych of zines as her senior capstone project for Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. I talked with Steph about her motivations and goals for the project. Read More
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Art Exhibit Review: TIME Covers the 1960s at the National Portrait Gallery
A boxy glass case containing a colossal, caricatured paper mache sculpture of the Beatles is a startling and intriguing greeting to the display of original cover art that graced Time Covers the 1960s at the National Portrait Gallery. A photograph of the sculpture was published on the September 22, 1967 Time cover and was the genius of English cartoonist Gerald Scarfe (ironically she was former fiancé of Paul McCartney). Yet irony worked as one of the core themes of this unique exhibit. The display did graceful justice to the interplay between culture and politics characteristic of the time. Read More
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